Dumbledore the Godfather

[allies426]

No: HPFGUIDX 173893

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "eggplant107" 
<eggplant107 at ...> wrote:
>
> "allies426" <AllieS426@> wrote:
> 
> > King's Cross Dumbledore told Harry
> > that he expected Harry to survive.
> 
> I don't see where Dumbledore told Harry that at Kings Cross he
> expected Harry to live. He told Harry that he didn't die because
> Voldemort had his blood and he was still alive, and Voldemort was
> still alive because the snake was still alive. Dumbledore told 
Snape
> that he expected Harry to destroy the snake before he confronted
> Voldemort for the last time and he expected Harry to die. 

Allie again:

I could be misinterpreting, because I really wanted Dumbledore to 
know, or at least suspect, that Harry would survive.  Here's the 
canon:

p. 708-710 (snipped)

Harry:  "- how can I be alive?" 
DD:  "Think back, remember what he did..."
Harry:  "He took my blood!"
DD:  "He tethered you to live while he lives... His body keeps her 
sacrifice alive, and while that enchantment survives, so do you and 
so does Voldemort's one last hope for himself."
****Harry:  "And you knew this?  You knew all along?"****
DD:  "I guessed.  But my guesses have usually been good."

I suppose one could argue that Dumbledore only knew this after 
Goblet of Fire when Voldemort took Harry's blood, and DD was 
intending Harry to be the sacrifice up until that happened.  But...  
I still think Dumbledore intended Harry to live.

DD misled Snape because Harry had to TRULY THINK he was walking to 
his death so he would allow Voldemort to AK the Horcrux out of him.  
He probably knew that in all likelihood Harry would be viewing those 
revelations through a pensieve; how could Harry allow Snape to 
discuss anything with him in a rational manner after he murdered 
DD?  So Snape had to believe it too.