Private message to Lucius Malfoy and Antonin Dolohov

[alt_selwyn]

Right.

I'm done. Just done.

If she walks out of Court instead of having her corpse disposed of by Nagini, I say we dispose of her before she returns to Hogwarts. My apologies to Raz and his concerns for his reputation, but are we not Councilwizards? If we can't manage to persuade the Prophet to print what we need them to print, that just means it's time to replace the editors.

ENOUGH with trying to woo Peakes and the others back to our side. This country does not run on the popular vote like some muggle 'republic.' Dolores's head needs to be separated from her body and hung on someone's bloody wall; the only question is whether we need to draw lots to determine who does the separating and who gets the trophy.

Comments

[alt_lucius]

Dominic,

Believe me, should like nothing better than to exercise a little judicious vigilantism. Took the liberty of addressing concerns to Our Lord, in fact, not last week. He assures me that His plan is proceeding as anticipated, though perhaps taking a little longer than He intended.

Given that, it would be a mistake to step in, despite the ... excessive amount of temptation she presents.

[alt_selwyn]

I don't suppose you are privy to what His goal is in leaving that woman in charge of Hogwarts?

[alt_lucius]

Indirectly. Have gathered from hints and intimations over the last eight months that He hopes for His son to accomplish at Hogwrats that deed he was unable to complete at the conclusion of the Triwizard Tournament last year. Our Lord believes that sufficient provocation will induce the lad to act to protect his friends and classmates.

[alt_selwyn]

In that case, would it greatly interfere with His plans should someone mention that to Harry?

[alt_lucius]

Hm.

Naturally Our Lord expects Harry to reach the conclusion on his own - you are aware He was most disappointed when the boy failed to indulge his base instinct when invited to do so against his rival. However it could well be that the only factor staying Harry's hand at this point is his belief that he must conform within the school's rules.

And on the one hand, it does set a horrifying precedent for the school, to allow the lad to destroy its titular head without consequence.

On the other, to borrow the analogy, Our Lord seems to have set up a test of forbidden fruit, in which 'passing' the test is the act of biting the proffered apple.

Harry may simply not understand how much licence he has in this case.

But - must caution that on no account can Harry know Governors are behind this extreme a measure, nor Our Lord learn that we nudged the boy in the right direction.

[alt_selwyn]

Mm.

Antosha, any thoughts on this? You have readier access to Harry than either myself or Lucius. Can you ... advise him, somehow?

[alt_antonin]

I have been hinting at him in as direct a fashion as I dare, but the boy is damnably slow to pick up subtext. I agree with Lucius that direct discussion of the matter is likely to go poorly with Our Lord, but I will try one last time to convey what I can.

It would help considerably if the boy were not less Slytherin than Minerva's left shoe

Sadly, he has the killer instinct of a wet grape -- his instinct is the shield, not the sword -- but several of his nearest and dearest have a bit more edge to them. I may be able to provide the nudge a little more indirectly.