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Half-Blood Prince 25: The Seer Overheard

Jul 13, 2007 20:35

In which Harry gets a message from Dumbeldore, requesting an immediate meeting, but first runs into Sybill Trelawney, who has been thrown out of the Room of Requirement by an unknown person who was whooping with glee. Harry assumes this is Draco and asks Trelawney to accompany him to Dumbledore's office. En route, Harry learns that it was Snape who ( Read more... )

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magnetic_pole July 14 2007, 00:49:11 UTC

Did we not know Snape was the one who conveyed the prophesy to Voldemort? (It's amazing, you read the books too many times, and everyone seems so slow on the uptake.)

I don't know why Dumbledore doesn't explain more to Harry about why he's not taking action on Draco and why he trusts Snape, seeing as he spent the last few chapters of OotP regretting how tight-lipped he'd been in that book. This whole exchange strikes me as a little odd. M.

onehundredmoons July 14 2007, 04:21:55 UTC

The exchange is odd, and a little irritating from my perspective. How many times now in this series has Harry sought answers about Snape, and how many times has Dumbledore quashed them? I think the only answer to why is that we still have one more book to go, and it's a topic for DH.

I still am puzzled by what Dumbledore does and does not know. Is he aware that there will be a DE attack later that night? Does he know his death is imminent? If so, why does he not share more with Harry? You're quite right that they've all been burned by his reluctance to fill Harry in, before.

aunty_marion July 14 2007, 16:54:33 UTC

No, we didn't know it was Snape. Just that it had been overheard, or at least part of it had been, and that information had been conveyed to the Dark Lord.

No, I can't think why DD doesn't take action on Draco at all. Unless he has foreknowledge somehow. Oh god. I do most sincerely hope there isn't another prophecy? One that told DD where to go, what to do, and what would happen? Because if so ... WHAT A COP-OUT!!!!!!!

Current personal theory of nothing-in-particular (from Kreacher having to be in Film 5, per JKR's mandate, and the cover of Book 7) is that Kreacher is the final Horcrux, created from Regulus's death.