Jo's site and Snape's timeline in OOTP

[jlv230]

No: HPFGUIDX 119724



Christelle:
> So, if this birdie thing is what Snape used in OOTP, it weights in 
> why it takes so much time for Snape to warn Sirius and later DD 
and 
> the Order about Harry.

Melissa:
> I really seem to remember the order had more efficient methods of 
communication than Flue 
> powder ect.  So would would slower really be more efficient?  I 
can see this 
> silver thing as being more reliable (as in less likely to be 
intercepted) but not 
> not as good in emergency situations.

I am not sure if I am being a little hasty here but my first thought 
was that this silver communication device is in fact Dumbledore's  
patronus. I mentioned this in message 118204 a couple of weeks ago, 
but now I'm beginning feel that I am perhaps the only one who read 
this as a Partonus connection. If it wasn'a a patronus, what was it?

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/118204

In OOtP I was further convinced of the importance of Patroni by 
Harry's fight with Voldemort where patronus-producing happy thoughts 
seemed to help ward off you-know-who himself. I mention this again 
because I really *really* like the idea that Prongs will ride again 
and help Harry finally defeat his nemesis.

As for security, I am quite sure that with an organisation like the 
OOtP, security is the most important thing: after all, think what 
happened to the Potters when their secret got out. Even if time is 
of the essence, security cannot possibly be compromised as it could 
endager more than just one individual - without the Order, it seems, 
the whole Wizarding world could be destroyed.

Furthermore, I'm not sure that there was a timing problem with the 
communication at all. I thought the delay was because Snape *did* 
communicate quickly with Sirius, see everything was ok after all and 
then forget about it until he later realised that Harry had gone.

Yours,
JLV