The biggest problem I see with this is that in the past, Harry felt his father did not take him seriously. However, he now has power his father knows not, and he has resolved to do anything to bring her back—he could credibly threaten his father’s career, for example.
If his father does not take him seriously, then credible threats are both difficult and costly (because once you have made the threat and they dismiss you, then you need to follow through).
Harry is also bad at threatening, and so I would not recommend it to him even if it were optimal for one with more skill.
Agree; that’s not what I meant. I expect him to try any and all sorts of persuasion.
My point was that getting as far as a threat to his career would be acceptable in Harry’s current state of mind; credible is not part of my point, but I think he could pull it off; and I think that would be sufficient.
If his father does not take him seriously, then credible threats are both difficult and costly (because once you have made the threat and they dismiss you, then you need to follow through).
Harry is also bad at threatening, and so I would not recommend it to him even if it were optimal for one with more skill.
Agree; that’s not what I meant. I expect him to try any and all sorts of persuasion.
My point was that getting as far as a threat to his career would be acceptable in Harry’s current state of mind; credible is not part of my point, but I think he could pull it off; and I think that would be sufficient.