More thoughts on the Elder Wand subplot - Owner?

[eggplant107]

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 "Beatrice23" <beatrice23 at ...> 

> DD needed Harry not to fight back
 
Agreed

> because by not fighting back it meant
> that Harry was giving his own protection
> to the whole Wizarding World 

But that sort of thing is very rare, so rare that Voldemort knew nothing about it. In fact the only other time something like that happened was with Harry mother and, as Dumbledore well knew, she died as a result. I don't see how Dumbledore had any reason to think the outcome would different this time.

This interpretation is reinforced in the Kings Cross chapter, provided you think that really was Dumbledore and not just Harry's imagination; I think it was wise of JKR to keep that a little ambiguous. Even if it was all just imagination it certainly shows that Harry thought Dumbledore had betrayed him. It also shows that Harry forgives him. 

The Kings Cross Dumbledore talks about the "flaw in the plan", he says the plan would work brilliantly as long as Harry was just an abstraction, but as he got to know him he started to love him and didn't know if he had the strength to continue. It turned out he did have the strength. When he needed to Dumbledore could be as coldly rational as Don Vito Corleone. I don't know how else to explain Dumbledore's reaction when he first sees Harry at Kings Cross, he is delighted, surprised, embarrassed and apologetic. 

 Eggplant