Arthur and Lucius (Was Re: Weasleys on the Tapestry)
justcarol67
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Sun Feb 8 23:17:41 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 90502
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "carrilynne" <carrilynne at s...>
wrote:
> This is an interesting thread. I just finished OoP again last
> night, and something else came to my attention (if it's discussed
> somewhere in these tombs - please forgive me in advance).
>
> Ron says "... it has about as much chance of happening as my father
> has of becoming Minister of Magic".
>
> So, has anyone thrown out the possibility or likelihood of Arthur
> becoming the MoM in one of the next 2 books?
> When Ron says something in jest... it usually happens <G> and what a
> great slap in the face of the CLASS or PUREBLOOD preference.
>
> ~Carri
I responded to this topic some time ago in one of my many, um,
overlooked posts. Essentially I said somehing about not expecting any
improvement in Muggle/WW relations at the end of the book (which we
would almost certainly see if Arthur became Minister of Magic). Book 7
will be set in a year that is already, for JKR's readers, in the past
(1997?). If JKR appointed Mr. Weasley Minister of Magic, she'd have to
find a way (other than admitting that the WW doesn't really exist,
which she couldn't and wouldn't do)to explain why we Muggles still
can't see Hogwarts and still can't enter Diagon Alley, and why
wand-carrying wizards aren't openly walking the streets of London.
How about a reformed Percy as Minister of Magic in the distant future,
when he's about 90? Or more likely, since I fear that poor Percy won't
reach 21, much less 90, how about Hermione as Minister of Magic in
about the year 2090? She has the right background and could have
cultivated the right connections by then, and she's certainly the
character most interested in politics.
Carol, who thinks that having all of Ron's joking predictions come
true is too much of a gimmick, not sufficiently subtle for JKR
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