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

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 120137


Alla wrote:
"In my mind Dumbleldore CHOSE to remain Headmaster precisely because
he thought that he would do better job in leading the resistance there."

Del replies:
I'm not sure I understand you. DD was offered the Ministry after the
end of VWI, after the first defeat of LV. So I'm not sure what
resistance you're talking about? Not to mention that DD would lead a
much more efficient resistance if he were in control of the Ministry.

Alla wrote:
" Just a guess, but do you really doubt that Hogwarts will become
anti-resistance center in the next books?"

Del replies:
You mean anti-LV? Hogwarts will be one center, for sure, but I don't
know if it will be the only one. I don't think the Order's
Headquarters will be at Hogwarts, so that would indicate that there
will be at least 2 centers of resistance.

Alla wrote:
"I did NOT say that Dumbledore wants power, but I sure think that he 
does not consider that anyone else can do better job than him in 
fighting Voldie."

Del replies:
Do we know that he's wrong?

Alla wrote:
"But you do remember Minerva making a comment about Dudleys being not
 the best choice to leave Harry with? How much attention did 
Dumbledore paid her? He made a decision and he carried it out."

Del replies:
Minerva hadn't been told about the most crucial element in DD's
decision : the Blood Charm protection. And she didn't seem too
convinced that LV would come back either. Not to mention that we don+t
know how much she knew about Harry and LV, since it seems she wasn't
even in the original Order. So I would say that her opinion was
thoroughly misinformed, and that it's quite normal that DD dismissed
it in those circumstances.

And DD wouldn't have had to take any decision to start with if James
and Sirius hadn't engineered the Secret-Keeper Switch disaster. DD
*had* to take a decision, one that could have eternal consequences,
and he went for safety.

Del