PoA Ch 10 Post DH look

[Bex]

No: HPFGUIDX 181487

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POA:
> "They're in fury against Dumbledore - he won't let them inside the 
> castle grounds" p.151
> 
> Alla:
> 
> Still confused. How can he stop them and be absolutely sure that 
> they will obey? Besides Patronus I mean.

Bex:
Agreed. I have wondered many things about Dementors in my reread of
PoA recently. How do they talk? They "told" Fudge that Sirius had been
talking in his sleep. How do they communicate? HOw on EARTH are these
creatures controlled?

And the biggest concern of all: How would they know if they had found
Sirius Black, and not some other person? Clearly they don't attack the
first creature they run into, but how were they "searching" the train?
Did they have a "emotional footprint" they were looking for? 

It still astounds me that the ministry allies itself with them after
PoA - as the scene of Harry at the lake shows, they can develop a mob
mentality and obviously can't be effectively controlled without a
Patronus charm. Fudge ADMITS that they tried to administer the kiss on
an innocent boy (POA, US PB, p 421) - if I were him I would have been
scared stiff to let those things near me after that. (And it sure says
a lot about the WW that they let their prison be guarded by Dementors
- what if one gets hungry while guarding someone who's locked up for a
month for a minor charge of Muggle hexing?)

Granted that's probably not the reason so many people fear Azkaban -
but I'd be plenty nervous about going on a visit.

~Bex