[HPforGrownups] Harry's Patronus (was Re: To Where To When)

[fridwulfa hagrid]

No: HPFGUIDX 109141



> vmonte wrote:
>
> DD mentions in one of the books that perhaps Harry's small victories
> against Voldemort will help to keep V at bay long enough to keep him
> from regaining his old power.  DD is training Harry because he feels
> that Harry is capable of defeating Voldemort IMO.
>
>

Me (Fridwulfa):

DD knows for sure that Harry CAN defeat Voldemort ("the one with the power
to vanquish the Dark Lord...." and all that jazz) What he's trying to do IMO
is to train Harry so when the moment comes he's ready. We don't know yet
what this "special power" is, though there are zillions of theories out
there, but what is quite clear is that DD knows that Harry can potentially
defeat LV and therefore he's trying to help him (Harry, not Voldy) to become
stronger and more skillful than the average magical kid. He's a cunning man
old Dumbledore. Of course, he couldn't tell Harry that he needed special
training or special abilities at first without explaining to him the
prophety and his real rol in this particular war, so what he did was much
more subtle: he set traps, so to speak, he created situations in which Harry
had to develop special  skills and learn how to fight and do things by
himself, situations that DD thought were under control but which, most of
the time, were not. Harry has fought Voldemort and these fights have made
him stronger, magically speaking. But he still has a long way to go till the
final battle. I think we'll see now Harry training, studying and practicing
not for his grades but for his life, and he'll do it in earnest.
He knows that he has to defeat Voldemort for real. Keeping him at bay, is
not enough anymore now that Voldy has a body and his followers with him
again.
Cheers,
Fridwulfa