How bra är en trollkarl Cornelius Fudge?

Om du frågar om hans trollkaraktärskap kan jag säga att han inte anses vara en exceptionell trollkarl enligt några standarder. Här är ett exempel där Dumbledore enkelt slår Fudge, två trollkarlar och en häxa (allt från ministeriet för magi) i ett försök att arrestera honom (Dumbledore):

Order of the Phoenix (5 th Harry Potter-boken), Kapitel 27: Centaur och Sneak

“So,” sneered Fudge, recovering himself, “you intend to take on Dawlish, Shacklebolt, Dolores, and myself single-handed, do you, Dumbledore?”

“Merlin’s beard, no,” said Dumbledore, smiling. “Not unless you are foolish enough to force me to.”

“Enough of this rubbish!” said Fudge, pulling out his own wand. “Dawlish! Shacklebolt! Take him!”

A streak of silver light flashed around the room. There was a bang like a gunshot, and the floor trembled. A hand grabbed the scruff of Harry’s neck and forced him down on the floor as a second silver flash went off—several of the portraits yelled, Fawkes screeched, and a cloud of dust filled the air...

Panting slightly, Harry saw a very tall figure moving toward them. “Are you all right?” said Dumbledore.

“Yes!” said Professor McGonagall, getting up and dragging Harry and Marietta with her.

The dust was clearing. The wreckage of the office loomed into view: Dumbledore’s desk had been overturned, all of the spindly tables had been knocked to the floor, their silver instruments in pieces. Fudge, Umbridge, Kingsley, and Dawlish lay motionless on the floor.

Om han hade någon form av överlägsen magisk förmåga, skulle han inte bli slagen så lätt, även om Dumbledore anses vara den bästa trollkarlen i generationen.

Goblet of Fire (4 th Harry Potter-boken), Kapitel 27: Padfoot Returns

"So old Crouch lost it all, just when he thought he had it made,” he continued, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand. “One moment, a hero, poised to become Minister of Magic...next, his son dead, his wife dead, the family name dishonored, and, so I’ve heard since I escaped, a big drop in popularity. Once the boy had died, people started feeling a bit more sympathetic toward the son and started asking how a nice young lad from a good family had gone so badly astray. The conclusion was that his father never cared much for him.

"So Cornelius Fudge got the top job, and Crouch was shunted sideways into the Department of International Magical Cooperation.”

Om han är en respekterad medlem i det magiska samhället, var han väl ett tag. Men i Phoenix-ordningen ser vi Harry och Arthur Weasley som spekulerar om att han tar mutor från Malfoy. Det finns också Fudges verksamhet att vägra att tro att Voldemort hade återvänt i slutet av den fjärde boken och hans trakasserier av Harry, Dumbledore och kända Dumbledore-supportrar för majoriteten av 5 th boken.

Inte så mycket.

Från denna Pottermore-artikel av JK Rowling (betona min):

As often happens with such highly coveted awards, Ministry of Magic favourites seem to receive the Order of Merlin, especially the higher classes, more often than one might expect. While nobody argued when Albus Dumbledore received his O.M. (First Class) for defeating the Dark wizard Grindelwald, there was a good deal of muttering in the wizarding community when Cornelius Fudge, Minister for Magic, awarded himself an O.M. (First Class) for a career that many considered less than distinguished. Other less worthy recipients of the highest class of Order include Arcturus Black, Sirius Black’s grandfather, who was widely believed to have bought it by loaning the Ministry a large amount of gold.

För en Muggle-jämförelse, se Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (tack DVK!):

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