Has anyone thought that Dumbledore knows what the outcome is going to be?

[Jim Ferer]

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hogwarts121943:"I have heard all 5 of the books on tape for years now,
I love Jim Dale's voice, so I put on a tape before I go to sleep and
am lulled off to sleep, but I have a few questions that need to be
answered: That time turner, what makes us think that he [DD?] has not
used it to see what is going to [happen to?] Harry? He can't interfere
with what is going to happen, but he can keep Harry safe... And why
not tell him about the eye contact thing?"

I do the same thing with Jim Dale's performances. My daughters do, too.

I believe that when you say that Dumbledore can't change the future
but he can keep Harry safe, that's a contradiction. Actually, we've
never seen that a Time Turner can go into the future, except for a
moment from its previous departure.

Dumbledore *should* have told Harry about the eye contact thing, along
with a lot of other stuff. His avoidance hurt Harry. It won't happen
again, but some damage was done, particularly the MoM battle that
included Sirius's death.  OTOH, the battle was a major defeat for
Voldemort.

Jim Ferer