HBP Chapters 27 - 30 post DH look

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 184463


Alla: 
> Here is what I found myself wishing for. It is an absurd fantasy of 
> mine, I know, but I can dream, right? I wish Molly and Arthur had 
> been here under invisibility cloak and I wish they heard
Dumbledore's  cold account that he knew perfectly well who almost
killed their son.

Pippin:
::sputters:: But Harry *is* there under the invisibility cloak, and
Ron is his best friend. He isn't upset, so I don't see why Molly and
Arthur would be. Draco had less intention of harming Ron than Lupin
did when he transformed into a werewolf, or Sirius did when he broke
Ron's leg. As Hagrid says, Hogwarts has always been a dangerous place.

I think I am going to start DDAB -- Dumbledore Deserves  A Break

> Alla:
 
> Before questions will be asked, I am cutting her slack as individual
 who IMO suffered trauma here, not as teacher, who just must have 
correct reactions all the time.

Pippin:
They must? If there  aren't enough saints to teach all our children,
must they remain ignorant? 
 
> Alla:
> 
> And all I can think of now is poor Harry. When I think of the 
> coldness with which Dumbledore just immobilised him to watch the
show  he arranged to happen (Snape killing him), ugh, it makes me sooo
 angry at Dumbledore.

Pippin:
You're forgetting that Dumbledore would have died, from the poison he
had ingested or from the Ring Curse, in any case. If Harry had not
been immobilized, he would have tried to attack the DE's, and they
would have probably have killed him, not withstanding their orders
from Voldemort, to save their own lives. 

Alla:
> I think I was hoping that he genuinely cared about people despite 
> necessity of making tough choices. I do not think that he ever cared
 about anybody any more. I believe that he came to love Harry, sort of.

Pippin:
If he did genuinely care about people but still had to make tough
choices, choices that meant people  had to suffer or die (because
otherwise they wouldn't be tough) what would he have done differently?
Cried more? Agonized longer? Who would that help?

Pippin