Doing it for Lily? was Re: Snape and Harry and expulsion LONG

[lealess]

No: HPFGUIDX 188918

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nikkalmati" <puduhepa98 at ...> wrote:
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>I do have one problem though.  What in the world was DD's plan?  DD did not know Harry would live and it does seem to have been a near thing.  Therefore, who was going to kill LV after Harry died and took the horcrux with him?  Did DD expect Snape to use the Elder Wand to do the deed?  Did he expect some other order member to kill him?  Did he tell Snape anything about how LV would be disposed of?
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> Nikkalmati
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>From the King's Cross chapter, I think we are meant to conclude that Dumbledore planned everything that happened, less the incidentals.  He suspected Harry would survive Voldemort's killing curse that would eliminate the soul piece.  He tells Potter that Voldemort's intake of Lily Potter's blood keeps him alive.  He was waiting for Potter to tell him he had a choice to pass on or go back.  Why would Potter return except to finish what he started?  I suspect Dumbledore knew Potter would be the one to finish Voldemort.

Dumbledore's will left the Sword of Gryffindor to Potter, to tell him how to destroy horcruxes.  He left the Deluminator to Ron Weasley, knowing that Ron would leave the quest and need a way to return.  He left the Hallows story to Hermione Granger, hoping to divert Harry, or so he said.  He left the Snitch to Potter to open at the close, knowing Potter would willingly go to his death.  Dumbledore put all the pieces in place, and waited for the story to play out.  The rest was just so much filler.

The only part of his plan Dumbledore admits didn't work as he intended was Snape not ending up with the Elder Wand.  We aren't told why that was important.  From Snape's reaction in the Shrieking Shack, I think it's safe to conclude Snape didn't even know about the Elder Wand.  I think Dumbledore knew Voldemort would attack Snape to get a wand that could defeat Potter.  This part of the plan makes little sense except as a way to kill Snape.  It even subverts Snape's getting a message to Potter.  But lo, it all worked out to Potter's best interest in the end.

I don't think Dumbledore expected Snape to kill Voldemort.  I think he had faith that it would be Potter.  Or, as he says, "I guessed.  But my guesses have usually been good."  And, because Dumbledore had secret information and good guessing skills, Snape put his faith in Dumbledore's plan, even though that never worked out well for Snape personally.

lealess