DD's dilemma + owl post

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 126401


SSSusan: 
> > I had said that I *can* see JKR thinking so fully that DD 
> > saw leaving Harry with the Dursleys as his only option, that she 
> > never gave all the rest of those issues we've talked about that 
> > much thought [not checking up on him; not going back & 
> > intervening over the years; not threatening the Dursleys a 
> > little more -- *if* in fact none of that happened].

theotokos:
> [among other posts blasting DD for not intervening]


SSSusan:
EEEEK!!  I'm not blasting DD for not intervening!  I'm one of the 
ones who thinks he truly did what he believed to be best.  Now, I 
may have *wished* he'd exerted a little influence over the years, 
for poor Harry's sake, but I think that DD believed if he pushed too 
hard, the Dursleys would've kicked Harry out.  And I think JKR 
probably thought it was clear to her readers that DD didn't feel he 
had any choice.

Just clarifying. :-)


theotokos:
> If DD or others were able to magically *know* where someone was, 
> why did DD need help from the portraits to find Arthur Weasley in 
> the MOM?

SSS:
Exactly!  I don't think they DO know.  I think the *owls* know 
(somehow!), and as long as a letter is in an owl's possession, the 
ink on the envelope will re-write itself to be accurate upon 
delivery.

Siriusly Snapey Susan