Albus Dumbledore: the myth and the man

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 96208


> > vmonte responds:
> > Nice post! Great observation! You're right, it's too much of a 
> > coincidence that Professor Sprout had all those Mandrakes 
> >handy.  


Potioncat:
I thought Mandrake root had quite a few uses.  And would be part of 
the normal course of study.  (Of course, from a literary standpoint, 
that she introduced them in the beginning of the story was nice.)
 
Pippin: 
> Is it? Dumbledore could know from Ollivander that Tom Riddle is 
> Voldemort. He knows Tom Riddle opened the Chamber last 
> time. It's a good bet people were petrified last time. (Dippet 
> refers to "all these attacks" but only one person was killed. ) He 
> knows Voldemort is laying for Harry. He knows that the Chamber 
> monster was never caught. Even if his portrait spies aren't 
> keeping an eye on Malfoy manor, wouldn't  it be prudent of him to 
> lay in a supply of  mandrake root?


Potioncat:
Wouldn't it have been more prudent to lay in a store of prepared 
mandrake root? 



Pippin: 
> Only  Hermione's naivete  and  Harry's ignorance enable them to 
> solve the mystery. Wiser and more learned wizards like 
> Dumbledore would have "known" that basilisks don't petrify 
> people and they would have disregarded the fleeing spiders and 
> the slain roosters as disinformation--false clues left by The Heir. 
> Just like certain listies disregard the Snape-vampire clues 
> because they "know" that vampires are dead and crumble to 
> dust in the sunlight ;-)
> 


Potioncat:
"Erm....I don't think so."    :-)