Leader of Order of the Pheonix -Harry, Moody, Arthur, other

[susanbones2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 149133

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Magda Grantwich 
<mgrantwich at ...> wrote:
>
> > Mrcbolt:   
> > I was wondering if anyone has thought about who is going to
> > lead the Order now that Dumbledore is dead(maybe)? 
> 
> 
> Before we can answer this question, another one has to be asked:
> 
> What is the role of the Order, now that Dumbledore is (definitely)
> dead?
> 
> For all of Lupin's comments in OOTP about the Order being in a
> stronger position than during the first war, it's still not exactly
> clear what the Order spends its time doing.  Especially now that 
they
> won't have Snape to feed them information from the DE camp so that
> they can take pre-emptive action.
> 
> Magda

You bring up a very important point. The Order operates (or 
operated) like an internal resistance movement while the Ministry 
was in deep denial. It also seemed the first year to exist to 
protect Harry at points. Now that it's official that LV is back, the 
Order's underground work seems somewhat unclear, esp. as you mention 
that DD is not going to be around. If the Order is to be a force in 
defeating LV, they need a clearer mission. There's still plenty of 
scope for the Order to be part of defeating LV given the Ministry's 
distressing ineptitude. Any potential role does seem tenuous and 
threatening to the MOM. 
Do you or anyone out there think that the Ministry may be going at 
the task so badly because LV sympathizers exist in the ranks? 
(Lucius was very effective at hiding in plain sight to a point) I 
have wondered that. I apologize if this is a subject you've taken up 
recently. Impossible to read all these many and interesting posts!
Jen D.