Dumbledore's role in Trio becoming friends WAS: Re: CHAPTER

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No: HPFGUIDX 188438

> > Bart:
> >     JKR has strongly implied that the student's desire is a major 
> > consideration in the choice of the Sorting Hat. Also, we don't know how 
> > much the headmaster has to do with the choices; it is still my 
> > contention that the fact that Harry becoming friends with exactly the 
> > people he needed to get to the Stone was either such an unbelievable 
> > coincidence as to be considered incredibly bad writing, or Dumbledore 
> > manipulated events to ensure that the three would become friends. I'd 
> > like to think that JKR is, or was, not THAT bad a writer.
> 
> Geoff:
> As time has gone by, I have leaned more to the manipulative Dumbledore 
> theory, although manipulative is perhaps rather a strong term.
> 
> I've probably read too much fan fiction.
> :-(
>


Alla:

I will be the last person to disagree with manipulative theory, but I will ask simply out of curiosity, how do you think Dumbledore did it?

I mean, I totally get how Manipulative!Dumbledore made Harry love Hogwarts and want to go there, that I understand and agree to a large extent, but how did he insured that Harry became friends specifically with Ron and Hermione?

Did he hypnotize Ron to make sure he would like Harry on the train and vice versa? I am not being sarcastic here, I just do not understand and I want to understand.

And I especially do not understand how it works with Hermione. Oh wait, wait before we get to that are you guys saying he influenced the Hat as well to make sure Hermione and Harry will be in Gryffindor? That I am not buying but I want to understand the theory.

So, to go back to Hermione becoming part of the Trio, how did Dumbledore accomplish that?

Did he make sure that Troll appeared as well?

Thanks,

Alla.