OOP: Dementors (was : Re: OOP: Petunia and Azkaban)

[zanelupin]

No: HPFGUIDX 66313

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Carolin Mönkemeyer 
<shokoono at g...> wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> Thet dementors were allready guarding Azkaban in the first war for 
Petunia
> knows they do and she heared James tell this Lilly so it could only 
be
> possibly while the first war.
> 
> Yous Finchen
>

But we don't actually know that it is James and Lily Petunia is 
referring to when she says "that awful boy" and "her."  She never 
says their names, Harry only assumes she is speaking of his 
parents.   

I am inclined to believe that she was speaking of Lily and James when 
she said this, but something about the way she said it makes me 
wonder whether or not it was just something she made up so she didn't 
have to give any more explanations as to how she knew anything about 
the Dementors of Azkaban.  This is the reason I originally got into 
this thread.  I wondered if Petunia was trying to cover up that she'd 
been in contact with the WW since the death of her sister (a question 
that many have been asking).  
In connection to this, I began to wonder why and when the Dementors 
became the guards at Azkaban.  Because, as I posted earlier in this 
thread, if the Dementors guarded the prison during the first war, 
then why would they just sit idly by helping the MoM when big bad 
Voldemort could give them their heart's desire?  
Someone else wrote that the Dementors were the guardians, and 
abandoned the prison and joined Voldemort during the first war.  When 
he was gone, the MoM welcomed them back to their former post because 
it was the safest way to keep the captured DE's in check.  Since no 
one expected Lord Thingy to return, there was no reason to worry 
about the Dementor's loyalties.
My thoughts were varied on this subject but my basic conclusion was 
that the Dementors were either on Voldemort's side during the first 
war, or else for whatever reason, they were not present to join sides 
in the war (where they would have inevitably sided with LV).

My original thoughts sounded better I think, but I hope you get the 
gist of why we were speculating that the Dementors weren't around for 
the first war.

Have an action-packed, fun-filled night,

KathyK