Re: Proving Harry's innocence?


Richard Eney wrote:
In article <1151593906.803443.303850@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
<handofomega@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Imagun Aqilya wrote:
<handofomega@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

So, that's my question: Given the stakes, why didn't the MoM or
Hogwarts simply subject Harry to a Pensieve whenever they wanted to
know what had happened to him? Given his desperation to have people
believe him, I'm sure he would have jumped at the opportunity! Or was
this explained and I've just forgotten?

I didn't think the MoM actually wanted to know the truth. It wasn't that
they didn't believe Harry, it was that the Refused to believe him. Admitting
that V had returned to power would have disrupted Fudge's ordered life too
much so he did everything he could to pretend it wasn't happening.

Well, that covers that instance (altho surely not everyone at the
Ministry felt the same way), but surely Dumbledore at least would want
to get as accurate a picture of the events befalling Harry as possible,
as well as hearing it from his own mouth? And that could have cleared
him of all the suspicion surrounding him in the earlier books (esp.
CoS) quickly...

Dumbledore was a Legilimens and quite confident of his ability to detect
lying by students. He felt all he had to do was look in Harry's eyes
and he'd know the truth. The MoM officials didn't want to know the truth,
and would have denied it officially even if they'd seen the memory played
back for them. They probably would have refused to do the 'climb into
the Pensieve' method.

Also, when Harry didn't want to even discuss a situation, he wouldn't
have wanted to pull out a memory and let others see it. Forcing him to
might have had negative effects - when Voldemort forced memories out
of Bertha, it didn't do her any good.

As long as Dumbledore was confident that Harry was innocent, he could
keep the kid in school regardless of what others thought. He didn't
need to support of a Pensive memory. Nobody else would have believed
it unless they had personally seen the events, and Harry didn't want
everybody in school to know that he was hearing voices, especially not
a snaky voice hissing "kill" - that would have only convinced them
that he really was the Heir of Slytherin.

Those are good points. Altho I'm surprised that it didn't at least
occur to Harry to suggest it when nobody believed him in OotP...

Dex

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