Sirius vs. Snape

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No: HPFGUIDX 99540

Neri:
Here we arrive at another rant I have, not about Snape but about DD.
Read this carefully:

OotP, Ch.37 :

"When, however, you did not return from your trip into the Forest
with Dolores Umbridge, Professor Snape grew worried that you still
believed Sirius to be a captive of Lord Voldemort's. He alerted
certain Order members at once.'
Dumbledore heaved a great sigh and continued, 'Alastor Moody,
Nymphadora Tonks, Kingsley Shacklebolt and Remus Lupin were at
Headquarters when he made contact. All agreed to go to your aid at
once. Professor Snape requested that Sirius remain behind, as he
needed somebody to remain at Headquarters to tell me what had
happened, for I was due there at any moment. In the meantime he,
Professor Snape, intended to search the Forest for you.
'But Sirius did not wish to remain behind while the others went
to search for you."


Do you believe this? DD, the supreme commander of the forces of Good,
does not have an immediate way of communication with his own HQ???
Would someone please give him a two-way mirror, or a portrait of
Phineas Nigelus, or just a cell phone??? What would have happened had
DD got delayed and taken an hour, not five minutes, to reach 12GP?
Was Sirius supposed to wait for him all that time while his fellows
are butchered in the DoM? Had DD got a message from 12GP (or better,
directly from Snape) he could have apparate, from wherever he was,
straight to the DoM, arriving at the same time the other order
members had arrived there, and most likely saving Sirius' life and
preventing Harry from nearly getting killed. And where were Arthur,
Molly, Diggle, Vance and all the rest??? Why don't they have and
immediate way to summon them to any place? Should they ask Hermione
for fake Galeons with a Proteus charm on them?

Ah well, JKR is clearly not versed in basic military communication
procedures. But if you want to blame it on the characters, DD is your
man, not Sirius.

Snow:
IMO, throughout the series, this setting is the most controversial. 
What you pointed out, Neri, is a lot of the very questions that I 
had/have with this scene. Isn't there a bit too much time lapse for 
something that was a top priority alert status? I especially 
appreciate the sarcastic but true statement of whether they should 
ask Hermione for her expertise. That pretty much sums up the less 
than childish way in which some of the adults in this scene 
prioritized their response time. Somewhat like, I know you need me 
Harry hang on, I'll be there as soon as I am done rescuing Umbridge 
(worthless as she is, she takes precedent over you at the moment)and 
talking with Kreacher (who, I figured out what he did but I just 
wanted to be sure). Unless of course stalling for time was a bigger 
priority.