I love how Arthur gets even more misty-eyed about his good buddy Bagman when someone brings up the fact that he's a fuck-up.
Gotta wonder what we're supposed to make of Arthur's taste in friends. Bonding over laziness and corruption, which he no doubt thinks of as being laid-back and obliging your mates, is one thing. Few wizards have much of a sense of morality anyway. But as you say, Bagman's clearly short on ethics as well, and anyone who talks to him for more than five minutes is bound to smell the dry rot. What does it say about Arthur that he likes Bagman so much?
Btw, Percy, perhaps it's a good thing that he doesn't associate you with the name Weasley, since he knows your father.
It's strange that Crouch, with his steel trap mind, can't remember that his new assistant is the son of someone he knows quite well. A subtle clue that he's already under Imperius, or just more forced humor at Percy's expense?
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Date: 2007-03-25 06:50 pm (UTC)Gotta wonder what we're supposed to make of Arthur's taste in friends. Bonding over laziness and corruption, which he no doubt thinks of as being laid-back and obliging your mates, is one thing. Few wizards have much of a sense of morality anyway. But as you say, Bagman's clearly short on ethics as well, and anyone who talks to him for more than five minutes is bound to smell the dry rot. What does it say about Arthur that he likes Bagman so much?
Btw, Percy, perhaps it's a good thing that he doesn't associate you with the name Weasley, since he knows your father.
It's strange that Crouch, with his steel trap mind, can't remember that his new assistant is the son of someone he knows quite well. A subtle clue that he's already under Imperius, or just more forced humor at Percy's expense?
-L