Dumbledore WAS: Re: Love and Joy vs. Hate and Despair

[nikkalmati]

No: HPFGUIDX 190917


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> June:
> Exactly, Pippin. I think she wanted us to realize that Dumbledore,
> like all of us, was human and humans aren't perfect. Dumbledore I
> believe knew from the beginning that Harry may have to be sacrificed
> (after all he did have knowledge of the prophecy) and he wanted to
> prepare Harry for whatever was to come. People need to realize that
> Dumbledore and Harry were put into the situation they were in because
> of Voldemort. When Dumbledore found out about the horcruxes and
> realized he didn't have much time left because of the injury caused
> by the ring he destroyed, 

Nikkalmati

And whose fault was that?

Nikkalmati

June
. . he had to hurry to help Harry to learn what
> he needed to know. There were things that happened I am sure that
> Dumbledore didn't count on, like the curse in the ring that burned
> his hand and gave him a short time to live. He knew before his
> passing, I am sure, that Harry himself was a horcrux and he realized
> that that meant Harry would have to die as well,

Nikkalmati

He could have sat Harry down and told him all he needed to know in a couple of sessions.  I guess DD thought they would actually get the necklace Horcrux when he took Harry with him to the cave.  Yes, he wanted Harry to see how it was done, but he didn't tell him why they were doing it.  So strange.

Nikkalmati

June 
 however he made sure
> that Harry had a chance by giving the book, The Tales of Beedle The
> Bard to Hermione, whom he knew would figure it out. The one who
> possesses all three deathly hollows controls death (or something to
> that effect). Dumbledore knew that if Harry could take possession of
> all of them, he would be able to let Voldemort kill him to rid
> himself of the horcrux within him and would survive. The stone was in
> the snitch, the cloak he already owned because it was passed down
> from his father (he was related to the third brother) and the wand he
> took possession of when he disarmed Malfoy, who was the proper owner
> at that point of the wand. Dumbledore made sure he did everything
> possible to keep Harry alive and it worked.
>
Nikkalmati

This is an interesting theory, but I am not sure how it would work.  The one thing Harry concludes in DH is that DD did not intend for him to go after the Hallows.  At the time Harry entered the Forent neither he, nor LV, nor the Wand knew he was the Master.  DD explained to Harry in King's Cross that he intended for Snape to end up with the Wand, which would be given to him freely.  Therefore, I con't see that DD intended for Harry to get the Hallows or that Harry was protected from death in that way.  Too bad, that would have been a good ending.

Nikkalmati