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Apr. 27th, 2014 04:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_aliceAfter some conversation, Draco has decided to stay with the Order. However, this incident, and others that have happened this term, has raised some valid concerns that need to be addressed. I’m very much hoping that what we cover today will be in the spirit of making the Order a better, stronger, and more effective group. It’s not meant to single any one person out, but to point out systematic difficulties we’ve been having in communication and meet them head on.
When it comes to the council challenge, here are some basic guidelines that I would like to see put in place.
1.) I will be touching base with Harry regularly regarding the contest’s progress, and your collective strategy. I want us all to be aware of the general plan and how it’s working, and modify it if necessary.
2.) When you receive a challenge, you will let one another, Harry, and myself know what your challenge is, and if you have a specific strategy in mind for what you plan to do. If your challenge would significantly impact a fellow Order member who is not competing, I expect you to keep them informed as well.
3.) If you need help or advice, please, make sure to ask. I and the rest of the Order will do our best to provide our support, our resources, and our understanding. Likewise, if you need to coordinate something more complicated amongst yourselves or using other members of the Order, I anticipate you’ll identify what you need, and work together as a team to accomplish it.
I understand that you may need to make quick decisions, and may not have the ability to keep us in the loop right away. But as a general policy, if you encounter an emergency situation that risks extreme personal injury to yourself, a fellow Order member, an unintended target, or presents a security risk, try to tell another Order member right away, and let us know what happened after the fact.
I anticipate that as we progress, we will have to make adjustments – but I hope that we can approach future challenges with a united front. There’s a difference between communicating every little thing and chewing over it endlessly (Remus said it best, we’re a chatty and opinionated bunch), and being able to use our information intelligently, as a group. I hope to foster the latter.
When it comes to the council challenge, here are some basic guidelines that I would like to see put in place.
1.) I will be touching base with Harry regularly regarding the contest’s progress, and your collective strategy. I want us all to be aware of the general plan and how it’s working, and modify it if necessary.
2.) When you receive a challenge, you will let one another, Harry, and myself know what your challenge is, and if you have a specific strategy in mind for what you plan to do. If your challenge would significantly impact a fellow Order member who is not competing, I expect you to keep them informed as well.
3.) If you need help or advice, please, make sure to ask. I and the rest of the Order will do our best to provide our support, our resources, and our understanding. Likewise, if you need to coordinate something more complicated amongst yourselves or using other members of the Order, I anticipate you’ll identify what you need, and work together as a team to accomplish it.
I understand that you may need to make quick decisions, and may not have the ability to keep us in the loop right away. But as a general policy, if you encounter an emergency situation that risks extreme personal injury to yourself, a fellow Order member, an unintended target, or presents a security risk, try to tell another Order member right away, and let us know what happened after the fact.
I anticipate that as we progress, we will have to make adjustments – but I hope that we can approach future challenges with a united front. There’s a difference between communicating every little thing and chewing over it endlessly (Remus said it best, we’re a chatty and opinionated bunch), and being able to use our information intelligently, as a group. I hope to foster the latter.
Private Message to Pansy and Sally-Anne
Date: 2014-04-28 12:25 am (UTC)I did want to tell you both that I appreciate the thoughtful way you've handled Pansy's latest challenge -- approaching Severus, Remus, and Tonks for advice and making sure that Severus supervises the brewing were all good instincts, and I was gratified to hear that you'd taken those steps on your own. I very much hope things go well, and am glad you've taken steps to ensure safety. I hope you are successful. And Pansy, I know your goals are different from that of your fellow competitors, and that comes with its own challenges and difficulties. Please let me know if you ever want to talk further about it.
Sally-Anne, I know that you've been directly impacted by these challenges, and have often had to provide much-needed assistance. Just because you are not being directly challenged does not mean you aren't an important part of all of this. I wanted to thank you and Ron for telling me about Avery, and what you both were planning to do to address things. Please keep me informed if anything else should crop up.
Re: Private Message to Pansy and Sally-Anne
Date: 2014-04-28 03:05 pm (UTC)Be extremely cautious, Pansy, and assume your moves are being watched. Don't travel alone, and be very careful when going to Severus for your brewing sessions so as not to expose him.
Private Message to Justin
Date: 2014-04-28 01:03 am (UTC)Thank you for telling me about your apprenticeship to Antonin Dolohov.
I understand that you are facing a distinct challenge yourself closely involving Dark Magic, which has its own dangers. I know you will be serving the needs of the Order regardless of what you may be asked to do under Dolohov's tutelage, and I respect your decision. Please know that I don't expect you to provide me with a detailed confession of every thing you'll be asked to learn or do, but I'm hoping you will keep me informed of relevant information you learn about Dolohov, the council, and things that could impact our research programmes, and that you will let me know if you face significant danger. I will give you whatever support I can.
And I also strongly recommend that you have a person who can serve as a touchstone through this process -- someone you trust completely, who will be able to provide you with a sense of perspective.
Re: Private Message to Justin
Date: 2014-04-28 01:53 am (UTC)I would always prefer to look for a solution that keeps our members alive for another day, and would value your continued assistance in whatever capacity you could provide. I would always be willing to take the risk to attempt to help you. However, I know that we may not necessarily agree on this particular matter. If you were to make a similar judgement call in the future, I would only ask that you tell me of your choice, and I will abide by it.
