Occlumency VERY VERY LONG

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 191743

 
> Alla:
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> Harry has control to decide whom to ask for help? Harry never violated Dumbledore's instructions where it mattered before, why would he start doing so now? 

Pippin:
You mean, except for the time when Harry decided to leave Hogwarts and rescue Sirius from the Ministry? Because that was the incident that convinced Dumbledore that he *couldn't* control Harry -- that Harry would never be willing to wait out the war while someone else, Sirius and Lupin, for example, fought Voldemort for him. 

But if I understand you correctly, what Harry would have done, if Dumbledore hadn't messed with his head, is say to himself, "Wait, three kids trying to stop Voldemort is crazy...there's gotta be a better way?"  He should have been more like ....wait for it....Slughorn????

Because that's what Slughorn is saying, isn't it? Wait a minute Minerva, there has to be a wiser plan than a handful of teachers and teenagers against the armies of the most powerful Dark Lord who ever existed. But Slughorn looks like a coward in Harry's eyes for even raising the issue, because Harry can't imagine any reason for refusing to fight a losing battle when others are in danger except a selfish one. 

And Harry never wanted to be a Slytherin -- he not only didn't want to give into his selfish impulses, he didn't even want to *have* selfish impulses. I am sure that if Harry had chosen to be a Slytherin, Dumbledore would have found that only a minor impediment to his plans-- he had little trouble getting Snape, Slughorn or Draco to carry out his wishes. But since Harry had thrown himself heart and soul into being a Gryffindor, Dumbledore knew that when the time came Harry would not need to be persuaded. 


Pippin