State of the DA (was:Fear as a Crime (Re: muggle baiting )

[carodave92]

No: HPFGUIDX 156175

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03" 
<horridporrid03 at ...> wrote:
>
> > >>Betsy Hp:
> > > <snip>
> > > For that matter, why does JKR have the DA fracture so badly 
that 
> > > only two members not in Harry's inner-circle respond to 
a       
> > > distress call?  And all while stressing the importance 
of       
> > > unity.  
> 
> > a_svirn:
> > <snip> 
> > As for DA it wasn't fractured at all. It had served its purpose 
in 
> > the year five as far as Harry was concerned, and that all 
there    
> > was to it.
> 
> Betsy Hp:
> I think Harry's indifference is the reason the DA *remained* 
> fractured.  But you had members fighting in the corridors during 
the 
> ride to Hogwarts.  Obviously something went wrong.  If, of course, 
> the DA was supposed to be a step towards the Houses uniting.  I 
> think that's what Hermione was hoping for, IIRC.
> 
> But I think especially when you've got the Hat's song in OotP, 
that 
> Harry didn't take the uniting of the Houses seriously is something 
> still to be delt with.  That the DA failed and why it failed I 
think 
> (hope) will have to be faced in book 7.
> 
> Betsy Hp
>
Carodave:
The DA didn't actually fail.  It's purpose was to provide a forum 
for learning defense against the dark arts while Dolores Umbridge 
was their DADA professor.  The DA's success can be measured against 
the number of OWLs received by those members whose only practical 
experience came under Harry's tutelage.

As to the group being fractured...they hadn't held a meeting in 
months, and there was no real reason for members to check their 
coins on a regular basis.  I agree with the other poster who(sorry! 
I can't remember who or find the post) noted that Neville and Luna 
probably checked regularly since the DA was their circle of 
friends...but for other members, who presumably had good social 
connections, there was no need to check the coins once meetings were 
suspended.

All IMHO, of course.

Carodave