DD and Delores (Was: Bad Writing?)

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 163058

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Lupinlore wrote: 
> > > But she wasn't.  When Umbridge's abuse of Harry began the 
Ministry
> had not yet put her in charge of Hogwarts, nor even expanded her
> powers.  Once again, DD stands by and tacitly consents to Harry 
being
> abused.  Thus, abuse being approved by the "epitome of goodness," is
> approved.  At least in the message which I don't think JKR intends 
to
> send.
> 
> Carol responds:

> 
> Yes, we have Hermione's statement way back in SS/PS that DD knows
> almost everything that happens in the school, but how? He's not
> omniscient, and I'm sure he's not spying on his teachers in their
> classrooms or offices. There are no portraits (or ghosts or even
> Poltergeists) to witness what Umbridge is doing to Harry, only those
> foul kittens gamboling on their plates. And they're not likely to
> report dear Dolores's actions to Albus Dumbledore.
> 

And yet DD has watched Harry "more closely than [he] can have 
imagined."  How can someone who watches that closely not notice a 
small detail like Harry bleeding after each of his detentions with 
Umbridge?  So DD was not watching closely before and after 
detentions?  Certainly there are portraits all around the Gryffindor 
common room, including one guarding the door, and Harry appears 
bleeding in front of them several times.  Indeed, his initial 
revelation to Ron about the detentions takes place, as I recall, very 
nearly under the Fat Lady.  All of this assuming that DD is indeed 
using the portraits and not some other mechanism.

So DD is watching closely enough to know about Harry's activities in 
PoA (at least he so implies) but not closely enough to notice the 
effects of the detentions?  Totally unbelievable.  Once again, 
the "epitome of goodness" has, by his silence, indicated assent to 
Harry being abused.


Lupinlore, who thinks this is issue gnumber 003 out of about 150 
issues that JKR needs to clear up if she really wants to sell her 
view of Dumbledore