Will these two stop it??

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Siriusly Snapey Susan writes:

>All this blame game stuff we always return to, and yet what we're 
>left with is TWO people who're acting childishly, with neither being 
>able to fully accomplish his goals because of it.  'Course, I still 
>blame Snape more than you do <g> but in large part that's because 
I'm 
>focusing on the "time is being stolen from the war against 
Voldemort" 
>part.

This is exactly the thing that irritated me about OoP.  At the end of 
GoF, Dumbledore is gearing up for war, Fudge has jammed his head 
firmly into the sand, and sides are beginning to be taken.  Then 
Harry gets shuffled off to another crappy summer at the Dursleys, 
school starts, and DD tries to get everyone to pretend that it's 
simply school as usual.  The entire time they are dealing with 
Umbridge and everyone is tiptoeing around, I was shaking my book and 
screaming, "HELLO???  Anyone remember Voldemort?  That guy that's out 
there?  Most likely plotting something horrible?  Remember him?  Why 
are we worried about OWLS and detention?"  I was heartily let down to 
find that LV was after something as trite as a prophecy.  I expected 
him to be out there creating monsters to fight for him.  Or 
Polyjuicing all of the DEs.  Or creating some scheme to mow down 
Hogwarts and crush Potter once and for all.  But no, LV is looking 
for some prophecy and Harry is studying potions and arguing with 
Snape.  Quite a letdown after GoF.  I hope she ramps it up a bit for 
HBP.

Nicky Joe