ESE!Fudge

[Hannah]

No: HPFGUIDX 113363

Macfotuk wrote:
> A newbie recently posted a 'don't you think Fudge might be evil?' 
> post
 <snip>
> I really can't imagine why readers don't see this guy as at the 
> least deliberately obstructive and at worst a real ally of LV (or 
> severely imperio'd victim). I am so glad he appears to be going, 
but I want him punished. He isn't bumbling and well-meaning, or even 
*simply* prepared to do anything to acqire and then retain power. 
<snip>
 
Hannah now: Personally I hope that Fudge doesn't turn out to be a 
DE, or even imperio'd.  Otherwise it's like saying; there is only 
one type of evil.  You're either good, or you're a death eater (or 
controlled by them).  


I think JKR is writing a multilayered book and will try to show that 
evil is not just one thing.  There is LV and the death eaters, who 
are evil in a cut-and-dried, can-do-no-right kind of way.  But 
there's also Crouch Sr., who was fighting for 'good' but embraced 
techniques that could be considered 'evil.'  There's Umbridge (and 
IMO she isn't a DE either) who also did evil things, for different 
reasons.  

I think Fudge is there to show that you can do evil indirectly, 
through laziness, indifference, and self-interest.
Just my opinion.
Hannah