On the subject of Umbridge and Book VII

[amiabledorsai]

No: HPFGUIDX 143664

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lupinlore" <bob.oliver at c...> wrote:

> JKR: Yeah, it's too much fun to torture her not to have another 
> little bit more before I finish.
> 
> 
> 
> Now, what do you think JKR meant by that?  It's always dangerous to 
> read much into colloquialisms like "little bit" -- recall what people 
> were reading into her comment about how Harry would have a "little 
> romance" in HBP.  The definite thing is that we will be seeing her 
> again (and I suspect the mentions and glimpses of her in HBP were 
> JKR's way of keeping the character somewhat in view in preparation 
> for whatever is going to happen in the seventh book).

Amiable Dorsai:
Th Ministry in general is one of the great hanging threads in the
whole series.  Harry's view of it has gotten progressively worse in
each book, starting with Hagrid's genial contempt for Fudge in book
one and ending with Harry's dismissal of Scrimgeour in book 6.  I
think Jo is setting up a big shakeup for book 7.  

I think Umbridge, as the personification of everything bad about the
Ministry, is set to take a big fall in Book 7.  I hope we get to see
it "on camera".  One of the minor disappointments for me in HBP was
that we didn't get to see Fudge get the boot.

Amiable Dorsai