DD's greatest fear -The Scar Connection

[cubfanbudwoman]

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SSSusan:
> > *IF* I've understood Pippin's 2nd sentence correctly [notice the 
> > Big If], then she's saying that DD's great fear was that Voldy 
> > would *force him* to attack Harry.
> > 
> > Here's my question.  Is this what DD's was talking about when he 
> > said he couldn't make direct eye contact w/ Harry throughout 
> > this school year?  
> > 
> > Or have I missed the point here altogether?  :-|
> > 
> > Can others weigh in on this, please? 
 
Asian_lovr2 weighed in:
> I speculate (Ha, like you didn't already know that).
> 
> To Pippin's quote, how about this scenerio; when Harry looks into
> Dumbledore's eyes he feels Voldemort rise up inside him and feels 
> the urge to attack Dumbledore. Dumbledore acknowledges this, then 
> says something to the effect that when they make eye contact, he 
> detects traces of Voldemort in Harry's eyes (paraphrased). This 
> eye contact seems to amplify Voldemort's presents in Harry. If 
> sustained, Voldemort, through the scar link, may have actually 
> been able to force Harry to attack Dumbledore. In that 
> circumstance, Dumbledore would have been forced to defend himself 
> against Harry; in a sense, attack or counter-attack Harry. Or 
> restated, 'Voldy would *force him* (Dumbledore) to attack Harry'. 
> Note; that's exactly what Voldy tried to do when he possessed 
> Harry in the Atrium of the MoM; force Dumbly to attack Harry. 

And Magda add:
> With this in mind, I think that Dumbledore and the Order thought it
> was at least possible that Voldemort could take over Harry (like he
> takes over Nagini) and use him to physically kill Dumbledore who
> would have to defend himself by attacking Harry - not killing 
> Harry,but Dumbledore is a powerful wizard and even pulling his 
> magical punches might do significant damage to a teenager.


SSSusan again:
Thank you both for these interpretations.  NOW it all makes sense!  
That little "attack back" or "counter-attack" made my brain finally 
click with understanding.  

So did you guys all have this figured out all along--that this "I 
might be forced to [counter-]attack Harry" was DD's great fear all 
through OotP?  Was it obvious all along?  Sigh....  My deductive & 
reasoning powers often leave quite a bit to be desired.

Siriusly Snapey Susan, who's grateful for the insight she gets from 
this list!