HBP Chapter 20 Post DH Look

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 184403

 
> Alla:
> 
> Hmmm, but I was talking about final encounter and it was more 
> concerned with Hallows and again, involved sacrifice.

Pippin:
Dumbledore is concerned with more than the final encounter. His plan
is to have Harry destroy as many horcruxes as possible before
Voldemort figures out what is happening. He wants Harry to do this
because (as Harry guesses) Dumbledore thinks it would be a waste to
risk  other lives since Harry is going to have to lose his life
anyway. Since Harry does not change his mind about this after King's
Cross, I think he continued to agree with this part of the plan. 

 Dumbledore does not know what skills Harry will need to retrieve the
 missing horcruxes since he does not know where they are hidden. It is
just as much a part of his plan for Harry to destroy those horcruxes
as it is for Harry to sacrifice himself. In fact, if Harry hadn't gone
after any other  horcruxes, thus alerting Voldemort that Nagini was in
danger, Harry would never have learned that he needed to sacrifice
himself. 

Alla:
> And could you clarify about superweapons being more trouble than
they  are worth? Are you saying that Dumbledore grasped this idea or
are  you saying something totally different?

Pippin:
I think Dumbledore did grasp this idea. His plan to defeat Voldemort
did not hinge on supplying Harry with terrible weapons to use against
Voldemort. Certainly he never planned for Harry to be master of the
Elder Wand.


 
> Alla:
> 
> Interesting. I mean Albus is of course asking why is he really
there,  but I was under impression that Voldemort wanted what you
described  and that he would not minded teaching position as well -
the only  place he ever called home, etc.

Pippin:
I am sure Voldemort would enjoy occupying the castle, and certainly he
taught the Dark Arts to Bella and others, but I cannot imagine that he
wanted to be Professor He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. He thinks eleven year
olds are boring.
> 
> 
> Alla:
> 
> Hmmm, and again I cannot prove or disprove it and you are likely 
> right, but don't you think that he can make decision because of the 
> emotion as well?
> 
Pippin:
He regards anger as the province of lesser souls, and I think he was
better able to resist it before he absorbed Harry's blood.

Pippin