Old, old problem.

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 151018

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Kathryn Jones <kjones at ...> 
wrote:
>

> 
>     KJ writes:
> 
>        I think you are both right in these two paragraphs. 
Frankly, it 
> is canon that Dumbledore had a plan. It was a plan that made 
Dumbledore 
> extremely sad as he became more and more attached to Harry. He 
even 
> began to consider giving up his plan, regardless of the effect on 
other 
> people, because of his feelings for Harry. To my mind, this does 
not 
> bode well for Harry, and I find it hard to believe that Harry 
missed the 
> entire point of that speech. If I had been Harry, I would have got 
the 
> hell out of there.
> 

Yes, DD definitely had a plan.  But what was it?  Was it some 
Machiavellian thing spanning years and involving multiple players?  
Or was it the more straightforward, and believable, plan to simply 
insure the survival and education of the person that Voldemort had 
marked as his equal (although granted DD's belief in the power of 
the prophecy seems to wax and wane according to the needs of the 
plot)?

Did DD regret his plan?  I don't know, it seemed to me he more 
regretted not being honest with Harry.  What was the gleam of 
triumph?  Was it part of DD's plan coming to fruition?  Or was it 
simply that he realized that Voldemort, being human (or at least 
biological) once again could now be permanently destroyed -- 
something that could not be done to Vapor!Mort.  Or was it something 
else entirely?  DD, as I recall, exclaimed in surprise along with 
Sirius as that part of Harry's story.  Did he realize that Voldy had 
just made a crucial mistake?

Who knows?  We'll find out pretty soon now.  But I suspect that 
elaborate conspiracy theories will, as elaborate conspiracy theories 
usually do, come mostly to naught.


Lupinlore