[HPforGrownups] Re: Cabinet FIRST! One last time.

[Jordan Abel]

No: HPFGUIDX 157777

> Sydney:
> Well, I'm afraid it does.  The plot as presented in the book, is
> Voldemort has a plan to punish Lucius by killing Draco.

Random832:
No, it's not. Regardless of anything else, that's NEVER presented as
anything other than Narcissa's interpretation. And it is _clear_ from
the text that Narcissa does not have all the facts.

Narcissa cannot be relied on to supply any information that can be
used as a basis for deciding when or who discovered the cabinet, and
who told whom about it, because she herself _never finds out_ about
the cabinet.

Sydney:
> If characters are lying or mistaken, then we're looking at a
> 'flip', and it should be something quite large that flips all three
> characters, because we wouldn't JUST have to correct the Draco
> plotline, but why Narcissa and Snape are wrong.

Random832:
But we _know_ why they're wrong. It's very clear in the text that
neither Narcissa nor Snape know about the cabinet, and that,
furthermore, Narcissa _never finds out_. They're wrong because they're
going on incomplete information.

> Magpie:
> There are about eight versions of the Cabinet First theory going around, and
> many of them are changing more in canon than yours is,

Random832:
I, for one, am not convinced you are not imagining these other ones
that supposedly completely break canon.

> Magpie:
> If this happened I don't see why it would not actually be in the story.

Random832:
Because the story is about Harry.

> Magpie:
> And if there are
> good reasons for Draco to be the one fixing a Cabinet LV wants fixed then
> Draco's not just on a suicide mission, but helping a somewhat important
> mission for Voldemort because he's uniquely qualified for it.

Random832:
He _is_ uniquely qualified. He's a student at Hogwarts. The cabinet is
at Hogwarts. And, before you say it - it's not some other slytherin
because if it was we'd all be saying "who the heck is this and why
should we care about him?" - Draco is the only slytherin Harry knows,
and the story is about Harry. It's not Snape because Voldemort doesn't
trust Snape. And the _only_ basis for it being a suicide mission is
that Narcissa thinks it is, and we KNOW she doesn't know about the
cabinet.

-- 
Random832