Things Harry could have done

[Eric Oppen]

No: HPFGUIDX 189293

I was kind of disappointed that a lot of stuff that came up in the  
earlier books wasn't used again.

Like, for instance, the Veelas.  If I'd been Harry, or at least tasked  
with taking the DEs out of commission, I'd have wanted to find a way  
to deploy some Veelas and get them dancing when Lord V comes to  
Hogwarts looking for trouble.  Since it's clearly stated in GoF that  
women are immune, I'd just have the guys waiting back in the castle  
while Hermione and the witches were dealing with the hypnotized male  
DEs.

If this worked, it'd rob Lord V of all of his followers save only  
Bella, and cut the fight down considerably.  "Supreme excellence in  
war lies in achieving victory without fighting," as Sun Tzu says.

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