HBP - it's that man again, mostly

[Barry Arrowsmith]

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> I knew there would be some great posts and you have not let me down!
> So, why did DD freeze Harry. I see it as  another protection charm 
> for Harry. I still thought Snape on DD side after the Spinner's End 
> chapt. then ofc ourse radar went up after he was announced as the new 
> DADA instructor, the curse on that position and all. Snape killing DD 
> is boinb to be debatable for a long time. IMvHO, it was prearranged 
> between them if something should happen to DD.
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Kneasy:
Deary me.
After 6 books you ask why Harry would be immobilised at a tricky moment?
'Cos he's a numpty.
He' do exactly the wrong thing. Totally guaranteed. 24 carat certainty.
Let loose he'd fight Draco, fight Snape, fight everybody. Draco could end
up killing someone through anger, in the heat of the moment, and Harry
and Snape, um. Can you imagine Harry's reaction to the AKing of DD if he 
hadn't been hors de combat?

Plus - and I  think this is important, when crucial information is finally
revealed, Harry will have a clear memory of *exactly* what happened, 
something more useful than an adenaline-fuelled "Let's zap the buggers!" 
confusion. Each word and gesture can eventually be examined and explained.
It won't make him like Snape any better, of course - he'll never do that, but
it should help to persuade him that there was more going on than met the eye.
  
> Hated that DD died, really did, but really hated Umbridge at his 
> funeral.
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Kneasy:
Y-e-e-e-e-s. Also. Sort of. But not much.
DD has been Harry's crutch. he's relied on him more than on anyone else; DD
has got him out of more scrapes than is healthy for fostering informed and 
intelligent self-reliance. From now on Harry has to fend for himself. It's 
gonna be his final training module.
More or less a plot inevitability, when you think about it.

> Question to you Kneasy, what do you think about Scrimgouer? 
> 

Kneasy:
Scrimgeour. Says an awful lot about him that Dear Dolly is still something
significant in the Ministry. Plus his obsession with presenting a common front,
trying to look effective  etc. Typical political bureaucrat. Total tosser. Wouldn't
trust him as far as the foot of our stairs. Has there been a purge *inside* the
Ministry? Bet there hasn't; just the signs on a few doors have changed. It'll
be the old mantra, I think - "We know best." And now the only really independent,
knowledgeable outside observer deserving of respect has gone. They'll screw it
up in weeks. It'll be somebody else's fault, naturally. (I have a very low opinion 
of the so-called political classes. Any of 'em would sell their grandmother for
a transient poll-rating. Bastards.)