Dark is rising again - final post reread impression

[marion11111]

> 
> Alla:
> 
> Not trying to argue about DD, but just wondering when did he do 
> wrong again after he asked for Harry's forgiveness at Kings Cross?
> 


marion11111:
*grins* Well, nothing after that because Harry's busy fighting the 
forces of evil and then the book ends.  

I just found the whole "I don't tell you the truth Harry because I 
love you" then "Oh, I didn't tell the truth again"  then "Oh, I 
thought you and Snape would be Ok working together - my bad" and "I 
thought Voldemort was going to get into your head - I guess I should 
have told you earlier"  and "Ok, after I'm dead and it's too late 
for him to do anything about it, tell him he needs to die"  "But 
don't mention that he probably doesn't have to - I'm just 
manipulting him because we need a sacrifice"  "And by the way, 
Severus, when you pretended to kill me, it looks to the people who 
follow this kind of thing like you won this important wand - oh 
didn't I mention my special wand - so every power-hungry bad guy 
around will be after you.  Except of course Voldemort will get there 
first and kill you for it" to be a little too often a convenient 
excuse.

I was fine with him at first - lovable old guy - but then he just 
seemed a little too fond of controlling the outcome without telling 
people what he was doing. I have friends who were saying he was 
manipulating the whole show very early on, but I didn't see it until 
HBP.