The Gleam & the Hiss

[dicentra_spectabilis_alba]

No: HPFGUIDX 36219

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "sarah28962000" <saramull at o...> wrote:
> > 
> I wonder to what extent Harry may be just a pawn in Dumbledore's 
> plans.  I'm sure D. does care about him, but if he needs Harry's 
> blood & god knows what else for some desparate scheme to defeat 
> Voldemort, how far would he go?  He seems to be all-knowing most of 
> the time, except when it would prevent Harry from facing Voldemort, 
> again and again.  Is he deliberately putting the kid in harms way?  
> And I just thought - did he have a hand in Harry's initial 
> confrontation with V.?  You would think he would never do such a 
> thing, but if he thought (because of a prediction?) it would save the 
> world from Voldemort would he sacrifice the Potters? 
> 
I'm sold on the theory that Dumbledore arranges Harry's meeting with
Voldemort in Book 1, too. He really seems to be manipulating things
behind the scenes, ne?

For example, there's something fishy about the way Hagrid turned up to
collect Harry *before* the authorities arrived (muggle or magic?).
They didn't turn up hours and hours later, did they? Canon is not very
clear about this, but how much time elapses between the Potters'
deaths and Hagrid's arrival?  It really can't be very long.

Not only that, if Dumbledore sent Hagrid to collect Harry, he knew
that Harry had survived the attack. How? And how did Hagrid get there,
assuming he can't Apparate. And what method of transportation did he
have in mind to get from Godric's Hollow to Surrey? Sirius's
motorcycle was a last-minute thing.

--Dicentra, who wants to know it ALL right now!