Reacting to DH (was:Snape Reduced LONG(was: Re: Villain!Dumbledore...

[montavilla47]

No: HPFGUIDX 177936

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03" <horridporrid03 at ...> wrote:

> > >>Pippin:
> > <snip>
> > The point of the whole camping bit, IMO, was to show that          
> > Gryffindors no more than Slytherins are trapped by the central
> > problem of human existence: if the group is too small, it
> > cannot secure resources, but every additional member is
> > a competitor for resources and a possible betrayer. 
> > <snip>
> 
> Betsy Hp:
> Seriously?  That's what you were thinking about?  I was wondering 
> when Harry was going to pull his head out of his ass and put a plan 
> together. <g>  I was also wondering when this really, really boring 
> time watching the Trio hang out and whine together would ever, ever 
> end.  I wasn't getting any insight into group economics and the 
> difficulty of sustaining a viable tribe. <bg>  (Boy, I'd love to see 
> JKR faced with that question in an interview. Like a deer in 
> headlights, I bet.)

Montavilla47:
I was wondering why they didn't just apparate to the nearest large 
Muggle town and look for the Kwiki-Mart.  I can understand foraging
in the woods for a day or two, but the entire Wizarding World does
not have the resources to find two people in a population of millions.

Especially when Hermione and Harry know far more about Muggles
and how to blend in with them than any non-Muggleborn wizard
would.  And, what with the slaughter and de-wanding of Muggleborn
wizards, they weren't exactly in any position to help with the hunt
for the Undesireable One.

I have to stop, because when I start thinking of the rudimentary 
things you'd do if you were a fugative (like pack a couple sandwiches), 
I end up with a million questions. 

 Just one of them is:  Why not have Bill retrieve some of the gold from 
Harry's account in the *weeks* before the wedding so they'd have 
emergency cash?

Montavilla47