Dumbledore knows more than we give credit for

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 130720


> Chris (Labmystc@) wrote: 
> >I think DD knows this is the most reliable way because somehow he  
> >can see the future.
> >snip<
> >There is a lot more going on with DD than we all  can possibly 
> >imagine.
>  
> Eileen: 
>  
> Chris, what a great post! There's certainly a lot more going on 
than I imagined! 
>  
> Its possible that DD decided in advance of Buckbeak's execution, 
that he  was 
> either going to go back himself later, or send someone else back, 
to rescue  
> Buckbeak, and was making sure extra time was provided for this. But 
in this  
> situation, where it is all still to happen in the future, so to 
speak, I  can't 
> see why he would be amused, the amusement has to be retrospective.
> And the foreknowledge about the trial suggests that moving 
backwards  and 
> forwards in time  may be a habit with him. 
> So he may be going back and/or forwards mentally, or physically, 
or  both. 
> And if it was physical, his apparent invisibility ability  (sorry!) 
would ensure 
> that he doesn't get seen....

Finwitch:
  
Well, he *does* tell Harry that he doesn't need a cloak to become 
invisible - as early as PS... However, I'm not sure if Dumbledore 
knew in advance that Buckbeak was going to be rescued. He may have 
planned it, though. Not that he thought of a time-turner etc. at the 
time, and certainly not about sending Harry. Except that he DID know 
that Harry&Hermione had rescued Buckbeak, later.

He knew that Harry had summoned Patronus to rescue them from 
Dementors - much like Lupin before sending Harry back in time...

He tells them - 'maybe you manage to save yet another innocent life 
today' - he does not know whether it was Harry timeturned or NOT 
timeturned who saved Buckbeak, just that Harry DID rescue Buckbeak.

As for Dumbledore using timeturner - how ELSE could he have had time 
to discuss with Sirius?

As to Dumbledore knowing so much...

Experience of 150 years, books, portraits, house-elves, legilimency, 
invisibility & timeturner and maybe he can even truly discuss with 
Fawkes and let's not forget the sorting hat. But he does NOT know 
everything, and even if he did figure things out due the timeturner, 
one must NOT attempt to change the past.

I'd say that the result of 150 years of learning may well seem all-
knowing to a boy who's only one tenth of his age...

Finwitch