[HPforGrownups] Re: The Mirror and the Heart

[James Lawlor]

No: HPFGUIDX 105380

> Kneasy:
> Well, we can argue about this until the cows come home, but the fact
> of the matter is that Quirrell did not want to use the Stone - that's
> made quite clear in canon. Subsequent events are problematical, but
> it seems that to Voldy Quirrell had only one use - to find and hand
> over the Stone.
> 
> If that's true - and we have no reason to think otherwise - then we
> are forced to conclude that DD's  at it again - he's shaving the truth.
> 
> Harry and quirrell did have different motives, true.
> Harry wasn't trying to find the Stone at all, he was trying to stop
> someone else from finding it - Quirrell. But neither intended to
> use it - and that, according to DD is what matters. The Mirror
> hid the Stone from anyone who wanted to use it.

I think this isn't so much a matter of DD "shaving the truth" or
hiding something as unintentionally vague wording on the part of
DD/JKR. I think a better way to say it would have been "who wanted to
find the stone, but not for its use". Quirrel wanted to find the
Stone, not to use it himself, but definitely for its use. Harry wanted
to find the Stone, but so that it could not be used, thus Harry found
the stone in his pocket.

At any rate, I generally refuse to believe that Dumbledore is being
deceptive, devious, or even evil. He doesn't tell the entire truth
sometimes, but I think when he does, he has good intentions at heart.

- James Lawlor
jlawlor at gmail.com
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