OOTP and Dumbledore

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No: HPFGUIDX 167295

I have been rereading OOTP (seems I'm in good company!), and I
discovered some interesting quotes from DD.  The first is when Voldy
and DD are dueling at the MoM, and Voldy is sending AK's after DD,
but DD does not reciprocate with an AK but some other spell.  Voldy
says, "You do not seek to kill me, Dumbledore?...Above such
brutality, are you?"  And DD replies, "We both know that there are
other ways of destroying a man, Tom....Merely taking your life would
not satisfy me, I admit-"  And of course, Voldy answers with, "There
is nothing worse than death, Dumbledore!" (OOTP, US Ed., pg. 814)  So-
o-o, maybe he's talking about how he got rid of Grindelwald, and
maybe this is how Harry should "vanquish" Voldy without killing him -
somehow Harry must discover in DH what DD means.

Another quote I found very telling is when DD and Harry are back at
Hogwarts having their little chat, and one of the first things DD
says to Harry is, "I know how you are feeling, Harry" (pg. 823).
That's a pretty bold thing to say unless he *really* does know how
Harry feels.  On the next page, DD even tells him how he feels when
he states, "You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to
death with the pain of it." (pg. 824)  Now doesn't that sound like DD
has been in a similar situation?  I wonder if this has anything to do
with what DD was talking about when taking the potion in HBP.  It
sounds like there is some pretty important event from DD's past that
Harry needs to learn about.

And finally, there's the prophecy.  There has been some discussion on
here about whether it will be Harry who destroys Voldy or some other
person, but the prophecy is very clear about it - "And either *must
die* at the hand of the other..." (pg. 841).  In fact, Harry asks
DD, "So does that mean that...that one of us has got to kill the
other one...in the end?"  "Yes," said Dumbledore. (pg. 844).  And
interestingly, DD does not correct him by saying he can destroy him
using other means.

To me, this book is really significant in what might happen in DH - I
believe this book clearly states that it MUST be Harry who kills
Voldy, but how is the big question, and wouldn't we all like to know
the answer to that one!!

MusicalBetsy, who wishes she had something clever to tag on here, but
instead will quietly step back into lurkdom