Adults "failing" Harry (was: Themes in OotP)

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 119938


SSSusan:
> > Frankly, I DO think hearing it *directly* from DD rather than 
> > through someone else might well have made a difference to Harry, 
> > yes.  And that's partly because I'm proposing that the 
> > communication from DD would have had to have included NOT JUST 
> > that it's "really really really important," but, yes, also 
> > something specific about how Voldy might have the capability of 
> > feeding him not just actual images but *false* ones to trick 
> > him.  If I were Harry, I'd think that kind of specific [but-not-
> > too-specific for The Order!] information would have scared me 
> > into believing DD.  But maybe I'm wrong.  You've got a point 
> > about Harry's curiosity after all....
 
Dungrollin:
> Just remembered something in 'The Centaur and the Sneak' just after 
> DD knocks out Fudge and the other chaps from the ministry, and 
> before he disappears from his office with Fawkes :
> 
> "Listen to me, Harry," He said urgently.  "You must study 
> Occlumency as hard as you can, do you understand me?  Do everything 
> Professor Snape tells you and practise it particularly every night 
> before sleeping so that you can close your mind to bad dreams - you 
> will understand why soon enough, but you must promise me -"
> 
> The man called Dawlish was stirring.  Dumbeldore seized harry's 
> wrist.
> "Remember - close your mind -"
> 
> Didn't make much difference to Harry's attitude, did it?


SSSusan:
OHMYGOD!!  You're right, Dung; I'd forgotten. Bummer. :-(  So there 
goes my theory out the window -- with the exception of the part where 
I think DD should have told Harry that Voldy could potentially 
actually *feed him lies and false images*.  So I guess I can still 
blame him for that bit and hang onto my "it would've made a 
difference" notion by the merest wisp of a thread?

Otherwise, I guess I would have to fault... Harry??  Sh*t, that'll 
please Kneasy no end, won't it?  Not that he's opposed to blaming DD 
for things, but those blasted teenagers are always screwing things 
up, thinking they know more than they do, right, Kneasy?  Or do we 
just blame "life"?

Thanks for pointing out the glaring whoops.

Siriusly Snapey Susan