Curious Duality of Snape: (was: Harry begins to act ...)

[Maria]

No: HPFGUIDX 99095

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> Two points to consider:
> 
> 1. Who do the Dementors take their orders from? The Ministry. That
> being so, why would they take any notice of Snape? If any wizard-in-
> the-street could give them instructions or requests then the WW
> would be a very dangerous place. The only instruction they seem to 
> respond to is "Go away!" accompanied by a Patronus.

> 2. (And this covers one of my favourite theories), what makes you
> think they were after Sirius anyway? On the three occasions that 
they 
> enter Hogwarts grounds they seem much more interested in Harry.
> At  no time in PoA does a Dementor even attempt to attack Sirius.
> Don't you think  that's a bit odd?


Yeah, I always considered that the Ministry and Dumbledore would have 
been controlling the Demetors. We've heard Dumbledore had gotten mad 
at the Dementors at the Quidditch match, and he would've backed them 
off. 

That said, I don't think the Dementors were acting on orders in some 
instances, because their temptation got the better of them. But yes, 
they were their under orders to get Sirius Black, but Harry, 
considered a bigger treat was there too.

I presume that before Voldemort's defeat the first time, Dementors 
were on Voldemort's side. What if Dementors were not interested in 
Harry because of his dark past, but because Voldemort had wanted to 
defeat him in the first place? I'm sure Harry isn't the only one at 
Hogwarts with a tragic past as bad as his... so in one way they were 
not acting on Ministry orders when faced with Harry, bu they might 
have been loyal to voldemort, maybe? 

Maria
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