McGonagal and l was Re: Missing 24 Hours

[Tom Wall]

No: HPFGUIDX 58486

Replies to Kelly and Pip!squeak in this post.

Kelly wrote:
Leader, Administrator, and Security Officer. I've been calling these 
three the Hogwarts Crisis Control Team for awhile now (sometimes 
Crisis Defense Team instead, but usually the first).

Tom says:
I like this nickname for those three. ;-)


Pip!squeak wrote:
If Dumbledore *didn't* trust her, I don't think she would have been 
in the 'Assault Team' at the end of GoF.

Tom comments:
Starting from a slightly different PoV: it *is* interesting that 
Snape isn't visible at all during or after the Third Task.

So, if he wasn't there (as McGonagall was) at the Quidditch pitch, 
then that means that Dumbledore either had to summon him or otherwise 
get him, before then going to Crouch!Moody's office.

I.E. Dumbledore specifically wanted Snape to be there in the office. 
He probably grabbed Minerva right away, and then somehow collected 
Snape. McGonagall, however, was right there to be grabbed. Snape had 
to be found, or else, Dumbeldore knew exactly where he'd be.

But, Pip, I'm not sure that I follow your train of thought here. 

How does trust relate to this situation? And does this mean that you 
believe that Dumbledore *doesn't* trust, say, Professors Sprout or 
Flitwick, or simply that he trusts Minerva *more," or even that there 
are different kinds of trust?

As for 'plausible deniability,' I think that that's the best answer 
to Minerva having seemingly been cut out of the loop on certain 
maneuvers at the end of GoF. That is, if you want to preserve the 
notion of Good!McGonagall, instead of succumbing to the plethora of 
delightfully nasty Evil!McGonagall possibilities. ;-)

-Tom