Re: Private Message to Justin
Date: 2014-04-28 12:54 pm (UTC)Perhaps I was feeling rather self-destructive at the time but I can't say I wouldn't make the same choice again, what, if Hydra's future depended on it.
As I said, I was trying to spare everyone the obligation to offer rescue. It's not that we didn't consider running away; we did do. But we decided it wasn't the most productive solution to our problem.
As for my 'apprenticeship,' I should hesitate to call it that just yet, what. Though I grow more certain that Professor Dolohov desires exactly that opportunity, he has made no formal offer and I have been cautious about appearing to be too willing. Given my previous objections to his subject, a sudden and complete reversal of my position could only seem to him as if my mind has turned toward revenge. Of course one can't properly call it that when in some way it has always been my goal to neutralise Hydra's mother and to some extent her father, what. Nonetheless it would be bally well foolish to let Professor Dolohov think I desire vengeance when he seems so close to accepting that his constant barrage of twisted morality is achieving the effect he wants. I say, it helps that I had started coming to his lunch salons well before all this happened. It will make my progression seem the more genuine, what.
But you're quite correct that I have every intention of putting myself to the Order's use as another spy in his lair, if you follow me. Cedric has access to matters of his correspondence, which are undoubtedly enlightening, but I hope I may be able to infiltrate deeper into the Professor's network, discover weaknesses among those he calls friends and above all, learn what he knows about Voldemort's apparent invulnerability. There would be no point in my risking personal disaster to obtain intelligence and not share it with the Order, what, in a timely fashion and with relevant recommendations.
I...shall give serious thought to your suggestion about a trusted confidante. The one I would choose is, of course, unavailable. I say, it may not be possible or advisable to entrust anyone else fully. I've actually spoken with Professor Snape, quite briefly, about the types of exigency one can expect from the rôle I mean to play. We agree that keeping one's own counsel in this situation may well be the best, safest option.
I have been thinking quite a lot lately about the circumstances which forced Hydra and I to give each other up. I say, not that I would wish it over again but, I don't know if either of us would have fixed on our current course had we remained paired. Perhaps our paths have been set in this direction because, in the end, it's necessary for the Order's eventual success.
I jolly well hope so, what. It would at least give our separation some meaningful purpose.
In any event, I do not wish anyone to worry about my loyalty or my commitment to what I mean to do. I had already decided to take advantage of Professor Dolohov's offer in order to benefit our side, what; I am fully cognisant of the risks I am undertaking and, my response to Mr Lestrange aside, I have no wish to die in the attempt, what. My goal is to end this conflict, successfully, so that we can all bally well enjoy freedom and a chance at happiness.
-Finch-Fletchley
Re: Private Message to Justin
Date: 2014-04-28 03:25 pm (UTC)I will never doubt your loyalty or commitment, nor your motives in working under Dolohov. To be clear, the purpose of my writing was to let you know that while I'm fully aware that your future actions may not reflect your own moral principles, nor what people generally would find acceptable in an ideal world, I know that you are ultimately serving a higher purpose, and that the sacrifice to your principles are made on our behalf and for our cause -- and I very much believe that what you learn will prove valuable and useful in our efforts. I am grateful for your resolve to take advantage of this opportunity despite what it will cost you, and I know that your reasons are sound.
The best of intentions and principles can sometimes become warped without checking, however. And often, the burden can become far too great to bear on one's own. Severus spent years with no-one to confide in but himself. I do not believe he is better off for it.
I am very glad to hear that you are looking to a hopeful future. It is our younger generation that must rebuild this world, and reshape it in the image of what they hope to see -- and I very much hope that you are able to join them, and lead them to a path of peace and forgiveness, and experience that happiness yourself.
Private Message to Hydra
Date: 2014-04-28 02:32 am (UTC)I'm glad we were able to talk a bit more over hols about how things are going with the current challenge, and our overall plans for the future. I hope we get the opportunity to talk more before summer -- I'm meeting with Draco and Severus at the Shrieking Shack this upcoming week, and I would be more than willing to extend the same to you.
I also very much appreciated your telling us about Teddy Nott. Please keep us informed if anything requires immediate action, and let us know if you need any assistance in your plans. Should extreme measures be required, I am willing to do what is necessary.
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Date: 2014-04-28 02:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-04-28 02:42 am (UTC)Private Message to Harry
Date: 2014-04-28 02:56 am (UTC)Private Message to Draco
Date: 2014-04-28 02:50 am (UTC)Know that I'm not asking we meet so that I may reassure myself of your continued membership -- I take you at your word -- but I do want to hear your opinions regarding the plans we discussed on Thursday, and your thoughts about the current political landscape.
Private Message to Mrs Longbottom
Date: 2014-04-28 03:12 am (UTC)Only, at the beginning we all agreed that Malfoy would probably have to do things that targeted some of us. And we said--I mean, I know I expected--that to make that work it would have to be a surprise. So we didn't, y'know, give away that we knew it in advance by flinching or looking or not looking or anything that would let anyone guess we knew it was coming.
So you're saying we have to warn each other, right?
Re: Private Message to Mrs Longbottom
Date: 2014-04-28 03:19 am (UTC)Re: Private Message to Mrs Longbottom
Date: 2014-04-28 03:28 am (UTC)That's what I promised, so no problem.
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Date: 2014-04-28 03:25 am (UTC)