Dumbledore's offer (was Re: just how different?

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 180677

 
> hp_fan_2008:
> 
> The biggest change is actually in book 6, where in the American
> version (pages 591-592) Dumbledore promises Draco Malfoy to fake the
> deaths of Draco and Narcissa ("Nobody would be surprised that you had
> died in your attempt to kill me -- forgive me, but Lord Voldemort
> probably expects it. Nor would the Death Eaters be surprised that we
> had captured and killed your mother -- it is what they would do
> themselves, after all"); in the British version Dumbledore only
> promises to hide them. This difference is minor as far as the plot
> goes, but was used by fans who were claiming that Dumbledore didn't
> really die at the end of book 6.

Potioncat:
Now that you mention it...
HBP left many of us wondering whether Snape and DD had some plan, 
whether DD was really dead, whether Snape was continuing his role as 
spy...on and on. McGonagall, Lupin, Tonks had no idea, but surely 
someone knew DD's plan.

We will discover in DH that no one knew anything.

So, what do you think would have happened if Draco had shown up at the 
Burrow one morning. "Excuse me, Mr. Weasley, but I'd like to take 
advantage of the offer the Headmaster made just before Sir offed him. 
Where should Mother send our trunks?"

So...why did DD make that offer and could the Order really do it? Given 
how things turned out in DH, I'm not so sure. But at any rate, who 
would have known? What was DD up to, or what was JKR up to? Would 
things have gone any differently if Draco had quickly agreed?


Potioncat, no theories, just questions.