ESE Fudge

[mhbobbin]

No: HPFGUIDX 107120



HunterGreen wrote:
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PoA, though, is where he gets sort of suspicious. snip. This starts 
with Sirius' escape from
Azkaban...Now, of course, there's the issue of motive, why would 
Fudge want to let Sirius Black escape. If he wanted to kill Harry, 
that would be the easiest way to do it. Perhaps after hearing that 
Black has been talking in his sleep for a time, Fudge has an idea. 

snip.

mhbobbin writes:  

Starts even before Sirius' escape and the talking in the sleep bit.
Supporting the ESE Fudge theory that you detail , is also that Fudge 
gives to Black the very newspaper with the picture of the Weasleys 
and Scabbers vacationing in Egypt. This is the trigger that pushes 
Sirius into escaping. Fudge does not know that Scabbers is Peter 
Pettigrew. Or does he?  According to Fudge, Black asks to see the 
newspaper and Fudge comments that Black seemed sane.

Why is it that Fudge turns up so often in the Peter Pettigrew / 
Sirius Black conflict? Coincidence?  We don't know where Percy got 
Scabbers yet...but could he have been given to the Weasleys by 
Fudge? And it is Fudge's comments at the Three Broomsticks, in front 
of Harry's friends (and Harry too although Fudge might not know 
this) that further complicates the story. Fudge just can't keep his 
mouth shut about the inside story. Does he tell this to Hagrid, 
Flitwick, McGonnagall etc thinking it might get back to Harry, and 
Harry will behave recklessly?

Very suspicious. And put together with Fudge being one of the first 
on the scene after the Pettigrew / Black duel. A duel--per Sirius-- 
that Sirius lost because little Peter had his wand behind his back. 
In other words, Sirius didn't see the wand--did Sirius know what 
really happened? Doubtful.

I'm not convinced that Fudge was a Death Eater. He may just be out 
for his own power, a bumbling politician.  But he sure turns up in 
strategic places in the Sirius /Pettigrew mystery and we know there 
aren't many true coincidences in JKR's world.

mhbobbin