Who Ya Gonna Call?

[lealess]

No: HPFGUIDX 141507

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Sherry Gomes" <sherriola at e...> 
wrote:
> So, who can they
> turn to for help?
> 
> lealess
> 
> 
> 
> Sherry:
> 
> how about Bill Weasley?  There's got to be some reason he's a curse
> breaker. i expect his job will come into the situation eventually.  
> i can't really see Harry turning to Snape.
> 
> Sherry
>

This is true, but can they ask Bill Weasley to undertake curse 
breaking without telling him about the horcruxes?  Dumbledore told 
Harry to tell nobody but Ron and Hermione about them, didn't he?

I think Snape already knows or has guessed about horcruxes, and he 
can create counteractive potions or spells to curses already 
encountered, which Bill may be unable to do.  There are many skills 
Harry does not have, love or luck potion notwithstanding, and 
Hermione and Ron do not have sufficient experience to break the kinds 
of Dark curses placed on the locket, at least.  If they encounter 
another potion, the HPB potions book might be useful, but in the time 
it takes to find a remedy, it could already be too late.  (On the 
other hand, if someone hands them a horcrux, like the diary, they 
might not have to ask for help.)

I cannot see Harry voluntarily turning to Snape for help, yet he did 
have the HBP's advice about bezoars when Ron was poisoned.  In a 
matter of life or death, I don't know what Harry would do.  His 
hatred of Snape is incredibly intense, but I assume he will have to 
get over this for the story's sake.  Hermione might be the one to 
somehow ask Snape for help.  Her prejudice is not so blinding, and 
Snape's pride might not be so implacable with her as it is with 
Harry, especially if she knows about his family.

By the way, I was reading about zombies on Wikipedia, and they 
mentioned a famous victim, Felicia Felix-Mentor, written about by 
Zora Neale Hurston.  Interesting in an off-hand way.

lealess