[HPforGrownups] Trust in Dumbledore WAS: Re: The Statute of Secrecy

[Magpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 158964

> Alla:
> In any event - there is actually a question I want to ask here
> instead of saving it for this chapter discussion.
>
> I know we discussed this one over and over, but I am drawing a
> blank, what were the suggestions about the *additional protection**
> Dumbledore is talking about?

Magpie:
Does he mean the Order posted around the halls? They definitely tell Harry 
that they were on guard duty that night in the school.  He may have meant 
them (though Snape interestingly isn't among the ones on duty, it seems).

And of course that protection didn't really cover what was needed--though he 
might have provided that kind of protection had he taken Harry's information 
about Draco and the RoR more seriously (underestimating both boys in a 
different way).

> Alla:

> Now, I am of course not saying that trust in Dumbledore words is
> always wrong, but yeah, we do disagree about whether his trust in
> Snape was wrong or not :)

Magpie:
Heh--and I could very well be wrong about my thinking they're right on that 
one!  But regardless, since nobody has any idea *why* they trust Snape 
except that Dumbledore did, they all look really stupid once Dumbledore is 
dead even if Snape was DDM.  They are practically paralyzed, and given what 
they say trust in Snape sounds absurd--well, of course we all wondered since 
Snape was a DE, but we figured Dumbledore had his reasons...  And when Harry 
claims Dumbledore thought Snape had changed sides because he felt about 
killing Harry's parents Lupin jumps in with Harry's pov, that Snape hated 
James so would never have felt sorry (forgetting that, as we learned in the 
first book, hating someone doesn't necessarily mean wanting them dead). 
It's like none of them can begin to deal with what's happened because Snape 
was never someone they understood to begin with.  And sure, maybe they 
didn't all need to understand him completely.  But it seems like their 
perfectly reasonable questions about Snape were handled the same way Harry's 
always were--DD had his reasons.  Dumbledore seemed to feel his word was 
most important and as of now it seems like all of Dumbledore's special 
knowledge has died with him.

-m