Order of the Phoenix

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No: HPFGUIDX 18052

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., rainy_lilac at y... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., booleanfox at y... wrote:
> 
> > They are betting that she means Azkaban, or possibly the Ministry 
of 
> > Magic, but it got me thinking...
> > 
> > I can't see why Harry would go to Azkaban - surely no matter what 
> > awful things might happen in OoP he's still just a child and 
won't 
> be 
> > sent there (as is =made= to go there) or be imprisoned?  And by 
the 
> > same token surely he wouldn't want to visit the place 
voluntarily, 
> > (unless he is trying to overcome his fear of Dementors?) - can 
> anyone 
> > think of anybody he'd want to go and see, unless (GASP!) Sirius 
is 
> > caught!!!! (I'm thinking out loud as I type here, as you can 
> probably 
> > tell...)
> 
> GASP!! I can't stand the thought, but let's face it Rita Skeeter 
knows 
> about him, and the l;ogical plot progression would be that at SOME 
> POINT things are going to come to a head for Sirius. I cna't see 
Harry 
> going there, but maybe the narrative will.

Yes, but Sirius still has the Dementor's Kiss sentence hanging over 
his head. If Harry is going to visit him after a recapture and an all-
expenses-paid trip back to Azkaban, he will be visiting a human husk 
with no soul.  Maybe Harry and Ron will have to finagle a way to get 
to Azkaban to visit a Weasley brother who ends up in some sort of 
legal trouble.

Or, maybe we'll visit the MOM for a hearing/trial concerning Sirius' 
attempt to clear his name.

> 
> > Overall, I think I would like to see him visit the Ministry of 
> Magic, 
> > or perhaps St Mungos with Neville to see the Longbottoms - I'd 
like 
> > the troika's friendship with Neville to strengthen as he needs a 
> > friend and Harry has just found out a lot of upsetting stuff 
about 
> > him.
> 
> 
> I thought about St. Mungo's-- I think we are going to learn much 
more 
> about the Longbottoms. I also thought about Malfoy Manor and that 
> mysterious secret chamber underneath the dining room floor. That 
> tidbit has been left hanging for two books now....
> 
> --Suzanne

I like the St. Mungo's idea.  I think that the gradual revelations 
over the course of the books concerning the Longbottoms will have to 
have some resolution. 
I often think about Neville as being the potential Peter Pettigrew of 
this generation.  Not necessarily as someone who will go bad, but as 
someone who needs the help and protection of others.  It will be 
interesting to see if H-H-R lose Neville as J-S-R lost Peter.

Marianne