[Alkhin]

I think that could easily be said of Gandalf :D :D Like we are supposed to believe that he was caught completely by surprise with Pippin's perfidy?! I tend to think Gandalf had a toss-'em-in-and-let-them-sink-or-swim attitude toward the hobbits. Perhaps this is wise...perhaps not. I mean, how do you explain what happens to them before it happens?

Dumbledore is not as obvious about it, but with you I have to wonder just what he is about.

I guess I am too used to Tolkien's method of story telling. Seeing the HP through only one set of eyes is very frustrating at times.

[JenB]

Yeah, and Harry doesn't always have the most interesting point of view. There were a lot of interesting things happening in other places, especially during the last book, that we don't know about at all.