OoP - GUILTY Dumbledore (was Dumbledore's true sorrow motives)

[mightymaus75]

No: HPFGUIDX 80249

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" 
<catlady at w...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" Kneasy wrote:
> > So Sirius is to stay at Grimmaud where Harry knows he's safe. 
> > Meanwhile Harry is to develop protection. He doesn't. So he's
> > fooled into  believing the one thing DD doesn't want him to
> > believe. Sirius is in danger. Off he goes, knee-jerk reaction. 
> 
> The above theory of yours is in direct contradiction of Talisman's 
> theory in which Dumbledore *wanted* Harry to fail to develop 
> Occulumency because he *wanted* Harry to be fooled into rushing
> into danger because he *wanted* Sirius to rush to rescue Harry, all
> so that Sirius could be killed in the presence of Harry, DD, and
> LV. My own feeling is that yours is more in accordance with Occam's
> Razor, but what the hell do I know? I believe in surface readings.


I don't know if Occam's Razor is really applicable to JKR's work. 
What's on the surface seldom turns out to be correct. In PS obviously 
Snape is trying to steal the Philosopher's Stone. Determined not to 
be fooled twice, in CoS we trust no one: Percy, Lockhart, Draco. But 
of course no one suspects sweet innocent Ginny. And then in PoA the 
bad guy turns out to be a pet rat who was there from the very first 
book. By the time we read GoF we are as paranoid as Mad eye Moody. 
And with good reason. And of course most frustratingly of all, the 
clues were always right there. 

So you'll understand if I'm not so ready to dismiss outlandish 
interpretations. In fact the more outlandish the better. Well... as 
long as there is canon to support it of course. 

-Maus


Constant vigilance!