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How did Azkaban Prisioners eat?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Malevolent Mind, May 4, 2015.

  1. Malevolent Mind

    Malevolent Mind First Year

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    So fun question: In Azkaban, did the dementors feed and clean up after the prisoners or were there human guards or house elfs or charms? I feel like a human guard would go crazy being surrounded by dementors all day and wouldn't house elfs be easy to kill? Could it be charms? I kind of like the idea of creepy dementors serving them food. Let me know what you think and why.
     
  2. Red Aviary

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    Assuming Sirius means the Dementors when he says he slipped past "them," it looks
    like they're the ones that handle everything to me.
     
  3. Atram Noctem

    Atram Noctem Auror

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    My best guess is that the food is transported magically into their cells, like in the Hogwarts feasts.
     
  4. A.K.$J6-J5

    A.K.$J6-J5 Seventh Year

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    Did you not read the quote in the post above yours?
     
  5. esran

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    There's good evidence to say the dementors do it all. I can't imagine anyone wanting to get a job at Azkaban anyway.
     
  6. TheWiseTomato

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    Dementors are responsible for the disposal of prisoner remains, at least.
     
  7. Skeletaure

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    Sirius explicitly says in PoA that the Dementors provided the food.
     
  8. MattSilver

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    With their mouths.
     
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    Joe's Nemesis High Score: 2,058 ~ Prestige ~

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    Wait, what kind of bird . . . ?
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    I'm so confused.
     
  11. Alindrome

    Alindrome A bigger, darker mark DLP Supporter Retired Staff

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    The best example I've seen in a fic of this is Control by Anonymous58 (sic: on phone, can't link). Features harry in azkaban and I rather love the creepy depiction of the dementors as they deposit wizard-made nutrient potions into the cells of the inmates - including those who don't have the souls left to feed themselves.
     
  12. Red Aviary

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    The soul-sucking kind, i.e. seagulls.
     
  13. Schrodinger

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    Seagulls are dicks, but ducks are homicidal maniacs.
     
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    They've got nothing on geese though.
     
  15. gundam_wizard

    gundam_wizard Fourth Year

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    They DO go crazy in Azkaban.
     
  16. Quick Ben

    Quick Ben In ur docs, stealin ur werds.

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    I think a lot of people convinced themselves that Dementors are mindless(unless it was stated otherwise and I don't know). Plus Voldemort and the ministry made deals with them, they didn't force them to do anything.

    Otherwise, as everyone said they did everything because we don't have any reason not to think otherwise.
     
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    Andrela Plot Bunny DLP Supporter

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    I never thought that they were mindless. I was always convinced that they're sentient and intelligent.
     
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