[HPforGrownups] Dementors - Boggarts

[Monika Huebner]

No: HPFGUIDX 17394

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> From: Catlady [mailto:catlady at wicca.net]
> Subject: [HPforGrownups] Harry & Quidditch & More -Snape - Karkaroff -
> House Elves - Wizarding Religion - Dementors

> But has anyone yet suggested that Draco reacted strongly not because of
> being a coward but because of having horrors in HIS past? He certainly
> has a father capable of providing them, either as abused child or simply
> as witness.

Interesting thought, I never looked at it from this angle. But it makes
sense. I can perfectly imagine him being an abused child, and that would
indeed make him react strongly to the dementors. I agree with whoever
said he wasn't a coward.

> Altho' the Dementors waking the repressed memories of horrors in their
> victim's minds doesn't sound like major depression to me. That they suck
> out all happiness and all hope and their victims feel unhappy and
> worthless and helpless and futile sounds like major depression, but
> remembering the horrors sounds more like PTSD.

Maybe it's both. You are right that remembering the horrors sounds
more like PTSD, another reason why Harry, Ginny, Neville and also
Sirius have such strong reactions. But I think they are capable of
triggering major depression in "normal" people who haven't been
traumatized just by sucking all happy thoughts out of them. And
that would cause major depression IMO.

> Magda wrote:
> > Interesting, isn't it, that Snape takes off when Lupin and class
> > show > up in the teachers' lounge to battle the Boggart?  Would
> > he see a Dementor? Or Lord V, like Harry is afraid he will?
> 
> Or himself? ... Magda, what a thought-provoking question.

I always thought he took off because he didn't want to watch 
how his least favorite student would perform during the lesson.
And also because he absolutely can't stand Lupin. I think he
avoids being in the same room with him whenever he can.

I don't know what Snape's boggart would be, maybe Voldemort
like Magda suggested. Although I can't think that he is really
afraid of V., I think it would be something more abstract like
Hermione's boggart. Maybe he would see Harry breaking every
rule he can think of. <g>

Monika

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