Hogwarts ongoing staffing problems

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 138451

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Richard" <darkmatter30 at y...> wrote:
> "profuloth" <hpfgu at j...> wrote:
> > Maybe Harry will use Hogwarts as his base of operation and
> > skive off classes to find the remaining horcruxes. I can
> > see the remaining DA members being used to help him reseach
> > ...
> > 
> > Jason
> 
> Richard here:
> I don't see Harry using the DA to do research on horcruxes, ...
> 
> Here's how I see the team.  The research staff is, I believe, 
> Hermione.  The aide-de-camp is Ron.  Bill will be the curse breaker, 
> and the thief ... the breaking-and-entering specialist. I suspect
> that Ginny will end up the fourth musketeer ...
> 
> Since Snape knows about 12 Grimmauld Place, it isn't a safe haven, 
> and Godric's Hollow isn't, either, ...
> 
> I see Hogwart's as the best base for Harry, even if he is not a 
> student there.  ...it has about as good research resources ..., 
> isn't under the control of the Ministry ..., ...
> 
> But, that's all just my opinion ... which can be (and often is) dead 
> wrong.
> 
> 
> Richard, 

bboyminn:

I don't think Harry wants to drop out of Hogwarts, afteral it is the
place he loves the most, but I think he sees higher priorities than
getting his NEWTs. As he said in the first book, if Voldemort wins,
Hogwarts won't matter much, it will either be destroyed or turned into
a school for the Dark Arts. So, the highest priority is for Voldemort
not to win.

Personally, I am surprised that Harry training has lagged behind so
much. It seems reasonable that Harry would demand of Dumbledore much
earlier that he train him long and hard with serious efforts directed
toward defeating Voldemort. Of course, we know it is the flow of a
good story rather than common sense that is driving the plot in the
direction it has gone. It's very important for the hero to be the
underdog and (mostly) working alone. It is the fact that the hero is
illequipped to face the powerful villain, yet still willing to go,
that makes him a hero. None the less, I think Harry true education has
 been sadly neglected.

I'm not willing to write off 12 Grimmauld Place just yet. Harry or
someone else could still become the Secret Keeper under the
application new Secret Keeper Charm. The Secret Keeper Charm doesn't
necessarily prevent someone from knowing where a place is, but it
prevents them from finding and entering it. Certainly many in the
Black extended family know that 12 Grimmauld Place exists. Even after
Kreacher betrayal, Narcissa may have suspected that it was the
Headquarters, but she is prevented by the charm from conveying that
information to anyone. Snape say it himself, that even though
Voldemort knows that Snape knows the location of Headquarter the Charm
prevents him from saying it in any way. 

Now let's say the Narcissa suspected that 12 Grimmauld Place was the
Headquarters and she came to investigate. Too bad, whether she knows
where the house is or not, she still wouldn't be able to find it. As
far as she is concerned, as long as Dumbledore or the current Secret
Keeper hasn't reveal the information, the houses go from #11 to #13,
and #12 simply doesn't exist. 

So, as painfull a place to live as 12 Grimmauld Place may be, I
believe that Harry will still use it as a home or maybe just a house,
if not a headquarters because it is still capable of being
sufficiently protected.

Even if that is true, I still see Harry spending a lot of time at
Hogwarts, not as an active student, but doing research, taking private
tutoring, and consulting with the wizards who are available to him there.

That said; you have convinced, or nearly convinced, me that Harry
might make the school the headquarters of the Order. I mean it is a
fortified castle, it's remotely located, it's surrounded by walls,
it's surrounded by the strongest protections possible short of the
Secret Keeper charm. That's one reason why I think Slughorn will stay,
because Hogwarts is a protected fortress with plenty of talented
wizard close by to provide protection. 

Plus there is the convenience factor, living at the school, Harry
would have access to all the resources he needed.

Still, as much as you have convinced me, I still say that 12 Grimmauld
Place is not out of the picture yet.

For what it's worth.

Steve/bboyminn