Evil in HP

[Ersatz Harry]

No: HPFGUIDX 56824

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rane_ab" <rane_ab at h...> wrote:
> 
> I'm actually half expecting Percy to do something quite brilliant. 
> Since the start of the HP series, I've always looked upon Percy with 
> some doubt - as if he were the weak link in the Weasly family. 
> I was, therefore, pleasantly surprised, when, in GoF, during the 
> second task, Percy showed genuine concern toward Ron. (actually 
> *walking into the water*, and that for priss, uptight little Percy) 
> It is the first time, I think, J.K.R. really showed Percy's human 
> side.

Yes, but let's not forget Percy's rude reply to Ron's owl asking about
Mr. Crouch.  While I don't have the text with me, the gist was "don't
bother me unless it's important".  Frankly, I worry about that boy and
what harm he will either come to or bring upon someone (I'm not sure
which).  I suggest that Percy's admiration for Crouch's position
blinded him to the faults of Crouch the man, even apart from his
secrets.  Would you respect someone who persisted in calling you by
the wrong name?

As far as Fudge goes, he smells like bad news, and I won't be
surprised at to see his sympathies towards the Malfoys' point of view
about purebloods turn into something nastier.  Both of the other major
politicos in the story (Crouch the elder and Bagman) are characters
with things to hide, and so we might expect any other politician types
-- particularly Fudge -- to turn out to be quite bad behind the scenes.

I offer you my recently-found anagram of Cornelius Fudge -- Lucifer
Segundo.  All praise to JKR for coming up with characters' names that
are both so evocative and so anagrammable.

Ersatz Harry, who has nothing to hide but his identity