THE SCARIEST VILLAIN IN HARRY POTTER?

THE SCARIEST VILLAIN IN HARRY POTTER? I looked in on Mary Jane while she was watching THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX again, and it occurred to me that of all the villains in the Harry Potter books, I find Dolores Umbridge to be the scariest. I think that I am not alone and that she is one reason why THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX seems to be the least popular of the books. She creates fear because most of us have encountered ruthless bureaucrats or people who enjoy abusing their authority. Torture and abuse for petty legalistic pretexts are more convincing than metaphysical evil. We don’t encounter people who look like Voldemort or the other villains. Umbridge is familiar because she is dowdy, and ordinary, even with her pink outfits. This website has pictures of her. It also has a biography of her that I found astonishingly thorough.