[HPforGrownups] DementorSeekers

[Tandy, Heidi]

No: HPFGUIDX 18918

 
> David wrote:
> > What I have in mind is that the D's may already be working against 
> the MOM
> > and Dumbledore, if not actually for Voldemort, and are targeting 
> Harry -
> > see the Quidditch match and the lakeside later.  Taking out Barty 
> Crouch Jr
> > so he couldn't testify might be part of this, and they might have 
> some sort
> > of hold over Fudge too, warping his judgement.
 
> Toby wrote:
> >Wow...this is so obvious, I feel really dumb for not having thought 
> of it
> >sooner.  :-) What an excellent idea! That makes so much more sense 
> than the
> >dumb answer Lupin gave about them "feeding of the excitement and 
> happiness"
> >of the Quidditch match. That never made sense to me at all, because 
> the
> >Patronus is supposedly pure joy, and it *repells* Dementors, not 
> attract
> >them. So why would they be attracted to the joy of the match?

Amy wrote:
> I want to add my kudos for David's idea but also defend Lupin's.  
> Dementors feed off human feelings, and the ones guarding Hogwarts 
> haven't had close contact with too many humans lately.  Every once in 
> awhile someone goes through the gate and gives them a gulp or two, 
> that's all.  So it makes perfect sense to me that they find the 
> "feast" of a Quidditch crowd irresistible.
> 
And they're not necessarily after the "joy" of seeking victory among the
players and their supporters - Lupin says that the "emotions running high"
and the "excitement" were what attracted him - could that mean, instead of
the joy spectators feel at a sporting event, they were attracted to the
emotions of beating, destroying, trouncing and winning over the other side,
the "offensive" emotions and goals; it's likely that the crowd's mass
emotions were tipping toward the negative side