Dumbledore

[bluesqueak]

No: HPFGUIDX 42842

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Richelle Votaw" <rvotaw at i...> wrote:

Richelle:
  
> But Dumbledore did step between Harry and Molly the first time she 
> came running at him.  And somehow I really don't think she wanted 
> to question him about the night's events.  It's just not like her.  
> Of course, Ron and Hermione probably would have.

Pip:
Nooo, but as her reaction to the The Quiddich World Cup Dark Mark 
shows, Molly tends to express extreme anxiety/relief verbally. It's 
quite likely she would have given Harry a version of the 'you're 
alive, I've been so worried' speech that she gives Gred and Forge. 

Later in the paragraph it says:
"Harry felt an inexpressible sense of gratitude to Dumbledore for 
asking the others not to question him. It wasn't as though he didn't 
want them there..."

So again, Dumbledore's reading Harry quite well - he wants his 
friends and his surrogate mother *there*, but not to talk. He just 
wants them to be there.

> 
> > Pip:
> > This does seem to be a WW cultural thing - I've joked before that 
> > if a REAL wizard has a choice between letting the patient rest, 
> > bringing them a pain-killing potion, or explaining complicated 
> > plot points to semi-comatose invalids, they'll go for the plot 
> > explanation option*every* time.
>
Richelle: 
> Is this part of the "pain unites the mind and body" view?  I've 
> heard that before somewhere in connection with the Cruciatus  
> curse. That you end up stronger because of it or something.  

Pip:
Ah. Yes. 'Cruciatus makes you stronger.'

This was floated by Captain Cindy of TBAY fame (CindySphynx)in post  
# 40401. Elkins and I thought it was rubbish. 

Anyway, we had a full and frank exchange of views about it, where I 
dunked Cindy in the BAY (post #40476)and Elkins called her 'demented' 
(post #40480). [And some day Cindy's going to get back at me...]
 
See #40492 for Cindy's [very funny] final word on the subject. 

Richelle:
> And in non HP situations I've heard people say that nothing unites 
> the body and mind like pain.  

Pip:
Only in the sense that it tends to concentrate the mind wonderfully 
on *stopping* the pain.
[Sarcasm on] Have these people tried red hot pokers? Electrodes in 
delicate places? [Sarcasm off]

Richelle:
Whatever.  I don't like pain anyway, I'll just stay ununified, than 
you. :)

Me likewise. [grin]

Pip [who think wizards (and witches) try to ignore pain because REAL 
wizards are 'Tough'. Pip, on the other hand, believes that REAL Pips 
are 'Wimps'. Could someone pass me the asprin, please?]

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