Patroni (speculation) WAS: (Re: CHAPDISC: Ch. 19: The Silver Doe)

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 182993

Kamion:
> One can always ship Umbridge or McGonagal to whatever one wants to
> ship them. But in Umbridge's case it's probably best to ship her off 
to a location where she can ship with a Lethifold.
> 
> But on the other hand, did anyone write positive fanfic about 
Umbridge?
> She isn't very pleasant to go by, but neither was Snape, and after the
> tremendous performance of Imelda Staunton one would expect to see a 
few
> fans coming out of lurkdom.

Ceridwen:
There is a huge difference for me between Snape and Umbridge.  Snape 
had business in being at Hogwarts - he was a professor of a necessary 
subject.  Umbridge was not, she was a Ministry insert, a mole in the 
hole, a spy.  She was placed in the vacant DADA post, but she wasn't an 
expert at it - her primary purpose in being at Hogwarts was to 
discredit Harry and Dumbledore.  Her detentions were actual torture, 
unlike Snape's.  Physical marring of the students, demoralizing them to 
the point that they wouldn't talk about it to anyone, even someone who 
might help.  Umbridge was smarmy and two-faced, unlike Snape, who was 
snarky and "wore his heart on his sleeve" where most of his emotions 
were concerned.  The only subtrafuge Snape practiced was his spying on 
Voldemort, a worthy endeavor.  Despite Imelda Staunton's movie 
portrayal, which was very good, I can't abide Umbridge.  I avoid re-
reading OotP specifically because of her.

Ceridwen.