CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Chapter 22 - St. Mungo's Hospital

[quigonginger]

No: HPFGUIDX 105064

>> (snip)
> Lee wrote :
> > Look, IMO, I don't care how much experience and such a person may 
> > have, but when we're talking about someone really close, all that 
> > detachment can fly out the proverbial window; the instinct to get 
to 
> > the hurt one is alive and well.  If that's considered childish, 
well, 
> > perhaps, then, I'd never work out in the order, either...and I'm 
no 
> > kid. :-)
> 
> Del replies :
> It's not the *instinct* I'm discussing, it's the *actions* of the
> Weasley kids. Sirius explains to them very clearly in what danger 
they
> would put Harry and the Order if they went to see their father right
> now, and *still* the kids won't stay put. It's quite clear to me 
that
> if Sirius had not been there to restrain them, they would have gone,
> even when knowing full well what the consequences might be.
(snip)

Ginger adds:

It may not seem like a big deal, but let's remember what the twins 
wanted to do.  They wanted to go and visit their father.  Not to help 
him, or save him.  Just to see him.  I won't discount the importance 
of deathbed visits, but given the seriousness of the situation, it is 
not advisable for the reasons Sirius gives.

Had they wanted to go to their father if, say, he was doing battle or 
being tortured, not only would they have possibly been allowed (if 
they were capable) to go, but the Order would have sent others 
straight away.  Although if I ran the Order, they wouldn't have found 
out about it until later.

I most certainly understand Lee's desire to go.  Last year my father 
had a heart attack, and I wanted to hop in the car and head down, but 
my mother told me to stay put.  There was nothing I could do for him 
that the Heart Hospital couldn't do, and I'd have just been in the 
way.  Fortunately, it turned out ok.  He is much better now, although 
it did convince him to retire :)

I think Del is right, though, that they shouldn't have been allowed 
to go, and, (please correct me if I am misremembering) Del, I believe 
it was you who said, further upthread, that this was a good reason 
why they weren't allowed in the order.  I agree there as well.

Ginger, (as in quigonginger), who believes that Darth Vader's 
deathbed confession was real, else how would he have appeared with 
Yoda and Obi-Wan at the Ewok party?  (answering someone else's 
closing line-nothing to do with this post)