...Erised DD....

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No: HPFGUIDX 151413

BetsyHP wrote:
>I think Harry really did just stumble across the Mirror.  It wasn't 
until after he and Ron discussed the Mirror at dinner with the staff
(when Harry was already losing sleep and probably looking like it)
that Dumbledore intervened.

>>stevemac replied:

>>IMO - At the beginning of term, the stone and Fluffy were already 
>>in place, which means that the mirror (which was the last part of 
>>the trials) SHOULD have been in place as well. If we are to believe 
>>that DD had, from the beginning, intended to use the mirror to 
>>guard the stone, then why would it have been upstairs... where 
>>somebody could find it (Harry). It is, of course, possible that DD 
>>did not think of using the mirror until he found Harry using it and 
>>decided to move it, but then that implies that the stone was, until 
>>then, not well guarded (or at least not AS well guarded).

>>DD then explains exactly what the mirror does, tells him NOT to 
>>look for it but that it would be moved to a new home, but also 
>>mentions that if he finds the mirror again he will be prepared. It 
>>seems like DD is setting him up.

coldsliversofglass:
I have to agree that Dumbledore was setting Harry up.  Dumbledore's 
friend gave Dumbledore the stone to protect, so one has to wonder how 
Dumbledore could accept the responsibility for the stone and not 
already have a good idea of how he was going to protect it.

Also, why in the world would they tell students that the third floor 
corridor was off limits unless they already knew where and how they 
were all going to protect the stone?  And in that vein, wouldn't it 
have been better to do a spell or something subtle to deter people 
away from that area?  Perhaps they could've given Fluffy or Peeves 
run of that hall to make people avoid it.  Anyhow, I just think that 
if Dumbledore really had intended to protect the stone and prevent 
anyone from finding it (Harry included) he'd have done a better job 
of concealing its location.  Just how dumb do the Voldemort 
Supporters (or children of said supporters) have to be in order to 
not realize that what's off limit holds what they're looking for?  
Especially if it's never been off limit before.

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