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[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 120061


Alla wrote:
"Pippin, I had in mind specific example, which I quoted earlier - not
 telling Harry about prophecy and we KNOW  that nobody told Harry
about it. Even though Sirius clearly wanted to and I wish he would
disobey this particular order."

Del replies:
How do we know that Sirius knew about the Prophecy and that he wanted
to tell Harry about it? How do we know that anyone apart from DD knew
about the Prophecy but that they were ordered by DD not to mention it?

Alla wrote:
"Even Sirius obeyed the Orders pretty well, considering the  fact just
how much he hated Grimmauld place and still he stayed there, because
that was Dumbledore told him to do ( another example of the general
not knowing his soldiers basic needs, if you ask me)."

Del replies:
And WHAT was Sirius's most basic need, if not being safe? Sirius had
*already* been sentenced to the Kiss, that's what he would have gotten
if the Ministry had managed to catch him. Everything else pales in
comparison to THAT danger, IMO.

Alla wrote:
" And here would be the ideal moment to explain to Harry that even
though this vision was real, some of them ... may  not be, so Harry
should be on his guard. I am not quite sure why it was so obvious to
adults of the Order that Harry will figure it out on his own."

Del replies:
I'm not sure the adults figured it out themselves. Harry's curse-scar
is unique, nobody knows how it works and what can be done through it.
In particular, I doubt anyone knows that LV can send false visions
through it.

The adults are just as much in the dark as Harry, where his scar is
concerned. More than Harry, in fact, since he doesn't tell them
everything.

Del