Dumbledore does Lie-Part II, Snape Turned

[Miles]

No: HPFGUIDX 159812

Mike wrote:
> Dumbledore didn't even close the door fully when he was in the room
> interviewing Sibyll, he's a gentleman, you don't go to a stange
> woman's room above the bar and close the door. He turned to leave.
> When he was almost to the door, Sibyll starts into the prophesy.
> Dumbledore stops and listens, when Sibyll finishes, Dumbledore hits
> her with a stupefy, or the like, before she returns to normal. He
> summons Snape and Aberforth upstairs from the bar and tells them to
> make some noise in the hallway then bust into the room with the
> story that this guy was eavesdropping. Dumbledore goes back into the
> room and performs the counter-curse which revives Sibyll so she can
> see Snape and Aberforth. Then Aberforth hustles Snape downstairs and
> ejects him from the bar. In the mean time, Dumbledore tells Sibyll
> that Snape is also seeking a job and was probably looking for
> pointers on interviewing. After Dumbledore tells Sibyll that she has
> the job, he excuses himself, goes down the back way and meets up
> with Snape and maybe Abe. Dumbledore tells Snape which words to tell
> Voldemort and sends him off.

Miles:
Thank you for the brilliant theory. I used to write about a similar one, but
yours is much better.
My idea was that Snape heard the entire prophecy and was ordered by
Dumbledore to only deliver the first part of it to LV.
The problem with this is the HBP situation in the broom shed - there was no
reason for DD to simply lie to Harry - your version does not have this
problem, so it is better.

> Sherry:
> In other words, are you saying that you think Dumbledore, Snape
> and Abe, purposely, coldly and with definite malice aforethought,
> set up an innocent family, a child?  If this scenario is true, it
> makes Dumbledore into a monster equal to Voldemort.  The way I'm
> reading what you're saying is that DD told Snape what to say to
> Voldemort.  He couldn't possibly have thought this would not cause
> Voldemort to go after children born as the seventh month dies.  I
> don't think JKR could conceivably call Dumbledore the epitome
> of goodness and then try to have us swallow this scenario.

Miles:
Harry was not born when the prophecy was made. There was no reason to
believe that the wizard to vanquish the Dark Lord was yet to be born, he
could as well been 75 years old then. As we know, it was LV who chose the
person (here: the baby) that will be his end.
So, when Dumbledore made up the plan to get LV out of his hide, he couldn't
know what would happen.
Anyway, AFTER it happened, Dumbledore feels guilty - and responsible for
Harry. That would fit into the theory, as Dumbledore does care very much
about Harry, not only because he is the required tool to destroy LV.

Miles