Sudden hmmm

[kiya]

Dolohov's recent comment about how he had sworn to protect Draco and failed suddenly gave me a moment of thought - because who swore to protect Draco in Y6 in canon?

Snape.

And Dolohov is currently hung up on trying to figure Snape out. (And oh, I wish we had Snape's backstory. But who knows these things? Snape, Draco, Albus. Not the most communicative lot, them, about personal details. Oh, and Alice, who is not chatty about other people's secrets.)

Of course, Dolohov hasn't switched sides like Snape.

... though he has his doubts about things ...
... and he's completely flipped out about the inferi ...
... and now he's watching his sworn brother expecting to die ...

So, um. Those are my thinky thoughts for today.

Comments

[stinaleigh]

Thinky, thinky...

In the other thread discussion was made about Razzer's redemption arc. What if Dolohov is on a similar arc due to his current misgivings as you have stated? The biggest block I see here is the statements he made while bemoaning the discovery of Minerva's long term treachery. But he has spent a long time on the other side of the wards so his perspective is different there than Barty's. I've seen him be very careful not to mention much about his misgivings to Barty, at least not in the journals. He might be as circumspect in person.

[teceler]

I could easily see him turning against the LP, especially depending on how this plays out. I'm not sure about a redemption arc. If he was hit over the head with facts in the right way--maybe.

Oh, and Doholov mentioned the Cinnabris (though not I think by name) to Raz in the journals after the Y5 end of year mess. But not to Barty. I remember that. (Otoh, he had that long discussion with Barty after the LP 'died', so...)