Oyez, Oyez, the I Hate Horcruxes Society is Now in its Second Session

[mariejgrangerpotter]

No: HPFGUIDX 163722

> Magpie:
> There's nothing to resolve with the DA since, as Harry himself said,
 > the need for it disappeared along with Umbridge. 

May I respectfully disagree with you and Harry on this?  Yes, Umbridge
was gone, but they were being taught by Snape, who is at the very
least a former Death Eater.  At the end of OotP, Harry blamed Snape
for Sirius's death.  Why, then, does he trust him to teach himself and
his friends DADA?  The plot-driven reason is probably that if the DA
had continued, there would have been many more students to fight
against the Death Eaters Draco let in.  However, it doesn't make sense
to me that Harry decided it was no longer needed, whether Snape was
truly ESE or DDM.  

> SPEW was a plot element that was more obviously dropped, what with 
> Hermione spending two books hammering on House-elves as a problem 
> and then seeming to forget all about it when Harry himself actually
  > owns one, though even there it's not exactly an unanswered question.

Now THIS one I would completely agree with.  I don't agree with the
way Hermione approached SPEW in OotP because I think the house elves
should be given the choice as to being free.  Particularly the ones
who live and work at Hogwarts, as they're not likely to be mistreated.
   However, aside from objecting to Harry's use of Kreacher and Dobby
to tail Draco, Hermione seemed to have given up her passion for house
elf rights in HBP.  That saddened me, but I continue to hope that
house elves will play a significant role in DH.  Someone on thread
recently mentioned that Jo has promised as much on her website, but
I've been unable to locate it.  Any help pointing me in the right
direction would be much appreciated.  

~Marie, formerly mariejadewalker