[HPforGrownups] Re: Speculating on Voldemort's conscience

[elfundeb]

No: HPFGUIDX 142374

I don't have time right now to address most of Jen's points. I have been
working on Potioncat's assignment:
 To be honest, I skimmed over the Harrycrux threads and the missing
horcrux threads. So I'd like to see a good post about the ideas. You
know, a couple of scolls of parchment...by Monday morning? :-)

Though I've already missed the Monday deadline! When I'm done I'll cover all
of them, but I wanted to comment on this thought now:
 Jen:
I'm really struggling with the possibility JKR might say "well, I
told you Dumbledore was capable of great mistakes" and somehow that
will be the only explanation we'll get. I just hope if Harry does
have a soul piece, there's an event, historical reason, something
other than just Dumbledore having a this huge, inexplicable gap in
his problem-solving abilities.
 Debbie:
I appreciate your dilemma, Jen. Of all the objections that have been raised
to Horcrux!Harry, why Dumbledore didn't tell him is one of the most
significant, because "Well, Dumbledore made a mistake" just doesn't seem
consistent with his thorough consideration of the possibilities.
 I am coming around to the view that Dumbledore very much suspects that the
last Horcrux is Harry, but deliberately withheld that information from him.
Unlike "DD goofed" this explanation is very consistent with Dumbledore's
behavior with regard to Harry. He may not lie to Harry, but he definitely
withholds information that he doesn't think Harry is old enough to handle,
like the Prophecy which he withheld for four years after Harry asked why
Voldemort was after him, because he didn't think Harry was ready for it.
 I know Dumbledore claimed to be telling Harry "everything" at the end of
OOP, but from DD's perspective it is not a *fact* that Harry is a Horcrux;
it is only a theory. Telling Harry that after finding and destroying all of
the other Horcruxes *and* Voldemort, he will likely have to kill himself
isn't information that will help Harry in his quest; in fact it might weaken
his resolve if he knows this is the last thing he will ever do. I think DD
is relying on Harry to recognize what he has to do when the time comes.
Until that time, for Harry to entertain the possibility that he is a Horcrux
is a burden; it will not help him at all in accomplishing his other tasks.
 Debbie


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