DD and Horcruxes/ Scrimgeour

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No: HPFGUIDX 179575

Pippin:
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Scrimgeour didn't just 'come along', he was mentioned in OOP ch 7 as
asking questions about Sirius. He and Dumbledore surely knew
each other well enough. Scrimmy was apparently willing to
entertain the idea that Voldemort might have come back, but not
to question the guilt of either Sirius or Stan Shunpike at the 
expense
of making his department look bad. If Scrimgeour didn't care
about their welfare why should he be entrusted with Harry's?

Alla:

Oh, oh this is very true. Well, OOP is indeed my worst known book 
heheh, but as I said, I just think I wanted to see Dumbledore trying 
with him, same as he more than convincingly for me tried with Fudge 
at the end of GoF. That was perfect for me, trust me - I did not 
need to read one more sentence to be absolutely sure that Fudge is a 
shmack and Dumbledore should not bother to do any more convincing of 
him.

Scrimgeour - not really. I totally do not admire all of his tactics 
that you recounted, at the same time, I see no indication that he is 
best buds with Lucius Malfoy or wants to send dementors on Harry, or 
anything like this. Does that make sense? I think that Dumbledore's 
efforts may not have been lost on him. Or maybe they were, I just 
wanted to see him try - to respect DD character more.



Pippin:
Even with our Muggle-ish grasp of horcrux lore most of us realized
there was a good chance that Harry had inadvertently become
one. Surely Scrimgeour would have drawn the same conclusion --
do you think he'd have seen the situation as Dumbledore did?
Would he have trusted that Harry's power of love and those who
loved him would have the best chance of resisting
their powers, which were sure to grow as Voldemort himself
grew stronger? Or would he have destroyed the one horcrux
he could be sure of getting at?

Alla:

OOOOOOO, Pippin sometimes I think you are genuis. You think 
Dumbledore was afraid that Scrimgeour will kill Harry?

If that speculation is correct, then sure I cannot blame Dumbledore, 
on the other hand, after Scrimgeour dying tortured and not saying 
anything about Harry, I doubt that this is what he would want to do.

And isn't DD supposed to be good judge of character?

JMO,

Alla