The Protection of the Prophecy Plot (Was: Themes and theories)

[pippin_999]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, Magda Grantwich 
<mgrantwich at y...> wrote:

> I don't fault Dumbledore during the summer and fall; having it
> tantalizingly available as a decoy to keep Voldemort focussed 
was agood strategy.  
> 
> But once Snape told Dumbledore in the spring that Harry was 
not practicing and that he was dreaming stronger dreams about 
the DOM, then Dumbledore should have had it destroyed 
because he should have known that Harry might be led to make 
a trip to the MoM.  <

Pippin:
Erm, if Dumbledore destroys the prophecy, then Voldemort has 
no reason to delay going after Harry until he's heard it. Ditto if 
Harry is told about the prophecy and Voldemort is able to learn it 
through the mind link. 

If Harry had known about the prophecy, he might have known that 
Voldemort might try to trick him into going to the Ministry. But it 
really wouldn't have mattered, because in the end what 
Voldemort used to lure Harry was not the prophecy but Sirius, 
and he could have pretended to have Sirius captive anywhere.

Pippin