Dealing with Dementors: Harry v Snape, Love v Happy

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 140079


> Valky:
> But did Snape ever actually elaborate on or teach this alternative 
> method? I don't remember that he did at all. 
> 
> ...I don't believe that Snapes method of dealing with Dementors is 
> what you'd call *light* magic. 
> 
>  Kemper now:
> I doubt if either the MoM or Voldemort use Dark Magic to control  
> Dementors, not because it seems counter-intuitive for Dark Magic to 
> control Dark Beings, 

Valky:
Before I get on to the actual reply, I know that you're not using it
as argument Kemper, but I really must say, I don't see how it is
counter-intuitive for Dark Magic to be able to control forces of a
Dark nature. I agree with that you're saying that light counters dark,
and Dark counters Dark is counter-intuitive (too many counters? :D)
but I was more leaning to a Dark Dog wagging Dark tail sort of magic,
rather than counter magic, which does make sense to me. 

However, now that I have said all that, I have to confess I was way
off in my last post.

To start with I replied on the basis of some vague recollection I had
of Snape mentioning a better way to handle Dementors in passing. IOW I
totally misremembered the actual HBP quote. 

After scanning more carefully up thread I found the real quoted source
and I'd like to apologise for my error. 

In case anyone wants to know my almost boring, and not very
Snapeophile interpretation of the situation here is is:

Harry's first triumph over so many Dementors was in POA, when he
conjured the Patronus from across the lake. Now after this Harry
relates to Hermione that he had discovered he *knew* he could do it
because he already had done it. Hermione didn't understand. 

This could be the difference between Snapes method and Harry's method.
Harry is possibly again relating in his Dementor Essay that he found
it useful to draw on this inner sense of self-worth and belief. A kind
of thing I can't really imagine Snape actually able to find out for
himself, being somewhat aprroval/recgnition seeking, himself. So Snape
compensates his lack of self-belief with some other concept, but Harry
disagrees and argues, hey it works for me when I feel this way.. etc.

Yeah.

Valky