Was the eavesdropper unimportant to Harry? WAS: Re: Snape again

[amiabledorsai]

No: HPFGUIDX 147056

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Karen" <kchuplis at a...> wrote:

> From: amiabledorsai
> More than that, he poisons Fudge's mind against the testimony 
> of The Trio by convincing him that their belief in Sirius's
> innocence is the result of their being confunded...
> ...Snape planted the seed of doubt that Rita Skeeter so
> lavishly fertilised, and that bloomed into Fudge's
> conclusion that Harry was a dangerous braggart.
> 
> None of this has escaped Harry's attention, I'm sure.

> kchuplis: 
>...Fudge is scared STIFF of anything irregular and
> never shows a particular bit of brilliance. He's the
> guy who always plays it safe. I think it would have been
> that he believed the kids were hoodwinked no matter what,
> even if Snape wasn't there freaking out. I just don't think
> it is in Fudge's nature (and this was born out in
> the following books) to accept things that seem to unusual.
> If it isn't in his comfort zone, he will find a way to explain it.
> ONce his ways of explaining it get unreasonably absurd he might
>  be in a frame of mind to accept something else, but until
> then, I think he would supply these explanations on his own
> without out any help from meltdown!Snape.

Amiable Dorsai:
You may think so, and you may be right.  The question is: what does
Harry think?

Harry knows that Snape told Fudge that he, Ron and Hermione were
Confunded.

Harry knows that Fudge subsequently ignored their stories.

What do you suppose Harry thinks?

Amiable Dorsai