I know! It's an unsubtle as Umbridge's 'SHUT UP, THAT'S WHY' when Hermione's argument becomes greyer, or how every mention by Ogden to the Gaunts about how people maybe didn't deserve to be hexed has to be interrupted with racist rantings so we can tell that these people are abusing others, whereas the Trio are just protecting themselves by shooting first. No politician in the world would lose a battle of wits with Harry, even Bush, let alone openly admit they're using people.
Oh, I forgot how much I loved the mention of Fudge, and how Scrimgeour lured Harry by looking tough and scarred and having been an Auror compared to 'portly' Fudge and his vanity in wearing...a bowler hat. As well as Umbridge not being sacked (and she's still alive at the end of HBP too - I wonder what JKR's keeping her around for? A hilarious immolation? Sold into slavery? A terminal disease?) I can imagine the MoM having an equally outraged reaction, though: 'Those kids are still at that school? After disfiguring their classmate, trying to murder Umbridge, breaking into the MoM and casting an Unforgiveable?'
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Date: 2006-06-30 08:36 pm (UTC)No politician in the world would lose a battle of wits with Harry, even Bush, let alone openly admit they're using people.
Oh, I forgot how much I loved the mention of Fudge, and how Scrimgeour lured Harry by looking tough and scarred and having been an Auror compared to 'portly' Fudge and his vanity in wearing...a bowler hat.
As well as Umbridge not being sacked (and she's still alive at the end of HBP too - I wonder what JKR's keeping her around for? A hilarious immolation? Sold into slavery? A terminal disease?) I can imagine the MoM having an equally outraged reaction, though: 'Those kids are still at that school? After disfiguring their classmate, trying to murder Umbridge, breaking into the MoM and casting an Unforgiveable?'