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Order Only: Terry, Fred, George and Lee
May. 7th, 2013 12:25 am(Not that anyone else in the Order can't read this but I can't send a PM to all four of you, so if anyone else in the Order is reading, well, you can but it's not really for you.)
Mrs Longbottom asked me to tell the others that the Order would like to offer them membership but she wanted us to think through first the best way to tell them and also plan for the things that they might say about it.
So, I thought maybe first we could think what each one's reaction might be and what we might have to explain depending on what they say, and that would help us decide the best approach for them.
Draco: He'll probably be the person with the biggest objections (not surprisingly). What he's said before about the Order (not that he knew what they were called but he knew there was a group) is that they aren't very effective and that they don't have a plan for how to actually make anything change. I think mostly he's afraid. And he's torn, too, because he still loves his family and so many of them would be on the other side if he joined us properly.
Evelyn: Will want to join up right away
Harry: Will probably want to join up as soon as possible, too. I think he might hesitate, though, if Draco's strongly against it, only because he already had to leave Draco behind for a little while when he joined the ISS and usually he wants Draco along for anything and everything, whenever possible. So I don't know, I think he'd have to know that Draco doens't mind if Harry joins without Draco. If Draco decides against joining.
Hydra: I'm not sure. On the one hand, she's got some of the same reasons Draco has to worry about fighting against her family. On the other, she hates her mother and the Lord Protector. I think if Justin joins, so will she. One thing's almost certain and that's that they'll talk it over first and decide together.
Justin: I'm sure he wants to join, it's one of the most important reasons he stayed here and didn't go back to France (and of course, Hydra was the other). He really wants to be useful (especially to Sirius) and we all know he hoped to make a difference. But he'll be careful to ask Hydra what she thinks first, as I said.
Luna: I'm pretty sure she'll join without too much fuss
Neville: Wants to join last year
Pansy: She's the other wild card, isn't she? I think in the end she'll join but she might be afraid of it first. She'll have some questions, too, mainly about what will happen to people like the Malfoys or Professor Lestrange.
Ron: If this were Christmas, I'd say he'd join in a heartbeat. But he gets his ego bruised so easily I don't know if he'd delay just out of spite or anything. Probably not, though he might ask a question or two first. He's been writing to Director Selwyn's daughter, you know, and he's got back together with Greengrass, I think, sort of, and that might twist him round a little.
Sally-Anne: I was sure she didn't have any interest but then Mrs L said that she did want to join. Maybe because she got to see her mother.As if that should make Anyway, she really cares about Madam Pomfrey and doing the right thing but she can be stubborn and she's so Slytherin in the way she sees things. Plus she's really fond of Professor Dolohov (and practically anyone else who pays her any attention or tells her she's done a good job).
Susan: Will probably join.
I'm not sure what to tell Draco or others who accuse the Order of not being able to get itself together to make a real or lasting impact. Except that of the other alternatives, the Order's the most successful and the one with the best philosophy toward everyone--I mean, Muggleborns, Muggles and Squibs and all. So even if someone's not altogether convinced about joining the Order, maybe they can at least admit that it's the best option out of what's available?
Mrs Longbottom asked me to tell the others that the Order would like to offer them membership but she wanted us to think through first the best way to tell them and also plan for the things that they might say about it.
So, I thought maybe first we could think what each one's reaction might be and what we might have to explain depending on what they say, and that would help us decide the best approach for them.
Draco: He'll probably be the person with the biggest objections (not surprisingly). What he's said before about the Order (not that he knew what they were called but he knew there was a group) is that they aren't very effective and that they don't have a plan for how to actually make anything change. I think mostly he's afraid. And he's torn, too, because he still loves his family and so many of them would be on the other side if he joined us properly.
Evelyn: Will want to join up right away
Harry: Will probably want to join up as soon as possible, too. I think he might hesitate, though, if Draco's strongly against it, only because he already had to leave Draco behind for a little while when he joined the ISS and usually he wants Draco along for anything and everything, whenever possible. So I don't know, I think he'd have to know that Draco doens't mind if Harry joins without Draco. If Draco decides against joining.
Hydra: I'm not sure. On the one hand, she's got some of the same reasons Draco has to worry about fighting against her family. On the other, she hates her mother and the Lord Protector. I think if Justin joins, so will she. One thing's almost certain and that's that they'll talk it over first and decide together.
Justin: I'm sure he wants to join, it's one of the most important reasons he stayed here and didn't go back to France (and of course, Hydra was the other). He really wants to be useful (especially to Sirius) and we all know he hoped to make a difference. But he'll be careful to ask Hydra what she thinks first, as I said.
Luna: I'm pretty sure she'll join without too much fuss
Neville: Wants to join last year
Pansy: She's the other wild card, isn't she? I think in the end she'll join but she might be afraid of it first. She'll have some questions, too, mainly about what will happen to people like the Malfoys or Professor Lestrange.
Ron: If this were Christmas, I'd say he'd join in a heartbeat. But he gets his ego bruised so easily I don't know if he'd delay just out of spite or anything. Probably not, though he might ask a question or two first. He's been writing to Director Selwyn's daughter, you know, and he's got back together with Greengrass, I think, sort of, and that might twist him round a little.
Sally-Anne: I was sure she didn't have any interest but then Mrs L said that she did want to join. Maybe because she got to see her mother.
Susan: Will probably join.
I'm not sure what to tell Draco or others who accuse the Order of not being able to get itself together to make a real or lasting impact. Except that of the other alternatives, the Order's the most successful and the one with the best philosophy toward everyone--I mean, Muggleborns, Muggles and Squibs and all. So even if someone's not altogether convinced about joining the Order, maybe they can at least admit that it's the best option out of what's available?
