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[Steve]

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Joey Smiley" <happyjoeysmiley at ...> wrote:
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> Joey:
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> Does that mean that Dementors can differentiate between their victims and generate different experiences as per their will? ...
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> Cheers,
> ~Joey :-)
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Steve:

Sorry, I forget to specifically address this one question. Yes, I think Dementors can moderate their influence on people. With most people it is their intention to subjugate them. To hold them as prisoners of their own despair so the Dementors can feed off them for as long as possible. But, I don't think the effect has to be completely debilitating. I think for those the Dementor have agreed not to capture in their web of despair, they can dial it back a bit. 

But I also think it is impossible to be around Dementors and not feel despair. Though if the Dementors hold back a bit, that despair is still there, but does not have to become debilitating. 

Also, it seems that various people react differently to the presence of Dementors. Some people can endure the despair better then others, as we see with Harry. Harry is more intensely affected than other people. 

Steve/bboyminn