Shake-up at the Ministry

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 92301

cristina wrote:
> I don't think that Arthur was ever under the imperius curse. 
<snip>
> 
> Lucious and Arthur have more than enough for antagonistic feelings 
> for each other.  Lucious believes Arthur and his family turned their 
> back on their heritage, one which he feels they should be proud of.  
> Arthur feels that purebloods with Lucious' views are pompus, 
> arrogant, and delusional of their own superiority.
> 
> I think that Arthur would like to get something on Lucious to knock 
> him down a couple of peggs and show him that he is not an 
> untouchable, regardless of how much money, or how far back his blood 
> lines go.  <snip>


I agree, but I would add that Arthur knows Malfoy is a Dark Wizard and
a Death Eater who got away by claiming to be under the Imperius curse.
He may even suspect that he was LV's second or third in command.
Malfoy probably knows exactly what Mr. Weasley suspects and holds him
in contempt for being unable to prove it (as well as for being a
Muggle lover and a "blood traitor"). Plenty of grounds for mutual
animosity without Arthur having ever been a victim of the Imperius
Curse himself.

Carol