Dumbledore the Strategist / Dumbledore Knows...

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No: HPFGUIDX 130758

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03" 
<horridporrid03 at y...> wrote:

> We *know* that Dumbledore is quick on his feet.  We saw that in 
> chpt. 27 in OotP when we knew that Dumbledore had been caught by 
> surprise with evidence that Harry had been running an illegal school 
> club...it takes away the entire tension of 
> that scene.  

Chris: Do we really know he was caught by surprise? DD seems in full 
control from the moment Umbridge escorts Harry into his office. 
Remember, when Fudge asks Harry if he knew why he was there, Harry is 
about to defiantly scream "Yes!" but one look at DD convinces him not 
to. It's almost as if DD knows what is coming and is steering Harry 
through his answers. 
     Look at the situation with Marietta Edgecombe. Umbridge had 
notified Fudge after Edgecombe came to her after dinner that evening. 
However, Fudge had no idea who the witness was before she was 
introduced. But DD is reserved as hell when she is introduced, almost 
as if he knew this was coming. He even gives Shacklebolt signals that 
cause Shacklebolt to modify Edgecombe's memory, already knowing that 
Marietta was about to spill the beans.
     Was there ever really any tension present here? DD steers the 
entire conversation away from Harry, puts it on himself, and then 
stuns everybody in the room with no more trouble than popping a lemon 
drop into his mouth.

     I understand that people like DD, and I am one of those people. 
BUt there are just too many circumstances where DD knows what is going 
on before everyone else does.

     There is something special about DD that we don't know as of yet. 
LV boasts accurately (and DD confirms) that he knows more dark magic 
than anyone else alive. LV knows all about the prophecy, which states 
that Harry is the only one that can kill him. Why then is DD the only 
one that LV fears? Because there's more to DD than meets the eye.

Chris