Random DH questions from a lowly Muggle

[Adesa]

No: HPFGUIDX 173020

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "adamjmarcantel" 
<adamjmarcantel at ...> wrote:
>
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "meglet2" <mercia@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Mindy" <mindycl@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "allies426" <AllieS426@> 
> > wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > Allie now:
> I doubt the Order 
> > had 
> > > > planned which particular Saturday they were going to take 
Harry 
> > so 
> > > far 
> > > > in advance.
> > > >
> > > 
> > > Mindy says:
> > > 
> > > I have another puzzling question.... Snape only became Hogwarts 
> > > headmaster in September. How the heck did he get into 
> Dumbledore's 
> > > office in July????
> > 
> >That chat with the portrait definitely suggests Snape is 
> > HM and DD is dead and therefore couldn't be happening in July. I 
> > still think it is a mistake and part of the careless writing of 
the 
> > book. But I would love to be proved wrong with a better theory.
> > 
> > Mercia
> > >
> >
> 
> I don't know about a "mistake," necessarily.  It seems that DD's 
> office is not that hard to get into.  All you have to do is see 
Harry 
> being able to go there right after Snape's death simply by knowning 
> the password.  It doesn't seem a far stretch that Snape would know 
> the password to get into the office after DD's death and before he 
> became Headmaster.  So I don't see that Snape being in DD's office 
> after DD's death but before becoming Headmaster as a big problem, 
> timeline-wise.
> 
> Adam
>

Adesa:

And remember, right after DD's death, McGonogall was able to go right 
in. True, she *was* the Deputy Headmistress. But it shows us that the 
only person *not* able to get in (even with a password) was Umbridge. 
And methinks that was a special spell with much love ;O) from 
Dumbledore to Umbridge.