Snape's textbook and Narcissa's tears

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No: HPFGUIDX 133907

Ersatz Harry:
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Was this the real reason that Slughorn was brought back?  Let's see, 
says DD, Harry won't take Potions any more if he got too low an OWL, 
therefore he won't have bought the text, therefore my putting 
Slughorn in will get Harry to take the class without a text and will 
create an excuse to put Snape's old text in his hands.  Feels like a 
bit much.  Any thoughts?

Juli now: Dumbledore "needs" Slughorn back because he needs the 
conversation he had with Tom Riddle about Horcruxes, it's crucial to 
the whole battle against Voldemort. Why would Dumbledore want Harry 
to lean Snape's invented Dark curses? I don't see why, it was an 
accidental event.

> (2) Way back in Chapter Two (Spinner's End), we have Narcissa 
Malfoy demonstrating behavior most unlike that of the typical DE, 
displaying what appears to have been real emotion -- love, we can 
say -- for son Draco.  Will there be some parallel between Lily's 
love for Harry and Narcissa's love for Draco that leads to a Draco 
redemption of some kind?

Juli: What proof do you have that Narcissa is a DE? AFAIK she's 
married to a DE, not one herself (she wasn't in the graveyard, nor 
at the MoM...). If a person is capable of love, then s/he isn't evil 
(IMO), Why was Draco trying to kill DD? because he loves his 
parents, he wanted to do whatever he could in order to keep them 
save. The same goes for Narcissa, she'll do whatever it takes to 
secure Draco's wellbeing. Maybe if Narcissa stood in front of LV 
like Lily did, then Draco could get the same kind of protection 
Harry has. But I don't see this happening. If LV wants to kill 
Draco, he doesn't need to go to his place, he's just to call Draco 
(via the Dark Mark), and AK him, quite simple actually.

Just my opinion,

Juli