Azkaban drains magic, he can be stupefied and tossed in, and without his wand he’s going to have a hard time anyway. It’s perfectly possible to just toss Harry in Azkaban and regard his threat as neutralized.
Hell, this wouldn’t even work. They’d have him immediately arrested for destruction of Ministry Property, and never let him near Azkaban.
I doubt they’d have him arrested for destruction of Ministry property, because it would be such a PR disaster.
“Boy Who Lived Destroys Dementor, Arrested For Destruction Of Ministry Property.”
It would definitely limit his ability to carry out any sort of breakouts in future though, and possibly incriminate him with respect to the Bellatrix breakout.
I seriously doubt that if the Boy Who Lived killed a dementor in front of the Wizengamot, their response would be “let’s let a dementor eat him to make an example of him.” They may not respect him, but these are still people who’ve been celebrating Harry Potter Day for years.
Just because the members of the Wizengamot are stuck in a hate-spiral with respect to Hermione doesn’t mean that they’re exceptionally evil people regarding other issues (this is as good a place as any to take note of the chapter title.)
I seriously doubt that if the Boy Who Lived killed a dementor in front of the Wizengamot, their response would be “let’s let a dementor eat him to make an example of him.”
Hell, this wouldn’t even work. They’d have him immediately arrested for destruction of Ministry Property, and never let him near Azkaban.
Erm...isn’t the usual followup to an arrest to throw people in prison? I don’t think you’re thinking your comments through.
I don’t think they throw every wizard criminal into Azkaban. There must be prisons for harmless criminals like Mundungus Fletcher.
Azkaban drains magic, he can be stupefied and tossed in, and without his wand he’s going to have a hard time anyway. It’s perfectly possible to just toss Harry in Azkaban and regard his threat as neutralized.
Agreed, but the precise form of his comment was sort of silly.
I doubt they’d have him arrested for destruction of Ministry property, because it would be such a PR disaster.
“Boy Who Lived Destroys Dementor, Arrested For Destruction Of Ministry Property.”
It would definitely limit his ability to carry out any sort of breakouts in future though, and possibly incriminate him with respect to the Bellatrix breakout.
Doesn’t seem like anything a few lies and coercion of a non-free press couldn’t handle.
Or, say, stun him then let a different dementor eat him then show everyone how the delusional fool died trying.
I seriously doubt that if the Boy Who Lived killed a dementor in front of the Wizengamot, their response would be “let’s let a dementor eat him to make an example of him.” They may not respect him, but these are still people who’ve been celebrating Harry Potter Day for years.
Just because the members of the Wizengamot are stuck in a hate-spiral with respect to Hermione doesn’t mean that they’re exceptionally evil people regarding other issues (this is as good a place as any to take note of the chapter title.)
Just be careful when you try to control people through their PR incentives. What makes them look good is not the same as them being nice.