Something wrong with this Fudge

[boyd_smythe]

No: HPFGUIDX 107426

> Potioncat wrote:
> I just re-read that section.  As well as the part where McGonagall 
> tells the Trio that DD has flown to London.  But we aren't told 
> Fudge sent the owl. We're told the MoM sent an owl. I also read 
> Quirrell's conversation with Harry.  He doesn't mention the owl at 
> all.  But I always thought Quirrell sent a forged owl to get DD 
away.
> 
> Now, if Fudge sent it to lure DD away, then Fudge rates higher than 
> all the other DEs becasue no one, not even Malfoy, knows that LV is 
> back. The other possibility is that a genuine owl was sent to DD and 
> Quirrell used that opportunity to go after the stone.  DD arrives at 
> the MoM and realises that this is one more example of his being 
> called on for unimportant matters and he walks out.

Or perhaps Jo just needed DD out of the picture to force her three 
heroes into action. Thus, a headmaster is off to tend some 
business matters. Need there be more to it than that?

As for Fudge, why must he be ESE? I see little in his actions that is 
inconsistent with a stereotypically out-of-touch public servant more 
worried about maintaining the status quo and his own popularity than 
taking on difficult tasks during his tenure. It will certainly be 
interesting to see what he does (if anything) in Book 6 now that LV 
and many DEs were spotted in the MoM, and some captured.

My bet is the DE's will escape Azkaban (Dementors? please...) and 
we'll have a scared WW being hit with a few terrorist-style attacks. 
Finally, a little real mayhem may ensue. Most will cut and run/hide, 
some will join LV, and a few will stand up to him. My bet is on Fudge 
simply trying to "manage" the situation by sending his Aurors after 
the DEs and hoping for the best...oh, and of course, Fudge will try to 
keep a very low profile. Until Lucius kills him.

Doh, did I just say that?

--boyd feeling very FEATHERBOA-ish today
P.S. More likely than Lucius killing Fudge: Lucius killing DD (doh! 
again)