Fudge and New Minister (WAS:Re: Sirius' heir. . .now Fudge)

[northsouth17]

No: HPFGUIDX 125682


theotokos:
> What do you mean "new Minister"?  Fudge was still MofM at the end 
> of OOP.  Are you making an assumption or is your statement derived 
> from previous conversations in which the consensus was Fudge would 
> be replaced?  I haven't been keeping up with the list much until 
> recently due to R.W. concerns.  I think Fudge is horrid and would 
> love to see him replaced, but I don't think he will be--not 
> immediately at least--maybe by the middle/end of the book.


I think JKR said it in an interview somewhere. If there was a 
conclusion arrived at on the list, I've no clue (That pesky real 
world...).

I agree though that the transfer of power will not be immediate, and 
IMO, far from simple. Fudge has developed throughout the books into a 
rather shortsighted politician who no longer shows any of the 
reliance on DD we saw back in PS, and to the contrary, seems to 
resent DD (Percisely beacuse of that earlier reliance, I think.) I 
don't see him doing an about face and cheerfully admitting that he's 
not the right one to do the job at hand. 

This is just wild hypothesyzation - I think Harry/The Order are still 
going to have problems other than LV and Minions - still resistance 
from inside the generally good WW - Which will come in the form of a 
messy transfer of power. Fudge will need to be outed, but he'll 
either be murdered or intrigued out, probably by the Order, probably 
in a less than perfectly nice fashion, after he proves completely 
incompetent at running the war. /done hyposethising

Whatever happens though, a change of Minister sounds like exiting 
stuff, I'd hate for it to happed off-screen, so to speak. 

I think they'll offer it DD again, and he'll decide to stick with the 
school, of course. 

Northsouth