That "Love" thing

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 180431

> > Betsy Hp:
> > To my mind, this is the most messed up definition of love, and 
the 
> > most messed up way to study love I've ever heard of.  Create a 
false 
> > illusion of obsession and lust and *that's* supposed to teach you 
> > about love?  THAT'S what's in the "love room"?!?
>

a_svirn:
Yeah, unspeakable, isn't it? 

Then again, perhaps we are meant to think of the Department of 
Mysteries as of one big red herring of the series? I mean, what about 
the Veil? I was certain that there was a reason for Sirius to have 
died the way he did. But it seems now that he could have been killed 
off in a more conventional way without affecting the plot any. And 
the Prophesy business is pretty murky as well. Prophets are 
notoriously "imperfect speakers" but that particular wording simply 
does not work, whichever way you look at it. I have a sneaking 
suspicion that the entire division is a very well paid sinecure for 
the top-secret wizards. It is an advantage of doing something top-
secret -- one can demand funding without having to give an account 
for oneself. And it wouldn't be difficult to pull the wool over 
Fudge's eyes, anyway. 

a_svirn