[HPforGrownups] Re: Oyez, Oyez, the I Hate Horcruxes Society is Now in its Second Session

[Magpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 163725

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

Magpie:
Sure you can disagree with us (heh-me and Harry), but that doesn't make it 
an unresolved issue in the books, which was what I was saying. We weren't 
left hanging with the DA because the stated reason for it existing in OotP 
was gone, and Harry himself says this makes it unnecessary. So there's 
nothing to resolve in the way that, say, we need a resolution on who RAB is.

Umbridge wasn't teaching them DADA at all. Snape was, so nobody felt the 
need for Harry to teach on the side. In fifth year it was Harry or nothing. 
In sixth year Snape was teaching things Harry himself didn't know (Hermione 
ironically says Snape sounds like Harry, which makes it seem like he'd be a 
good teacher) so the DA would probably, if anything, have evolved into a 
duelling club--one that nobody really seemed to want, though. It would have 
been a fine idea--lots of fanfics did that when they imagined sixth year. It 
just wasn't the way JKR was going.

I do get your point about your disagreement with Harry, but at least he does 
give us a reason in canon for it not continuing that all the characters 
accept.

Marie:
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.

Magpie:
I remember something...but now I totally can't remember. I'm sure somebody 
else in the thread will!

-m