What Came First: Task or Cabinet? - The Plan v1 & v2

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 157653

> > Magpie:
> > You mean we might not get a different explanation besides that 
> > whole "he wants Draco to die to punish Lucius" idea Narcissa 
brings 
> > up in Spinner's End. It's not really presented as a mystery. 
> >
> Carol responds:
> It isn't? Half the book is about Harry trying to find out what 
draco
> is up to.

Magpie:
No, it isn't.  What Draco is up to is a different subject.  What 
Draco is up to is a mystery given a solution at the end.  That he's 
doing something for Voldemort and why is given in Spinner's End.  

Carol:
 Narcissa and Snape don't know, either, which is why the
> Vanishing Cabinet plan doesn't come into "Spinner's End" or any of 
the
> chapters involving Draco and Snape. 

Magpie:
They know (some think Snape is bluffing) that he's trying to kill 
Dumbledore.  Snape makes a vow to do it for him if it looks like he 
will fail.  They don't know about the Cabinets.  The Cabinet Plot 
that Draco starts with Borgin and that he's working on in the RoR 
all year is a mystery during the book that is solved at the end.

Carol:
> 
> And do you have an explanation for how Rosmerta was Imperio'd or 
how
> the coins work or any of the other things that Draco mentioned on 
the
> tower? I sure don't.

Magpie:
So we're accepting those things happened and Dumbledore didn't just 
guess it and Draco lied to play along while protecting the real 
better plan?  The mechanics of that don't really interest me. I'm 
fine just knowing he used Rosemerta, under Imperius, and the coins 
etc.  If I get further details in the next book I'll appreciate 
them, but I have enough.

-m