Omniscient Dumbledore (Was Re: Snape's AK Failed!!!, and DADA responses)

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 135133

 
> Nora: 
> > Confidant is an interesting word, because that is exactly what 
JKR 
> > says that Dumbledore *does not have*, in the latest interview.  I 
> > suspect that we've been overestimating how much Dumbledore 
actually 
> > tells Snape, in the sense of planning things out as an explicit 
> > line of attack.  It seems much more Dumbledore's style to let 
Snape 
> > go his own way, and then only step in when necessary.  <snip> I 
> > really can't see the idea that Dumbledore and Snape set up half 
the 
> > things we've tended to think they have.
> 
> 
> SSSusan:
> I tend to agree with Nora on this.  And, keep in mind that, 
overall, 
> I'm *not* in agreement about who/what Snape is after HBP. ;-) That 
> is, I'm NOT in the ESE!Snape camp whatsoever.  However, I think 
Nora 
> is correct to point out that JKR just took pains to tell us that DD 
> had *no* confidante... ergo, Snape wasn't one.
> 
> The other bit of evidence I believe we have that Snape wasn't privy 
> to as much as we thought is that we have now been told that ONLY 
TWO 
> PEOPLE know/knew the full contents of the prophecy: DD & Harry.  
> 


I also agree with Nora and Susan.  It seems to me that the picture of 
interaction among the faculty at Hogwarts is gradually becoming 
clear, like a puzzle as the pieces come together.  It is rather 
different than had been commonly supposed.  It appears that 
Dumbledore was much more secretive with McGonnagall and Snape than 
many have assumed.  It also appears that the relationship between 
Snape and McGonagall was, contrary to a popular theory, distant and 
marked by lingering suspicion on McGonagall's part.  

Given the fact that communication among these "big three" doesn't 
appear to have been so great, I think the ground was laid for all 
kinds of mistakes, misunderstandings, and blunders.  It is scarcely 
surprising that Dumbledore underestimated the depth of Snape's 
feelings, and it is quite plausible that all sorts of things might 
have been going on in Snape's pointy little head that nobody knew 
anything about.

It seems certain that Dumbledore took a lot of secrets with him.  As 
these secrets are revealed in Book VII, they may reveal Snape as ESE, 
or they may reveal him as a loyal member of the Order.  Or, which I 
think would be by far the most interesting option and one with the 
most literary merit, they may reveal him as a checkered character who 
has done some very good things in the scope of the seven books but 
who also has committed some very evil acts within that same time 
frame.

We will see.


Lupinlore