Snape and Harry again.

[pippin_999]

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> > Alla:
>  
> > I am talking more about Neri's VERY persuasive argument 
IMO, that  Snape behaved very carelessly that night and delayed 
notifying the  order that Harry and Co went into MOM.
> > 
> > Yes, I remember the rebuttal arguments on the timeline, but 
again,  I  remained persuaded by Neri.
> 
> Potioncat:
> Oh, that was a fun one!  Let's do it again!  

Pippin:

Again? Oh dear <g>.  There's certainly plenty of ammunition for 
those who want to believe that Snape is up to no good and that 
Dumbledore deliberately makes himself unavailable just when 
Harry needs him most. 

But I do have something to add to what I said last time. I believe 
Neri  argued that no competent military commander would 
deliberately make himself unavailable in a crisis. True enough, 
though my armchair reading of  history makes it seem almost 
inevitable that there *will* be communications breakdowns 
between outposts and HQ in the midst of battle. Voldemort 
certainly would be doing his best to arrange it.

McGonagall took a sudden turn for the worse and had to be 
transferred to St. Mungo's...I wonder why? She could have been 
a conduit for communications  between Snape and Dumbledore. 

But it's also part of the mystery that we don't know where 
Dumbledore goes when he's not at Hogwarts. Harry considers 
writing to him at the beginning of GoF, and thinks that Hedwig 
would be able to find him where ever he went. But we know now 
that wizards can make themselves unreachable. 

Dumbledore seems to be uniquely powerful and 
good...according to Rowling he "is the epitome of goodness." * 
What if, in order to maintain those qualities, he has to  do 
something that puts him temporarily out of touch with the 
wizarding world? Perhaps he was in the world beyond the veil? 
Or with the power behind the door?

Pippin

*http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2000/0700-cbc-solomo
n.htm 

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