[HPforGrownups] Re: CHAPDISC: DH1, The Dark Lord Ascending
Random832
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Wed Aug 22 03:00:27 UTC 2007
No: HPFGUIDX 176012
> Then zgirnius said:
> I don't know, for me she managed to make it sinister. The takeover
> results in some serious flips of the former positions in the
> government and the papers, and some very repressive laws. Yet noone
> seems to mind all that much, unless they happen to have Muggleborn
> relations or friends. I was reminded of that famous poem:
>
> va32h:
>
> Yes, but they all seem to be the result of a few Death Eaters
> Imperiusing everyone ele into doing their will. Umbridge is the only
> character we see who is apparently neither DE or Imperiused, just
> taking advantage of the situation to let looser her inner sadist.
Random832:
Right, but that the general population (a few alliteratively-codenamed
broadcasters aside) utterly FAILS to think that maybe there's something
wrong - that was creepy. They just go on living their lives, not giving
a crap. That's not presented as a mass Imperius, just apathy.
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