Harry's instincts (was Re: CHAPDISC: DH 22, The Deathly Hallows)

[Carol]

No: HPFGUIDX 183221

hp_fan_2008:
>  
> > > Actually, I think that as long as Kreacher belonged to Sirius,
Harry had no chance of getting the locket - so, in fact, Harry's  >
instinct was correct (although for the  wrong reason).
>  
Carol earlier:
> 
> > I'm sorry. I don't see the connection. 
> 
zanooda:
> 
> I can't be sure, but it seems to me this means that, to find out
about the locket, Harry needed to own Kreacher, and for Harry to own
Kreacher, Sirius needed to die - something of the sort. Sorry if I'm
wrong, hp-fan :-)! It seems to me though that Harry didn't need to be
Kreacher's master to find out about the locket. Couldn't they
interrogate Kreacher anyway? Sirius could have ordered him to answer.
I wonder what would be different in DH, if Sirius was alive ...
> 
Carol again:
But I meant, I don't see what Kreacher and the locket have to do with
my post, which was discussing Lupin's apparent forgiveness of Harry
and his remark about Harry's instincts being good and usually right. I
wasn't talking about Kreacher or the locket at all.

Carol earlier:
> 
> > With the exception of Dobby's death, the consequences of Harry's 
> > saying Voldemort work out to Harry's advantage. 
> 
zanooda:
> 
> Maybe a little off the topic, but I wanted to add one more "if" to
the list of other "ifs" leading to the discovery of the cup Horcrux
(*if* Harry didn't say LV's name, *if* the Snatchers took the captives
to the Ministry instead of the Malfoys', *if* Bellatrix didn't notice
the sword etc.). It's about Hermione and the sword - she usually kept
it in her magic bag, but that evening she took it out to polish it
("just for something to do"), that's why the Snatchers found it in the
tent.
> So, *if* Hermione had something else to do that evening and the
sword was still in the bag as always, it wouldn't be found by the
Snatchers, Bella wouldn't see it and Harry wouldn't guess that the cup
was at Gringotts :-).

Carol responds:

A few too many coincidences for comfort or credibility, wouldn't you say?

Carol, still confused regarding the connection between my post and
hp_fan's response