"Holds you in great esteem"

[JJ Pandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 131816

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lupinlore" <bob.oliver at c...> 
wrote:
> > 
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> > In short, what sort of conversations about Harry has DD been having 
> in his office which have led him to express these opinions?  What 
> events or controversies might have initiated these conversations?  
> Who do you think has been party to them?  Why would DD feel the need 
> to express positive opinions in what Fortescue seems to imply was a 
> rather emphatic (or at least very unmistakeable) manner?
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JJ's reply:
As Head of Gryffindor, I would imagine that McGonagall is the one who 
has participated in the most conversations about Harry in DD's office.  
Even if Snape was in there complaining about Harry, DD most likely 
would have summoned McGonagall to participate in at least part of the 
conversation or followed up with her at a later time for her input. I 
also imagine that DD is one who likes to talk out loud to himself, 
like  he did when he consulted one of his mysterious objects and saw 
the snake separate into 2 parts (sorry if the details are fuzzy on that 
one).  Of course, DD talking to himself is not really done in private 
with the type of portraits he has in his office.  Outside of actually 
talking with Harry himself in DD's office, I would imagine DD has had 
lots of conversations about Harry with others, with himself, or with 
the portraits - after he defeated Quirrel/Voldemort; after he fought 
the Basilik, saved Ginny, and defeated Tom Riddle; after he defeated 
the Dementors in PoA; after he survived each contest in GoF; after he 
survived a battle with Voldemort and returned with Cedric's body; after 
he defeated Dementors near Privet Drive; before and after his trial at 
the Ministry of Magic.  I wonder if the other 
headmasters/headmistrisses in the portraits ever had so much to talk 
about during their years of service to Hogwarts (outside of the first 
time the Chamber of Secrets was opened and when Harry first became the 
Boy Who Lived)?
   -JJ