Harry without Dumbledore

[Karina Aleksandrova]

No: HPFGUIDX 169131

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Lauren Merryfield"
<lauren1 at ...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> A concern I have with the upcoming DH is that if
> Dumbledore is really gone, how will Harry get the help
> he needs? So far, Dumbledore has always helped Harry.

Karina: I don't think so. Harry had help from his friends and did a
bunch of stuff on his own also. Dumbledore primarily got involved only
at the end of each semester explaining some of the things that
happened. With exception of the sixth year, where he is actually
working with Harry.

Before then: 
Year 1 - Harry and friends figure out about the Philosopher's Stone on
their own, and then work together to pass the tasks, and Harry fights
Quirrel.
Year 2 - Hermione figures out that the monster in the Chamber of
Secrets is a basilisk, Harry guesses where the entrance to it is, and
on his own fights the basilisk with help from Fawkes and Sorting Hat.
Year 3 - Harry performs the Patronus Charm to fight off a hundred
dementors.
Year 4 - With help from his friends and non-friend (Crouch Jr.), Harry
successfully competes in the Triwizard Tournament. He learns to throw
off Imperius Curse, and fights Voldemort.
Year 5 - Harry leads D.A., and some of the D.A. members help him in
the fight in the Ministry.

I think Harry has learned to rely on others, and will be able to use
each of his friends' strengths when needed. Hermione will help with
research, of course. I definitely think that Kreacher may know
something useful. Aberforth is bound to play a role. The D.A. and OotP
should also be able to help in some way, even if Harry doesn't tell
anyone about Horcruxes.

Lauren:
> Especially if Harry does not go back to Hogwarts, so
> he can't go to what was Dumbledore's study to
> communicate with Dumbledore's portrait, I wonder how
> Harry will get the help he needs finding all of the
> Horcruxes and dealing with You-Know-Who?

Karina: I agree with bboyminn that Harry will go to Hogwarts for the
Room of Requirement and library and the Dumbledore's portrait, and
possibly other things. He loves that place; he could make it a base of
operations.

However, I do think that Dumbledore's portrait isn't going to help him
much. The portraits are a very faint imprint of the person that
existed, and tend to repeat catchphrases (Sir Cadogan, Sirius' mom),
though some portraits seem more alive than others (Phineas Nigel). [JK
Rowling talked about portraits in this interview:
http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/news_view.cfm?id=80]

But perhaps Dumbledore left something for Harry after all. Dumbledore
has stored his memories in Pensieve, and perhaps there are still
things that Harry can learn from those memories. I've been wondering
forever: When - oh when - will we learn about how Dumbledore defeated
Grindelwald? and what are the twelve uses of dragon blood that
Dumbledore discovered? Oh, and how will Dumbledore's scar in the shape
of London Underground come into play, as JK Rowling said it will? 

Karina