Whom did Dumbledore torture and killed? WAS: Re: re:Scrimgeour/WerewolfBites

[lealess]

No: HPFGUIDX 179849

<apetersonhanson at ...> wrote:
>
> > lealess
> >
> > Speculation part:  Dumbledore must have asked Snape what Voldemort
> > was up to, so he must have known that Voldemort was holding a
> > wandmaker, that Voldemort had taken Lucius Malfoy's wand, that
> > Voldemort was traveling all over the world on some kind of quest.
> > What about the escape of Ollivander from the Malfoy mansion?  Do
> > you think Snape didn't hear about that and report it to
> > Dumbledore? <snip>
> 
> 
> OK, a lot of what you say makes sense but how could Snape have told 
> DD about Olivander's escape from the Malfoy mansion, DD was dead at 
> the end of HBP and the escape happens in DH.
> 
> Alicia
>

Apparently, Snape was keeping Dumbledore's portrait informed of 
events, if not taking direction from Portrait!Dumbledore, for 
example, the seven Potters and the Sword of Gryffindor events.  Since 
the Elder Wand was something Dumbledore knew about from his youth and 
had apparently secured from Grindelwald, and since Dumbledore had a 
actual "plan" for the wand to pass to Snape, it seems he could have 
told Snape about the wand when Olivander disappeared or when 
Voldemort took Lucius' wand.  Full trust, no matter what he said, and 
full and informed consent were not components of Dumbledore's 
leadership, however.  Too bad Snape didn't look at his own situation 
when he accused Dumbledore of sending Harry to the slaughter.  
Dumbledore knowing that Voldemort would protect Nagini seems far more 
far-fetched than him surmising that Voldemort was looking for the 
Elder Wand, yet that was all the information Snape got, without
instructions on what it meant so he could conceivably protect himself.

lealess