DD's plan -- Minister of Magic

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 189135



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> wrote:
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> Catlady:
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> > DD planned for poor Severus to kill him to get in good with the Dark Lord and become the Dark Lord's Headmaster of Hogwarts to protect the students, so it does not seem he planned to prevent the Dark Lord from taking over Hogwarts. It does not seem he planned to prevent the Dark Lord from taking over the Ministry.
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> Potioncat:
> This is one of the reasons I think DD did believe in the prophecy. He certainly behaves as if he thinks there is one person who can defeat LV and that one person isn't him (DD). All his actions seem to be for the purpose of protecting Harry or of minimizing LV's power where he can.
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Annemehr:
Interesting point, Potioncat.

Prophecy *is* a type of magic, after all, so I think we can assume that it has some (and maybe a good deal of) validity even if, perhaps, not all the prophecies stored in the MoM come true.

Maybe DD's general attitude (including nearly deciding to stop teaching Divination at Hogwarts) springs from two things: the danger of misinterpreting prophecies and other signs, and an ideal that, even faced with a known prophecy, people ought to think things through for themselves rather than follow blindly.

DD explained to Harry that the prophecy had so far come true because LV made it come true.  But that certainly doesn't invalidate the prophecy or prove it an empty one.  It was DD's way of bringing Harry to the point of making his own choice so that Harry would ultimately go willingly to face LV.

Annemehr