Gut reaction is the same, but the part of me that remembers the rule of rationalist fiction is thinking there’s no way Quirrellmort could have predicted both Harry’s and Lucius’ actions that exactly.
Which is why I say my a). He had no believable way of predicting this outcome, and the one he almost certainly expected didn’t happen(well, it partially did, p>0.5 Draco is lost to Harry now, but Hermione is not), but it’s still a result that was worth the effort he put in, so I doubt he’s shedding too many tears.
Gut reaction is the same, but the part of me that remembers the rule of rationalist fiction is thinking there’s no way Quirrellmort could have predicted both Harry’s and Lucius’ actions that exactly.
Which is why I say my a). He had no believable way of predicting this outcome, and the one he almost certainly expected didn’t happen(well, it partially did, p>0.5 Draco is lost to Harry now, but Hermione is not), but it’s still a result that was worth the effort he put in, so I doubt he’s shedding too many tears.