Looking for an indy Harry fic probably

 

Via JKR's backstory (which she probably came up with later?) the dementors were apparently not trying to leave the island?

It looks like they were staying out there and people were only worried they'd leave if they tried to destroy Azkaban?

I get that if they were left alone to breed the problem would have just grown but unless I missed it (might have - read quickly on phone) they weren't trying to get off their island. Wizards just moved in like assholes with them there?

 

I mean, the entire argument (such as it is) is there in the history on Azkaban, isn't it?

- Dementor's can't be killed and cling to Azkaban
- Prisons that existed before Azkaban were prone to break out attempts
- From Azkaban, no one ever escaped (until Sirius)
- Minister Diggory wanted to close the prison, but no one wanted the Dementors in their backyard instead, which is what experts determined would happen now they had gotten a taste of lots of people.


So, "it works" and "it contains the Dementors". Of course, the former and the latter have been revealed to have the rather large security flaw of "a dark wizard can walk in there, free all other dark wizards and convince the Dementors to leave". There's certainly a debate to be had how much of that was Voldemort in particular, given there were other dark wizards before, but still -- the possibility now exists. On the other hand, the dark wizard could just as well infiltrate human wardens, so on balance, I suppose Dementors aren't worse -- just not superior either, anymore.

The entire thing would be a no-brainer if you found a way to get rid of them, but how do you get rid of fear and despair? A world without Dementors is a world without people. I don't think it's ever said what Kingsley did to them. I'm not sure what I would do, either -- perhaps leaving Azkaban with Dementors as a maximum security prison? A place for Bellatrix and Crouch, not so much for Hagrid or Mundungus.