Shake-up at the Ministry

[Erin]

No: HPFGUIDX 92264

Fran:
 
> So what acronym can we come up with for this? W.I.N Weasley is 
> Next...? Sorry not very good with these things. If he does not get 
> the MOM position, at least he should get a promotion. The reason I 
am 
> in this camp is Ron's joking comment, and in my heart I want him to 
> succeed!


I like it!  But maybe... A WIN ?  For Arthur Weasley Is Next, as 
opposed to the Percy for minister people?  (who are delusional, by 
the way)

That said, however, the only way Arthur will be minister is if 
Dumbledore wants him to be.  The WW isn't going to turn to Arthur on 
its own.  They wanted Dumbledore for minister before Fudge, and 
they're going to want him again now.  After being proven right about 
Voldy and capturing most of the henchmen, DD's star is as high as 
it's ever been. 

I can see DD as Minister of Magic. Now that Voldemort is back, just 
wanting to run the school won't seem as good an excuse as it did back 
in 1990. And JKR didn't like the suggestion in the chat that DD is 
too old and tired to fight, which makes it seem to me as though she 
has him continuing in an active role in the next book.

I can also see DD being killed in one of the last two books, and 
Arthur, who has been acting as DD's right-hand man at the ministry, 
*then* stepping up and becoming minister, at the *end* of the books.


Erin