"He who has left me for ever" [was Re: Snape's Destiny/JKR quotes) (Long)]

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No: HPFGUIDX 105541

Bren:
I thought the one "who has left me for ever" was Cornelius Fudge 
<snip>

Meltowne:
I suspect Fudge was a death eater, and the reason he doesn't want
to "belive" that LV is back is because he has gotten comfortable with
his own level of power in his absence. A Return of LV means LV will
want to be in control. Fudge was only a death eater because it
served his own purposes, not out of loyalty to LV.<snip>

Neri:
The main reason I don't believe Fudge was "the one who left me 
forever" is that if Fudge was a DE, he has to have the Dark Mark, and 
his Dark Mark must have summoned him to the graveyard. In fact, he 
should have felt his Dark Mark becoming stronger through the whole 
year before, just like Snape and Karkaroff. He would have known for 
sure that Voldy is back. Why then would he refuse to believe DD and 
Harry? Not only that, he fought against DD for a whole year, causing 
a lot of damage to the war against LV. If Fudge is an ex-DE on the 
run from Voldy, then he should have made any effort to help DD. DD is 
his only hope of staying alive.

OTOH if Fudge is a DE who is still loyal to Voldy, he would have 
arranged for Voldy to get into the DoM in the beginning of OotP, and 
the whole story of OotP was very different.

Until I come across some good answers to these problems, I'm inclined 
to believe Fudge is what he appears. Of course, I sure he's still 
covering after some serious debacles of the Ministry, probably 
regarding the DoM, but he is not a DE.

Neri