[HPforGrownups] Dumbledore as Order Founder (was: Warning Ron is Dumbledo...

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In a message dated 12/28/2004 12:07:26 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
gryffindor.phan at gmail.com writes:

[quote]'It's a secret society,' said Hermione quickly 'Dumbledore's  in
charge, he founded it. It's the people who fought against  You-Know-Who
last time.' [/quote]

IMO, there is room for Hermione's  stating that Dumbledore founded it
to battle Voldemort to be either an  inacurrate presumption on her part
or on the part of whomever told her  this.  Also, we know the
"children" were not exactly in the loop so  this comment seems equally
as likely to be merely overheard and even  tertiary knowledge, which,
as we know too well, is likely to  misinterpretation and
miscommunication.  As far as I'm concerned,  unless I hear it from
Dumbledore himself, the idea that he founded the  Order merely to
counter Voldmort, is a rumour.  A rumour believed,  apparently, by
Hermione, but a rumour nonetheless.


Perhaps I'm missing something, but I don't see where that quote says the  
Order was founded specifically for anything we know of. All I read is Dumbledore  
founded the Order, and they fought against Voldemort. 
 
You can infer that they were founded for the specific purpose of fighting  
Voldemort, but you can also infer that the Order was already in place when  
Voldemort came to power. Or, you could read that the people who fought  Voldemort 
came to call themselves the Order of the Phoenix after quite a  while of 
working together as an unofficial group. 
 
It could mean several things, and I believe Arya is right to point out that  
Harry, Ron, and Hermione know very little about the actual details.
 
For all we know, Dumbledore has been running the Order of the Phoenix for  
most of his life, and they have been fighting all kinds of evils.
 
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