DD's agenda (was LV's survival )

[carolynwhite2]

No: HPFGUIDX 112111

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, imamommy at s... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "gelite67" <gelite67 at y...> 
wrote:
> > ---Carolyn:
> > 
> >   I hope no one still imagines that it is a coincidence that that 
> > wand was waiting at Ollivanders, and that Harry chose it.
> 
imamommy:
> As for the feathers, no, I don't think it was "coincidence"; but I
> also don't think it was DD (or Ollivander, for that matter)
> manipulating things.  I have long felt, in the absence of any 
defined deity in Potterverse, that there is some entity that 
is "good" and one that is "bad", and that *something or someone* 
higher than mortals is providing Harry with some of the tools to 
defeat this great evil.  The wand is one of those tools.
> 

Carolyn:
Ah, to have such trust, and so far into the series! Alas, the fine 
minds on this site have long since convinced me otherwise (if I ever 
believed it in the first place), and I'm afraid DD himself no longer 
bothers to pretend (OOP, Ch.37):

'Five years ago you arrived at Hogwarts, Harry, safe and whole, as I 
planned and intended..'

[re GH events]'And I had to make my decision, too, with regard to the 
years ahead..

'Thus far, my plan was working well'

'You rose magnificently to the challenge that faced you and sooner - 
much sooner - than I anticipated, you found yourself face to face 
with Voldemort.'

'Yet there was a flaw in this wonderful plan of mine..'

And so it goes on and on. There is little doubt that DD has expended 
considerable efforts on his plans to protect Harry, from the moment 
he heard that prophecy at the Hogs Head. Fawkes is his phoenix, and 
only gave the second feather to Ollivander at Dumbledore's request, 
once DD realised the weapon would be required in the coming fight 
with Voldemort.

If you are open-minded enough to consider the evidence further, I 
commend to you a series of posts from the archives (which should be 
read in this order):

39662
39854
40044
81010
81074
81067
81104

Health warning: these are all *extremely* long, so I suggest printing 
them off and retiring with suitable refreshments to consider the case 
for the prosecution. 

It would be fascinating to continue the argument - and you will 
notice the hundreds of posts they generated at the time, all of which 
are worth pursuing (assuming you have no pressing concerns in RL <g>).

Carolyn