Quirrell's outing (Was: WINDOW SILLS)

[Grey Wolf]

No: HPFGUIDX 80823

Sandy aka "msbeadsley" wrote:
> Which brings up another entirely different question:  if Snape knew 
> or even suspected Quirrell was after the stone, why didn't he go to 
> Dumbledore and "out" Quirrell?

:: taps microphone:: Hello, MD member speaking. Those that get 
headaches at the mention of the Magic Dishwasher theory might want to 
leave the room now :D. Those lucky ones that have never heard of it 
might want to check fantastical posts. All, don't worry - I won't go 
into controversial stuff (well, not much).

IMO, Snape did tell Dumbledore that Quirrell was after the stone. In 
fact, according to MD, the stone was in Hogwarts because they wanted 
whomever was after it (i.e. Voldemort) to go for it - but knew that 
Voldemort needed a helper since he was probably unable to do it on his 
own. There has been plenty of analysis of the "defenses" of the stone 
in this list, and the conclussion is that those defenses were more 
tasks for Harry et co than to stop Voldemort (notice the tasks were 
unusually suited for the trio + Neville, seen together at the midnight 
duel).

MD's conclussion is that Dumbledore lured Voldemort in and "invited" 
Harry to face him, both so Harry could meet him and also in the chance 
that in meeting Harry again Voldemort could be completely destroyed.

So far so good. But then why bother telling Quirrell to stop? Because 
Dumbledore, unlike Voldemort, is not a monster. I don't think 
Dumbledore and Snape realised that Voldemort was camped in Quirrell's 
scalp, and thus hoped they could convince him to stay good (which 
would've meant Voldemort would've had to use a DE, for example, or 
someone else he could quickly convince). I doubt Dumbledore would let 
someone die while there is a good chance to save him, and we know he is 
particularly fond of giving second chances. Of course, it had to be 
done through Snape, who is the most appropiate for such topics.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf