[the_old_crowd] ZZZZZZZZ (was A dastardly Voldy plan - was: Re: Lockets

[Magda Grantwich]

--- Talisman <talisman22457 at ...> wrote:

> This little number was just what his lies usually are, a 
> manipulative tool.  Anyone could have gotten Slughorn drunk.  Even 
> DD could have played the Lily card: "You don't want her to have
> died in vain, Harry's The Chosen One, we must help him, etc."
> 
> No, what DD wanted was for Harry, himself, to assert that he is The
> Chosen One, for Harry to accept the mantle.  That's what that
> little task was all about. That's the only thing that no one else 
> but Harry could do.
 
> Pull those strings DD.


Well, yes I agree but there's another element to Harry's getting that
memory away from Slughorn: for the first time Harry had to use
subterfuge to get what he wanted from an adult rather than just
charging in like a Gryffindor hero.  He had to use strategy, take a
round-about way rather than the direct approach (which bombed when he
tried it and he didn't waste time coming up with another option).

Learning guile and cunning is a useful skill for a Chosen One.  Had
Snape been under an invisibility cloak and seen the whole thing, I
think he'd have been both surprised and impressed.

Magda



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