Catching up: MAGIC DISHWASHER

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 45311

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Grey Wolf" <greywolf1 at j...> wrote:

> Marina added:
> > I'll throw in two more words: Sirius Black.  Still a hunted 
> > fugitive, because Wormtail got away.
> 
> Sirius accepts that. Dumbledore has a little chat with him, in which
I 
> expect many things got explained. The thing he dislikes most of his 
> circunstance, I think, is not being able to take Harry with him, but 
> that would've been impossible anyway, since Harry is taken to the 
> Dursleys for protection. Notice that, at no point (except, as with 
> Snape, when shaking hands with him) does Sirius express any sort of 
> disconfort about his circunstance. He understands the necessity of
it, 
> and accepts his place in the plans.

He may accept it after the fact (what choice does he have, anyway?),
but no one consulted him before the fact.


> > And that doesn't even begin to take into account all the innocent 
> > bystanders who are going to get swatted by Voldemort in the years 
> > between his re-embodiments and the final confrontation with Harry.
> > 
> > Marina
> 
> You cannot blame Dumbledore for the actions of Voldemort, anymore
than 
> you could blame anyone else.

I sure as heck can, if Dumbledore deliberately engineers Voldemort's
return while knowing perfectly well it will be years before the final
confrontation.  Even if we accept the idea that Voldemort can never be
defeated unless he is re-embodied by one, and only one, specific
method (and there is no solid canonical support for such an
assumption), there was still no need to let Wormtail escape on PoA. 
Wormtail is not the only servant available to Voldemort.  There are
plenty of "Death Eaters who walked free" still hanging around, and
according to DISHWASHER's own claim, Voldemort has been in touch
Lucius Malfoy since at least as far back as the summer before CoS.  

And here's another thought -- having arranged for Wormtail's escape,
Dumbledore must know that Voldemort will want to try for the potion as
soon as possible, which means that Voldemort will be redoubling his
efforts to go after Harry.  If the re-embodiment is not to happen too
soon, security around Harry must be tighter than ever before.  So,
knowing this urgent need for heightened security, what does Dumbledore
do?  He holds a Triwizard Tournament, filling Hogwarts with hundreds
of strangers, including an entire Durmstrang delegation of Dark Arts
students headed by a known Death Eater.  Real tactical genius at work
there.

 
> You know, I had never nboticed that fact. I can't stand the guy, 
> myself. I can asure you that it was never my intention to make him
look 
> "good" or "white-whased". He's just someone who knows clearly his 
> duties, and the reason he has to do them: he owes Dumbledore his
life, 
> and is paying back. He might not have any moral code worthy of that 
> name, but he knows what his duties are, and will act acocrding to
them.
> 
> At any rate, I hope you realize that by saying that you don't like
MD 
> because you don't like our canon-based (by you own words) 
> characterisation of Snape you are indulging in meta-thinking, so
there 
> is nothing I can do to change your mind.

The characterization of Snape as a man who knows his duty is in no way
unique to MAGIC DISHWASHER, nor is it in any way incompatible with the
face-value reading of the final chapters of PoA.

Marina
rusalka at ix.netcom.com