[HPforGrownups] Dumbledore

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 190914

I have long been astounded and appalled at the many readers who actually choose to believe that Dumbledore basically raised Harry to be a lamb for the slaughter. No. He did not. He did allow Harry, Snape and probably Aberforth to believe that, though. So that the game would not be given up to Lord Thingy. It's obvious from the context that that's what was going on. Blatantly obvious. Yes, DD was a master manipulater. Raised in a house of secrets and lies. And yes he continued to operate that way. It worked.

 Lynda
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 I would just like to mention a couple of things about Dumbledore:

 1. Although he knew he didn't have much longer to live, DD clearly did not
 expect to die as soon as he did. He was teaching Harry about LV, horcruxes,
 etc. and there is no way to know what else he intended to tell Harry. It is
 highly probable, though, that he did not get to tell Harry all that he
 intended to tell him.

 2. DD was not a god and was not omniscient. He learned things over time,
 especially when it came to the magic bonding Harry and LV. I don't think
 that DD ever wanted Harry to die or planned for his death. I believe that
 only quite late in the game, after he understood all of the implications of
 the horcruxes and hallows, and Harry being a horcrux himself, that it became
 clear to DD that Harry had to "die" in order to survive. It wasn't a matter
 of Harry dying for the benefit of the WW (although that was certainly
 important) but Harry could not survive himself unless he overcame LV through
 "death".

 JMO,

 Bookcrazzzy

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