Harry says no, he hasn’t gotten the memory from Slughorn and Dumbledore guilt trips him because it really is important that he gets the memory the exact way that Dumbledore wants it gotten. It’s fun making Harry plumb the depths of his cunning. Dance little schoolboy! Dance for me!
I have to wonder why Dumbledore didn't just make Snape get the memory from Slughorn. Snape seems to be the sort of person Slughorn quite liked. It was his book that netted Potter points at Potions, so it's only reasonable to assume that Severus impressed Slughorn when he went to school.
Also, Snape had been invited to the party Slughorn had earlier in the book.
It's not as though Dumbledore wasn't aware of Snape's ability to manipulate people, he was a supposed spy after all. And Snape had access to as many potions as needed in order to attain the memory.
Now, I can argue that Dumbledore wanted Harry to get it just so he could either make the little boy dance or to show Harry's mad skillz at getting through challenges and the like.
But this memory was highly important. Integral to the plot war. Why some old codger should treat it in such a way is beyond me.
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Date: 2006-07-28 08:31 pm (UTC)I have to wonder why Dumbledore didn't just make Snape get the memory from Slughorn. Snape seems to be the sort of person Slughorn quite liked. It was his book that netted Potter points at Potions, so it's only reasonable to assume that Severus impressed Slughorn when he went to school.
Also, Snape had been invited to the party Slughorn had earlier in the book.
It's not as though Dumbledore wasn't aware of Snape's ability to manipulate people, he was a supposed spy after all. And Snape had access to as many potions as needed in order to attain the memory.
Now, I can argue that Dumbledore wanted Harry to get it just so he could either make the little boy dance or to show Harry's mad skillz at getting through challenges and the like.
But this memory was highly important. Integral to the
plotwar. Why some old codger should treat it in such a way is beyond me.