[HPforGrownups] Re: Did Snape set up the Pensieve scene?

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 169555

Nikkalmati
You know what that means don't you? If Hermione had followed her good 
instincts and revealed how Montague was injured, there would in all
likelihood have been steps taken to secure the cabinet. There would have
been no repaired cabinet, no DEs in Hogwarts and no death of DD.
I think Jo would want her readers to see this little slip, the rejection of 
the good impulse, leads to bad consequences. 

Magpie:
I think that was why that scene really made me notice it when I read it the
first time. It was just too clear the way Hermione specifically brought up
passing on information that meant little to them in order to help this
other person recover and it was dismissed by all of them. Even Hermione
wound up seeming to seem like the impulse was weak to begin with. 

In fact, I remember once going through that scene on my own looking at the
adverbs. JKR tends to go heavy on them, as you've probably noticed, and
iirc the adverbs made the scene, if anything, more cold. So when Draco
revealed he used the Vanishing Cabinets I felt like the second shoe had
finally dropped. 

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