Cabinet FIRST! One last time. (Long--sorry!)

[julie]

No: HPFGUIDX 157849


> 
> Pippin:
>  I agree with you that it was Draco, all by himself, who
> realized that the cabinets were a secret way into the school. But I
> think it was Voldemort who decided that Draco should be set to
> fixing the cabinet as a gateway for the DE's.  IMO, Voldemort never 
> expected the cabinets would actually work. Draco was told he needed 
> backup to keep him from trying to do what he eventually did -- 
> make an actual attempt on DD's life.
> 
> Voldemort expected that if Draco did that, he would be discovered 
and
> killed and the game would be over. Of course Voldemort intended that
> to happen eventually, but he wanted it to be on his timetable, not
> Draco's. Voldemort is doing all this to amuse himself -- just
> crucio-ing Draco to insanity, for example, wouldn't be nearly so 
much fun.
> 

Julie:
The cabinet being Draco's main assignment always falls
apart for me at the same point, and that is when Draco
tries to kill Dumbledore *twice* without using the 
cabinet (which he hasn't yet fixed). If Draco thinks
the cabinet is the main thing, and he only slowly 
realizes he'll be expected to kill Dumbledore once 
the cabinet is in place, then why he is *prematurely*
trying to kill Dumbledore? And why isn't Voldemort,
after Draco does this twice, not crucioing the little
prat within an inch of his life? I mean, if Voldemort
wants Dumbledore dead on *his* timetable, wants the DEs
there when Draco attempts the murder, and instead Draco
goes off making reckless and very feeble attempts to
kill Dumbledore, why oh WHY isn't Voldemort really,
*really* peeved? Draco should be looking all bent and
mutilated like Wormtail by the time he finally gets
with the real program and gets the stupid cabinet fixed, 
shouldn't he?

Julie, still unable to reconcile Draco's half-assed
attempts on Dumbledore's life with the cabinet first
theory.