Snape in the Shrieking Shack (Was: Are appearances important to Snape?)

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 142338


> colebiancardi:
> again, you've made my case for me :)  There was no representative 
from
> the MoM on the train.  The dementors seem to run amuck without the 
MoM
> around.  They have orders, but once they are set loose, it seems 
they
> read into those orders very liberally - there was no reason for 
them
> to go into the train to "check things out".  They did so because of
> all the emotions on the train - re: same with the Quidditch match.

a_svirn:
That's exactly what I call the "most unfeasible arrangement 
imaginable". No one in their right mind would want employees who are 
danger to the same population you are supposed to defend. I'd like 
to repeat my question: how would it look for Fudge if they did 
desoul anyone? 


> colebiancardi:  see above post.  and I think the two ladies were 
quite
> upset that the dementors entered the train.  The train seems to be
> school property, no?  It is called the Hogwarts Express.

a_svirn:
You know there is a certain Orient-Express. I wonder whose property 
is it. Orient's? 

 > colebiancardi:
> >
> OotP: p. 747 AmEd Hardcover:
> Umbridge:"He never knew I ordered dementors after Potter last 
summer,
> but he was delighted to be given the chance to expel him, all the 
same..."
> "It was you?" gasped Harry.  "You sent the dementors after me?"
> "Somebody had to act," breathed Umbridge, as her wand came to rest
> pointing directly at Harry's forehead.  "They were all bleating 
about
> silencing you somehow - discrediting you - but I was the one who
> actual did something about it...Only you wriggled out of that one,
> didn't you Potter?"
> 
>>  If, like you stated, the reason why the dementors went after 
Harry in
> PoA was because he was trying to repeal the dementors away from the
> numero uno killer Sirius, what was the excuse to go after Dudley?  

a_svirn:
Well, it is pretty clear from the quote you provided (thanks!)that 
she didn't only want to silence Harry, but also to *discredit* him. 
Hence the attack on Dudley. I'd say it rather probable that she 
would accuse Harry in attacking Dudley, and ascribe his own demise 
to his resisting the arrest.