Umbridge and the Dementors at Privet Drive

[KathyK]

No: HPFGUIDX 78297

bboy_mn:

>>>That got me thinking about Umbridge sending the Dementors to Little
Whinging, and I got a sudden chill. It would seem that Umbridge did
not send the Dementors with orders to scare the hell out of Harry, or
to try and force Harry into performing some magic, but to TAKE HIM OUT
and TAKE HIM DOWN.
 
Notice that the Dementors went straight for the kiss. They weren't
there for a scary snack, they were there for the full course meal. If
the Dementors were truly under the control of the Ministry, they
wouldn't have execute the kiss without orders.
 
So it seems crystal clear that Umbridge wanted far more than to
discredit Harry and/or get him expelled. She was out for blood, or
perhaps I should say out for SOUL.<<<

KathyK:

I thought this was the case the first time I read that Umbridge was 
the one to send the Dementors.  She wanted Harry out of the way 
entirely.  If she'd just wanted to help Fudge discredit Harry or get 
him expelled, she could have come up with a less dangerous scheme to 
get him in trouble with the MoM.  After all, Harry got in trouble for 
Dobby's use of magic in CoS.  

Umbridge could have orchestrated something similar or could have come 
up with a plan that forced Harry into using magic without expressley 
threatening his very SOUL.  Instead, she sent the most horrific dark 
creatures to Little Whinging and they, as bboy_mn mentioned, "went 
straight for the kiss."

Unfortunately for Umbridge, Harry knew how to cast a Patronus (do we 
think she knew he could do this?  I haven't been following the 
Patronus threads closely enough to say) and saved himself and Dudley 
from that fate worse than death.  

This may not have been what Umbridge was hoping for, but getting 
Harry to use magic was a decent consolation prize.  At least they 
could still expel Harry and subject him to a hearing on his 
behavior.  Too bad for them those efforts were thwarted as well.

KathyK