[HPforGrownups] Fudge: Evil or what???

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 107054

> The ever-paranoid Lynette:
> YES!!! Fudge is Evil!!!

No, Fudge isn't evil.  One of the threads running through the series
is the way that good people can actually help evil by refusing to see
what's right in front of them (preferring what's easy to what's
right, as Dumbledore puts it elsewhere) and putting obstacles in the
way of those who recognize evil.  

Fudge is quite representative of wizarding society as a whole when it
comes to confronting Voldemort.  It's quite clear that the MoM was
completely outgunned in Vold War I and that the wizarding community
quite welcomed Barty Crouch Sr as a strong man who could handle the
problem effectively.  But once Voldemort was vanquished they just
threw a big party, toasted "the boy who lived" and went back to life
as usual as quickly as they could.  Fudge represents that longing to
ignore reality and just keep on keeping on.

It would be quite deflating, characterization-wise, if EVERYONE who
disagreed with Dumbledore turned out to be a DE or definitely evil.  


		
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