Locket and Umbridge

[joan of anarchy]

No: HPFGUIDX 173330

> --- "Jenni Merrifield" <jenniferm@> wrote:
> > a. The fact that Umbridge was the ministry worker who 
> > took the locket from Mundungus felt a little bit too 
> > tidy and contrived.

Matt wrote:
> I had the opposite reaction on that one, because I took Umbridge's
> possession of the locket as a potential explanation for a mysterious
> loose end from book 6.  <snip>
> The implication I took, knowing that she ended up with the locket, was
> that she might have acquired it early in book 6, so that by the time
> of the detention scene it had begun to possess her, in the subtle way
> that it does with the trio in book 7.  

While I thought it was a little contrived, I also thought it was a
clever way to combine seeking the locket and getting a glimpse of the
(scary!) Ministry... until Umbridge mentioned that the locket belonged
to her ancesters.  At that point, I loved that she had the locket,
becayse I want to believe that Umbridge was trying to cover up some
amount of muggle blood.  (Her blood, not spilt blood, heh.)

I love the idea that the locket was possessing her, though.  It makes
a lot of sense, although it also gives us a mild reason to pardon her
behavior (which I really don't want to do).

Joan of Anarchy