Headmaster for a day (was Prank WAS :Re: CHAPDISC: DH33, The Prince's Tale

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 184929


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/184888

> Montavilla47:
> My number one priority would be:  Is Lupin still restrained or is 
he currently
> running around loose?  Because if he's loose, something needs to be 
done 
> lest he bite someone.  
> 
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> As for this incident, I would probably conclude that there was rule-
breaking
> and bad behavior on both sides, but the main problem is the 
hostility between
> four boys and one (with a special hostility between the boy who went
> looking for the werewolf and the boy who told him how to find it.)  
I think I
> would assign those two to some joint detentions--and make the 
detentions
> so unpleasant that they can't help but bond over it.
> 
> I wouldn't consider any of those involved for the position of Head 
Boy--not
> unless I saw some very sincere contrition on their parts during 
sixth year.
> 
„« Montavilla47


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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/184893
> Alla:
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> 
> So here is my problem number one.
> I have no idea if Peter is in my office. I mean, if he is, that is 
> only because he came to inform Gryffindor Head or myself of what 
just 
> happened, maybe James asked him to do so. However, what if Peter 
was 
> absent that whole night? Then he would have no reason to be in my 
„« office and why would he be absent?

Potioncat:
I don't know that canon tells us what exactly went on that evening. 
But I'm guessing it was business as usual and all 3 boys were on 
their way to the Whomping Willow when Sirius mentioned his 
conversation with Severus.

 
> Alla:
> Now, interesting thing to me is does Sirius tell me that he told 
> Snape how to open the Shack? I always got the impression that 
> Dumbledore knew about it, so I should know too. Except, well, why 
> would Sirius want to report his own wrongdoing? I mean, I know how 
> Dumbledore may have learned that - legilimence him of course, but 
„« what if he did not?

Potioncat:
I sort of ran into the same stumbling blocks. Just what would the 
different boys say, how much of the truth do they withhold and how 
many out-and-out lies do they tell---if any. Like you, I "think" DD 
knows it was Sirius who told Severus. I think the very fact that 
James had to rescue Severus made it hard to cover up some other 
facts. 

Pippin's probably right, the boys as a whole---all of them--are going 
to be fairly tight lipped.

This exercise is when I realized DD must not have learned that the 
boys went into the tunnel. But you know he really should have created 
another security measure for the tunnel's entrance. He knew the code 
was broken.

 
Alla:
> 
> What do I feel about the boys? I feel that they are all idiots and 
> deserve a good smack and many many detentions to serve **together**.
> 
> Do I believe them? Oy wey, I know about them being enemies, but 
> whether I believe them depends on how much they are actually 
spelling 
„« out for me.


Potioncat:
So here is where I am a bit confused. Are we all saying that we think 
Sirius and Severus were at fault? Because it seems at times there are 
efforts to relieve blame for one or the other.


> Alla:
> Oh HECK, wait a second. If I am Legilimens, how is it that I did 
not 
„« see that boys are animagi?????


Potioncat:
Even after DH, we expect DD to be perfect, or at least to be a super-
hero. Do we really "know" he's a Legilimens? He may be very astute at 
reading people. But, given his pathological tendency to keep secrets, 
if he is a Legilimens, he may choose to not act on information he's 
gathered by Legilimency.

However, HM Alla, if you are a Legilimens, you may act upon the 
information. So long as the information you gather is supported by 
canon.


Alla: 
> Lovely game Potioncat, but so hard. I will be back.

Potioncat;
Thanks! Yes, I found it more difficult than I expected too.