Harry's " rescue" fromthe DursleysRe: What's bothering me about Ron (no worries)

[ereturtle18]

No: HPFGUIDX 73387

My apologies about the heading of this message, my keyboard's acting 
up and won't let me finish it for some odd reason. It should 
read, "Harry's 'rescue' from the Dursleys (was Re: What's bothering 
me about Ron).
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "magicroxx" <magicroxx at y...> 
wrote:
> My turn to raise suspicions,
> Speaking of people in the order, something about chapter 3 - The 
> Advance Guard has been bothering me. The chapter seems pretty much 
> completely useless. Some, or rather, a lot of people come to help 
> Harry, Moody or Lupin says "a lot of people volunteered to come 
get 
> you" They waste time at the Dursleys and then fly back. This 
portion 
> of the book could have been shortened dramatically and not have 
made 
> a difference what-so-ever. 


ereturtle18(me):
         When I read this part of the book I said, "Oh, no, all 
these people are going to be important later and I'll NEVER remember 
all their names!" (and my mother got mad at me for saying it out 
loud because we had just gotten the book and I hadn't even let her 
touch it yet <g>) I have a feeling there was a reason for so many 
people to be put in the group. As for the Order wasting time at the 
Dursleys, it seems to me that it often takes a while for people to 
leave somewhere in the series, such as Harry and the Weasleys having 
to get up at, was it four in the morning? to catch a five-thirty AM 
portkey. Anyway, I would have found, "'Pack!' said Tonks, 'get on 
your broom, Harry, no time to explain, and no, Mad-Eye, we're NOT 
going there via Greenland'" rather boring, and annoying because it 
was too sudden and unexplained. Yes, I know that has been said 
countless times about Sirius's death, but that's a different thing 
altogether. ;)

ereturtle18 who will probably find ways to drag Sirius into 
everthing, intentionally or not ^v^