DD & Snape (from Poison intentions)

[Susan]

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Maus wrote:

>Seems unlikely but in Dumbledore's case perhaps quite possible.
Dumbledore certainly seems to know a lot more than he lets on to
Harry. No doubt he knows exactly in what way Harry and Voldemort are
linked. From this he could have deduced Harry *might* see something
like this. But how could he have been so certain that Harry *would*
see something like this? Have two people been linked like this once
before (the scar Fudge (never) heard of)? Has Dumbledore already been
trough all this once before? Or has Dumbledore arranged the whole
thing from the start?

>I'm a big supporter of MAGIC DISHWASHER, Dumbledore seems to have an
incredibly vast knowledge of all that goes on in the world. He could
be using that knowledge to arrange just the right circumstances for
the defeat of Voldemort. A lot like how Gandalf was able to arrange
just the right circumstances for the defeat of Sauron. The fact that
we recently decided Dumbledore is not omniscient doesn't change much.
Gandalf wasn't omniscient, if he was why did he lead them over the
mountain pass of Caradhras?

Caesian wrote:

 Snape is the one character that
Dumbledore and JKR seem to be in disagreement on. I may trust
Dumbledore, but I trust JKR even more - because she *is* omniscient in
the Potterverse.

Okay, I know I'm taking these out of context, and I know the JKR/DD 
disagreement has been rectified, but I want to say that considering 
DD seems to know so much, I believe there's a case for both sides of 
the SS redemption issue.  DD, who does seem to know much more than he 
lets on, might figure that Snape, like PP, has an important role to 
play, *regardless* of whether he's a good guy or a bad guy, similar 
to (IIRC) what he says about PP.  Fine, DD's not omniscient, but 
still, SS has ties to both sides, has connections to DD, HP James and 
Lily, etc., maybe DD just wants to keep him close at hand.  You know, 
keep your friends close, your enemies closer.