The Toad Lady and Her Disgrace... Disposition of Umbridge

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 90063

Speculation on future events-

Question in two parts, what do you think will happen to Umbridge as a
result of her actions before and at Hogwarts, and what do you hope
will happen to her?

Some Possibilities-
- She will fade away never to be heard from again.
- Everything will be swept under the rug, and nothing will be
mentioned or done. She keeps her job, but stays in the story while
wisely maintains a low profile and stays out of everyone's way.
- She will be thoroughly disgraced, and in essence pushed into a
self-imposed exile; too ashamed to show her face.
- She will be sent to prison for instigating an attack on Harry that
would have left him and his cousin worse than dead. 
- Disgraced and exiled from the Ministry and the mainstream, she will
go underground and join Voldemort's forces. She will blame Harry for
everything that happened to her, and hope that joining the DE's will
help her get revenge on Harry as well as bring her back to power and
prominence when Voldemort takes over.
-other

Personally, I vote for and hope for the second to last one. She will
not be procecuted as that would involve a public trial that would be
highly embarassing to the Ministry which is quite embarassed enough as
it is. So, Umbridge will be stripped of her job, pay, rank, and status
in the wizard world and essentially cast out so as not further
embarass the Ministry.

She will sulk and brood, blaming Harry for everything, taking no
responsibility for her own action, and in a funk of depression and
minor psychologcal instability, she will vow to take revenge on him
for ruining her life. In doing so, she will seek out the only people
who are sympathetic to her cause, and join the Death Eaters. 

Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on your perspective, this will
be Umbridge's ultimate downfall. When you make a deal with the devil,
you really shouldn't be surpised when you end up in hell.

In the end, people like Umbridge are their own worst enemy. She will
ultimately be the cause of her own doom. Her own future action will
cause her far more damage than any court sentence could have, but not
before she causes a little more damage to Harry and friends.

As it was left in the last book, she seems to have gotten away with
it, but I have to believe, given the extent of her crimes (near
murder, torture, violation of basic human rights, etc...), her actions
can't possibly be ignored.

Just a thought.

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