JKR Speaks: Arthur Weasly will NOT be next Minister

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 107845

Neil said:

"Her answer, alas no.  The question, will Authur Weasley be the NEXT Minister 
of Magic?
Why wasn't the question, will Authur Weasley be MoM.  Is there a reason for 
slipping the word next in?  Possibly to lead us astray."  


DuffyPoo now:

Goldfoy posted the other day about the HP & LOTR links.  At one point it was said:
"I believe that the parallels between the two works will be reinforced
in Book 6 when Cornelius Fudge is replaced as Minister for Magic by
someone who appears at first sight to be a most unlikely candidate
for the job."

I would like to go a bit further and say that the *person* in book 6 will be unsuitable because of what we find out about that person and how they work at the top during the course of the year, and then the person will be replaced in book 7 - by Arthur Weasley, who I personally think is perfect for the job partly because of his non-skewed view of the purity of wizard blood issue.  What I mean is, he's thinks Muggles are as important in this world as wizards.    

I'm thinking Umbridge, Percy Weasley, Ludo Bagman, any of the still *respectable* DE's ... ones that have not yet been found out, and I'm quite certain we haven't seen all of them yet.  I'm thinking, the person will start out looking respectable, become un-respectable for whatever reasons, and be replaced by a more respectable person, vice, someone like Strider/Aragorn, who starts out looking like an unlikely candidate but proves themselves to be the right person for the job.  Ultimately, I think Arthur Weasley will end up MoM either for Book 7 or as a new appointment at the end of book 7.

Heaven knows I've been wrong before!

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