[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry, Hermione, Sirius, and the Dream, 2-way mirror

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No: HPFGUIDX 116994

Del said:
> But  the girls ?? Even if they didn't dare suggesting it to Harry, they

> could have gone and talked to Snape themselves. 

Oh, I forgot that Luna was lurking around in that scene! No way in hell
is Luna intimidated by Snape (I imagine she sees right through him). If
necesary, Luna would would have marched into Snape's personal
wherever-he-lives, ignored his protests and threats of bodily harm, and
told Snape what was going on. But did Luna know Snape was in the order?
Luna's creepily psychic, but I get the sense that the here-and-now oft
eludes her. 

But Hermione still would have. If, at age 11, Neville was capable of
tattling to DD, Hermione at 15 was capable of speaking to Snape.

> As you say, it's frustrating.

Very. 

> Personally, it's not so much the fact that he was lucky that 
> bothers me (luck is an indispensable part of a hero's equipment).

Well, yeah, you've got a point there. Still, other heros at least use
their wits a bit more, come up with clever solutions to difficult
problems, use common household objects to build a bomb to bust open the
door before the dynamite goes off, that sort of thing. Harry just sort of
shows up for the crises and, through a series of coincidences, doesn't
die. Honestly, the other heros in the club must think he's a poseur.

> It's the fact that people who should know better keep depending so much
on 
> his luck.

*And don't arm him with any other training or information.* Ok, in OOtP,
no one wanted Harry to be a hero. But the other books? If you want the
kid to go into the Chamber, tell him he's a parselmouth! BEFORE anyone
almost dies. &c.

Aura

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"You said I killed you - haunt me, then! The murdered do haunt their
murderers, I believe. Be with me always - take any form - drive me mad!
Only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you!"
--Wuthering Heights
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