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[bluestocking79]

But I actually wrote something and posted it this morning. For the first time in months, I feel capable of stringing two sentences of fiction together, which is frankly a relief. I think Azkatraz has done me a tremendous amount of good in terms of jump-starting my creativity and reinvigorating me. There was just such enthusiasm, so many

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[bluestocking79]

Oh, yes! I think that once Severus was recovered enough to no longer be pathetic, Minerva would tell him exactly how much she appreciated being kept in the dark. *g* She's not one to stand back when she feels she can help!

She's a gifted witch and she had plenty of other ways to subdue the already defeated Carrows without that. I would have expected her to say they weren't worth the trouble of big firepower or something, myself.

Yes, and this is where it really goes off the rails for me, too. It would have been so easy--and not at all intrusive or moralizing--for JKR to either use that situation as an object lesson in the difficulty of doing what's right versus what's easy, or else to make it clear that Harry or Minerva feel a twinge over the choices they've made. War is hell, after all, and even good soldiers don't always make the right decisions, but I don't think the text ever shows us any of the conflict of conscience that should come with having to make those judgment calls.

But I could go on forever about the muddled moral messages of DH!

And I'm glad you like the pairing. :-)