Revisiting Dumbledore (again)
This is something that occurred to me as I was having a conversation with a friend. We were making fun of Harry Potter and he mentioned that he didn't like Dumbledore in the last few books because he was too perfect, too infallible, and absolutely everything went according to his plan. I brought up the potion in the cave as one counterpoint, and he said something very interesting. He said that although Dumbledore was caught off-guard there, he still managed to maintain some degree of control over Harry, and was able to convince him to keep giving him the potion, so even in that instance it seemed as though he had planned out the whole thing.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?