Next Minister (was Re: My fav Q and A from todays chat w/ JKR

[naamagatus]

No: HPFGUIDX 92171

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Arya" <dequardo at w...> wrote:
> "maneelyfh" <maneelyfh at y...> wrote:
> miggs: Is there going to be a new minister of magic in the next 
books?
> JK Rowling replies -> Yes. Ha! Finally, a concrete bit of 
> information, I hear you cry!
> 
> hope this means Arthur is getting his due.  Also, hope it indicates 
> that Fudge is in fact a DE as I have theorized!
> ----------------
> ARYA NOW:  Don't you think someone like Amelia Bones is much more 
> likely to make the jump to MoM?  I mean Arthur is only the head of 
> very small (two-man) department...
> -------------

I think you are not taking into consideration the political upheaval 
that will occur in the WW. After a year's smirch campaign against DD 
and Harry, clearly directed by Fudge, it turns out - dramatically - 
that DD was right all along. He is now in the position of Churchill 
at the start of WW II. He had warned his people against a danger 
nobody wanted to hear about, withstanding a tremendously hostile 
public opinion, and he is now vindicated. Like Churchill, he will now 
be viewed as the people's true defender and champion, and they will 
turn to him now with a new found, and even greater, trust. So, I am 
sure that for the next books, DD will return to his former position 
as the WW's great leader. There will also be, of course, be a general 
revulsion at the present MoM leadership - Fudge certainly, but also 
those who supported him. There will probably be another plea for DD 
to become Minister for Magic, which I assume he will refuse. But 
people will still want somebody who is *not* from the present MoM 
leading group, preferably one of the few who stuck by DD during the 
last year. Arthur Weasly fits the bill perfectly. And, don't forget, 
he is a Weasly - a highly respected and influential family (this was 
made clear by DD at the end of CoS). So, he will be seen as a natural 
candidate from that respect.


Naama