Yet another prophecy question

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No: HPFGUIDX 130899

Karen wrote:
> This has been puzzling me for some time.  As I understand it, the 
> whole point of everything DD did in OotP was to keep LV from 
learning 
> the remainder of the prophecy.  After the battle in the MoM, LV 
knows 
> that the prophecy has smashed and the contents are lost.  DD knows 
> that Harry has not got far with Occlumancy and that LV is aware of 
the 
> connection so can access Harry's mind.  Why then does DD 
immediately 
> tell Harry the contents of the prophecy?  Now LV can get it from 
> Harry's mind.  If it was so important that LV didn't find out then 
why 
> not continue the "Oh dear the prophecy is smashed" line.  If it's 
> suddenly not really that important that LV could access it from 
Harry, 
> why did DD have to stay away from Harry all year, leave him 
stewing in 
> ignorance all summer and allow a situation to develop that ended 
up in 
> the loss of one of the most important people in Harry's world?
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 


Alisha:

I'm confused as to why DD's reasoning necessarily had to do with the 
prophecy.  I'm operating without my books at hand, so please feel 
free to correct me if I'm wrong here.  I thought that DD had said 
that he was avoiding Harry so that Voldemort wouldn't suspect that 
their relationship was any closer than the normal relationship 
between headmaster and student.  DD was worried that if Voldemort 
knew the nature of their relationship Voldemort might use Harry to 
attack or "get at" DD.  

After their encounter in the MoM, DD has already shown Voldemort 
that he cares about Harry, so it is no longer necessary to avoid him.

As for why DD isn't worried about Voldemort getting the prophecy, I 
think he assumes that Voldemort has quite enough on his hands 
recovering from the battle and whatever injuries he sustained from 
his brief possession of Harry, without trying to break into Harry's 
mind again just now.

-Alisha