Fudge WAS :Re: Portrayal of MoM in the series

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No: HPFGUIDX 179014

Carol:
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Fudge seemed really human to me in that chapter, a likeable and
well-meaning diplomat doing his best to explain the inexplicable to a
mere Muggle like you and me. It's a purely subjective reaction. I 
felt
rather sorry for both him and the Prime Minister, actually, but it 
was
only Fudge that I actually felt affection for. Not at all what I 
felt,
of course, in reading about Harry's trial, at which point I merely
wanted to shake him (and, on a rereading, somehow alert him to the
danger of the poisonous toad he was allowing to write bad laws and
dangerous decrees). I don't see any evil in Fudge himself, just a
failure to see real evil in other people (notably the suave and
generous Lucius or the sweetly girlish, if toad-faced, Umbridge) and 
a
tendency to wishful thinking (he'd rather be threatened by a lying,
power-hungry Dumbledore than by a murdering, genocidal LV).

I hope that answers your question. I'm not trying to convince you,
just to explain why I rather like him and hope that he survived DH.
He'd be the perfect head of the Muggle Liaison office, given all his
experience with the Muggle PM.
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Alla:

Oh, you wrote exactly what I was asking for, no worries. I indeed 
just wanted to understand what actions of Fudge can be looked at as 
likable and why. I do not think there is a possibility of me being 
convinced of ever liking him, but I certainly want to understand.

Like, you know, I loathe Snape, but certainly understand of how and 
why SOME of his actions can be looked at as likable, maybe because I 
briefly was in some sort of similar mindset as I mentioned before.

On the other hand, I did try to understand how the actions of Draco 
Malfoy can be looked at in likable light and failed. Oh, people gave 
me the actions, etc, I just completely failed when I tried to be in 
those shoes if that makes sense ( NO I am not asking anybody to 
bring me more actions, I am just giving examples).


So, back to Fudge, I do get how he can be , I don't know, pitied 
maybe at the beginning of chapter 6, I guess. I guess it just does 
not cross out any other of his actions to me.


I mean, like or dislike the character is certainly a perception 
thing and sometimes cannot be explained, but sometimes the reasoning 
can be given and to me it is fun to look at it.


Like some time ago I was trying to work out why I disliked Dobbby 
and thank goodness with list members giving examples, I was able to 
pinpoint for myself where my dislike of him started.


And you know, I was trying to figure out same thing with Fudge and I 
think I did, I think it was GoF. I mean, he seemed to me to be too, 
superficial and fake pleasant in PoA, but I certainly did not hate 
him yet.

When he  was kissing up to Lucius Malfoy, I was pretty close to 
hating him, but when he let Dementor have a go at Barty Crouch, yes, 
nothing could erase that from my memory. I thought it is despicable 
and hated him ever since, I think.


I guess where we differ is that I do believe Dumbledore when he says 
that Fudge is blinded by pureblood superiority and love for his 
office.

If I was perceiving him as just marionette of Lucius and Dolores, I 
may at least pity him, but to me he already had evil ideas of his 
own and that is why was a good target to work on.

IMO of course,

Alla