About Slytherin....

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 187976



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at ...> wrote:
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> Rick Kennerly:
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> > Well, yeah.  In the middle of an emergency he's dodging out.
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> Pippin:
> There's no emergency at Grimmauld Place. I see no great urgency about telling Sirius that Harry is coming...it's just a courtesy and a way to get Sirius up to speed before Harry arrives.  I suppose that considering what happened the last time Harry attempted to travel from Hogwarts by portkey, Dumbledore might have wanted to make sure someone was expecting the boy and could report if he didn't arrive. It also might not be a good idea for Harry to arrive unexpectedly and be fumbling around in the dark in a wizarding house that is supposed to be secure against invaders. Sirius might assume the worst.
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> But Phineas has guessed that Dumbledore wants him be an errand boy  and that's "servant stuff" as Draco would put it. Phineas no doubt considers it far beneath the dignity of a Hogwarts Headmaster.
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>  Before we attribute this to the bad influence of Slytherin, we might want to consider that Sirius Black behaves the same way, disdaining the housework because it does not make him feel important. I think it has more to do with being raised as a pampered prince than with being a Slytherin.
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> Pippin
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Carol:
And in DH, Fleur, who was never at Hogwarts at all, displays a similar reluctance to run errands and serve as messenger to Griphook. In Phineas Nigellus's case, I agree with the poster who said that his reluctance was all for show. Of course, he intended to do as Dumbledore asked. He just likes being snide and difficult. And, as you say, Pippin, the emergency was at the MoM and St. Mungo's, not at 12 GP. DD had already sent a witch and wizard whose names I don't remember to those places before he sent Phineas to inform Sirius that the Weasleys and Harry were coming.

Carol, noting that Phineas's attitude changes when the headmaster he's sworn to serve is fellow Slytherin Severus Snape