I have two questions that come to mind, both about Chapter 86:
What else did the Dark Mark do? Did you work any of it out?
As many people have probably wondered since they read
“But as you can see, the Dark Lord was quite cunning.” His gaze grew more distant. “Oh,” Severus breathed, “he was very cunning indeed...”
and
If Harry hadn’t been interrupted by Mad-Eye arriving, would he have conceded enough of the point, and explained enough about how dangerous he would be fighting a war, to shock McGonagall and Snape into believing him? Would this have been catastrophic to the prophecy, probably via convincing Snape that Voldemort hadn’t ever been fighting to win?
Because I reread this scene a couple weeks ago, and it seemed like there were a bunch of reasons for him to find a way to elaborate on why he thought a true Dark Rationalist fighting a war against Dumbledore would win in hours rather than years, and his internal debate on this seems to be trending solidly in that direction, but then when he’s going to reach for paper, the meeting is interrupted and he never gets back to it. Which made me think that Dumbledore had arranged things for prophecy’s sake to prevent him, and consider why.
I have two questions that come to mind, both about Chapter 86:
What else did the Dark Mark do? Did you work any of it out?
As many people have probably wondered since they read
and
If Harry hadn’t been interrupted by Mad-Eye arriving, would he have conceded enough of the point, and explained enough about how dangerous he would be fighting a war, to shock McGonagall and Snape into believing him? Would this have been catastrophic to the prophecy, probably via convincing Snape that Voldemort hadn’t ever been fighting to win?
Because I reread this scene a couple weeks ago, and it seemed like there were a bunch of reasons for him to find a way to elaborate on why he thought a true Dark Rationalist fighting a war against Dumbledore would win in hours rather than years, and his internal debate on this seems to be trending solidly in that direction, but then when he’s going to reach for paper, the meeting is interrupted and he never gets back to it. Which made me think that Dumbledore had arranged things for prophecy’s sake to prevent him, and consider why.
Eliezer says he doesn’t recall ever contemplating either of these questions. (Sorry!)