DD's plan -- Minister of Magic

[nikkalmati]

No: HPFGUIDX 189140



--- 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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Nikkalmati

DD says he does not believe in prophecies and I do not think he does (although the Wizarding World as a whole does believe).  DD knows it is no use trying to kill LV before the Horcruxes are destroyed, and he maintains the pretense that Harry must meet LV, so that the last Horcrux, the one in Harry, can be destroyed by LV himself, sparing everyone else the unpleasant task.  All his actions are pointed toward getting Harry killed at the right time by the right person.  In addition, he wants Harry to do it voluntarily, but makes it almost impossible for him to make any other choice.

The ironic thing is that Sibyl suffers from the same curse as her ancestress, Cassandra.  No one believes her predictions, but they, in fact, all come true in one way or another.  That's why the Prophecy comes true in the end - Sibyl is a true prophetess.

nikkalmati