[HPforGrownups] Re: McGonagall's Disloyalty

[Lucy Austin]

No: HPFGUIDX 29939

>>In answer to Calypso's message about what Klawz wrote
Klawz wrote:
"What say ye to the idea of Prof. McGonagall being the
one who betrays Harry? <snip evidence>"

>>Then Calypso wrote:
"Why didn't she stop The Dementor's Kiss on Crouch? Well, I assume 
that a 
Dementor is something that not even a witch or wizard wants to get 
in the way of." 

  
>But I think I would have to disagree with this, because if you may 
recall in PoA when Harry fainted in the train that Lupin told the 
Dementor to go and when he did not Lupin "muttered something and a 
Silvery thing shot out of his wand" which made the Dementor leave. 
Does this mean that McGonagall could have stopped it? or do you think 
I have misinterperted what happened?


I suppose it's a case of what Lupin was saying about a Patronus being a very advanced piece of magic - clearly McGonagall's never bothered to learn it. Perhaps you only take the trouble to learn the spell if you're likely to encounter Dementors, and she didn't think that was likely as a law-abiding school teacher! Which also gives the interesting side question of just how Lupin came into contact with Dementors and needed to learn it?

Lucy


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