DD and Harry in Book VI. The Dursleys or the WW?

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 123999


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tonks" <tonks_op at y...> wrote:

 
> 
> Tonks now:
> 
> I agree with your post except for one minor point. DD knew what 
*had 
> to be done*, rather than *what he wanted to do*. He knew what had 
to 
> be done to protect Harry because of the Ancient magic. Yes, I think 
> he knew this ahead of time. I think that He and the Potters had it 
> worked out already. I don't think that Petunia knew anything about 
> it until Harry showed up on her doorstep. Although it is 
interesting 
> that *she* was the one to find him first. DD is very, very wise and 
> good and he knows what is best. We don't know that he doesn't 
> consult with the old Headmasters on occasion. Even when it looks to 
> us, and even to him, that he has made a mistake I still don't think 
> that his judgment is flawed in anyway. Call me in denial if you 
> will, but until the series is finished I trust DD 110%. I trust DD 
> with my life.

Finwitch:

Well... considering he thought Sirius was a traitor - yes, well - it 
was the Dursleys or himself. I think that's where his options were 
limited to. What Harry learned at Dursleys were defiance, certain 
independence, quick reflexes -- but also great distrust. It could 
have been, however, that Harry would have ended up depressed. It 
could have been that Harry ended up in an orphanage (did Dumbledore 
mention Tom Riddle having been raised at one and turning up as 
Voldemort?-- Take the kid in or he might one day kill you all...). It 
could have been that Harry turned out to be a magical Dudley. But, 
with all the what-ifs, you never know.

However, I'm not so certain whether he had consulted with the Potters 
at all. After all, Lily and James had named Sirius to be Harry's 
guardian - and while that wasn't exactly an option, not until the 
early 5th book anyway. Even though Sirius wasn't OFFICIALLY cleared - 
well -- I think that Harry living at 12 Grimmauld Place with his 
godfather would have been better - for both Sirius and Harry. After 
all, with Harry NOT there, he gets attacked. Don't think Harry's all 
that safe there - or if he ever was.

Still... Dumbledore's gravest error was to actively prevent Harry 
from getting information. (and Molly... I mean - that thing about 
Azkaban at Sirius -- well, that sums one thing up. It had to do with 
just about everyone - apart from Harry&Sirius themselves - 
questioning Sirius' role as Harry's guardian. No wonder, to me...)

Finwitch