DD's plan -- Minister of Magic

[nikkalmati]

No: HPFGUIDX 189170



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
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> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth@> wrote:
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> > Pippin:
> > If Dumbledore believed in the prophecy, he wouldn't have thought he needed to make Harry do anything. He could have left everything to chance. His disbelief, ironically, made him act to bring the prophecy about.
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> Carol responds:
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> Not necessarily. He seems to have thought (or known) that Harry and only Harry was "the one with the power to defeat the Dark Lord" and acted accordingly. (Sure, Harry has his mother's love and the soul bit inside him, all of which fits with the Prophecy, but why not arm him with knowledge as well, especially Voldemort's past and his psychology, so that he'll understand what he's facing? And why not train him and test him to make sure that he doesn't fail? After all, the Prophecy only says "either [meaning one of the two] must die at the hand of the other." It doesn't say which of the two will be victorious. In any case, his knowing the Prophecy and acting on it does help to bring it about even though he's not one of the principals involved.
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> Carol, quite sure that DD would not have drawn Sybil out of the Pensieve for Harry's benefit and explained the components of the Prophecy if he didn't believe in "the power that the Dark Lord has not" and the rest of it
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Nikkalmati

I don't get this.  DD had no good reason to believe Harry would defeat the Dark Lord.  His original plan was to get Harry killed.  Then someone else could defeat the Dark Lord.  As it turned out, Harry did not remain dead, but that was not part of DD's plan.  At best it was a hope.  He told Harry the prophecy, so he would understand why LV was after him and why he had to fight him.  Wasn't the power to defeat the Dark Lord in the end his affinity with the Elder Wand - not something that could ever have been predicted.

Nikkalmati