Dumbledore's worst fear (was Under the influence)

[Lyn J. Mangiameli]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> wrote:
> > 
> > "I am not afraid, Harry: I am with you"
> > 
> > Surely his worst fear is that Harry will be taken from him?
> > 
> > David
> 
> Jen: I ran across this quote in PS: "Not the Stone, boy, you--the 
> effort involved nearly killed you. For one terrible moment, I was 
> afraid it had." Maybe his greatest fear *is* Harry dying. Dumbledore 
> uses the word 'terrible' to speak of really momentous things, like the 
> Truth, and the Power in the Locked Room. Maybe his love for Harry is 
> terrible, too <g>.

Lyn now:

Perhaps some component of love, but to the extent that DD believes in the prophecy, the 
loss of Harry would be far more devastating than any personal emotional attachment, it 
would me the loss of the person with the power to defeat LV. 

Personally, I think DD's greatest fear is the loss of his most powerful weapon, a weapon 
which can be used to save the entire WW, for whatever that is worth. He was willing to 
sacrifice himself to insure that the weapon would remain operable.