Twins/Montague
(Anonymous)
You know, I was going to try to show that 'sometimes' in Potterverse the good guys do attack to protect themselves - using the Twins use of the broken Vanishing Cabinet on Montague as an exampe.
Unfortunately, as I wrote it up I realized that the excuse the Twins gave was that Montague was going to take points, which then puts the suffering on other Gryffindors (whereas pushing him into the cabinet to avoid detention would have been protecting only themselves).
So, even in that particular case (which I had hoped to show as an exception) follows the pattern. -- Hwyla
Unfortunately, as I wrote it up I realized that the excuse the Twins gave was that Montague was going to take points, which then puts the suffering on other Gryffindors (whereas pushing him into the cabinet to avoid detention would have been protecting only themselves).
So, even in that particular case (which I had hoped to show as an exception) follows the pattern. -- Hwyla