The obvious guess is that Harry will destroy the Dementor in full view of everyone. But this seems far too obvious for Eliezer to taunt us so.
Harry knows nothing about the aurors, the Prophet reporter, Umbridge, Fenrir Greyback (if that’s a correct identification), or Amelia Bones.
That leaves
The dementor
Minerva
Lucius
Neville’s grandmother
Himself
The dementor he can destroy, but that’s the obvious answer. Minerva he knows nothing shocking or incriminating about, and I can’t think of anything that would help. Same goes for Madam Longbottom, I think.
That leaves
The dementor
Lucius
Harry himself — Oh, and I forgot: Everything in Harry’s pouch.
What could Harry say about himself that’s shocking? He could confess to his role in the Azkaban breakout, but I can’t see how that would help Hermione. None of his scientific knowledge or magical discoveries would impress the Wizengamot, if they could even understand him.
Does he know anything incriminating about Lucius? Well, he knows he was a Death Eater. But Harry is immune to Veritaserum and can’t testify.
Is there anything he can do about or with the dementor other than destroy it, which is far too obvious?
Is there anything he can do about or with the dementor other than destroy it, which is far too obvious?
He might be able to do something fancy the same way he commanded a dozen of them to “Turn and go and do not speak of this to anyone” in TSPE. Maybe silently tell it to spread the word to its brethren that no Dementor is to go near Hermione? Which still leaves her stuck in a cold metal box for ten years, so it doesn’t seem to help much.
Is there anything he can do about or with the dementor other than destroy it, which is far too obvious?
Go in front of it and let the horrible personality possess him again. After making some sort of precommitment, I suppose. This solution was foreshadowed in the omake “Lord of the rationality”.
But in truth, I lost faith in Eliezer’s ability to come up with realistic solutions when Harry miraculously survived the first dementor attack in Azkaban. He will probably just have Harry use his main character powers again.
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.”
The obvious guess is that Harry will destroy the Dementor in full view of everyone. But this seems far too obvious for Eliezer to taunt us so.
Harry knows nothing about the aurors, the Prophet reporter, Umbridge, Fenrir Greyback (if that’s a correct identification), or Amelia Bones.
That leaves
The dementor
Minerva
Lucius
Neville’s grandmother
Himself
The dementor he can destroy, but that’s the obvious answer. Minerva he knows nothing shocking or incriminating about, and I can’t think of anything that would help. Same goes for Madam Longbottom, I think.
That leaves
The dementor
Lucius
Harry himself — Oh, and I forgot: Everything in Harry’s pouch.
What could Harry say about himself that’s shocking? He could confess to his role in the Azkaban breakout, but I can’t see how that would help Hermione. None of his scientific knowledge or magical discoveries would impress the Wizengamot, if they could even understand him.
Does he know anything incriminating about Lucius? Well, he knows he was a Death Eater. But Harry is immune to Veritaserum and can’t testify.
Is there anything he can do about or with the dementor other than destroy it, which is far too obvious?
He might be able to do something fancy the same way he commanded a dozen of them to “Turn and go and do not speak of this to anyone” in TSPE. Maybe silently tell it to spread the word to its brethren that no Dementor is to go near Hermione? Which still leaves her stuck in a cold metal box for ten years, so it doesn’t seem to help much.
Maybe. On the other hand, he’s in a hall of people who all strongly believe that Dementors would never do any such thing and will obey their commands.
So you’re going with Harry’s initial idea, that Dementors are controlled by expectations? If that’s the case, then yeah, it probably won’t work.
Go in front of it and let the horrible personality possess him again. After making some sort of precommitment, I suppose. This solution was foreshadowed in the omake “Lord of the rationality”.
But in truth, I lost faith in Eliezer’s ability to come up with realistic solutions when Harry miraculously survived the first dementor attack in Azkaban. He will probably just have Harry use his main character powers again.
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.