If one were to try and make sense of the series as a whole, Dumbledore only knows for certain that Harry is a quasi Horcrux at the end of Chamber of Secrets. And the pieces are not fully in place for Dumbledore to arrange Harry's death by means of dark wizard, until Voldemort has recklessly incorporated a little of Harry's blood at the end of Goblet of Fire.
So it is strange that Dumbledore intends for Harry's life to be risked so much during Philosopher's Stone. I can only assume that he had jumped to a conclusion that Harry and Voldemort could cancel each other out somehow, and that Voldemort would be severely weakened and that Dumbledore would have time to search for the locket Horcrux - which he would have assumed to be the ONLY one - free of hindrance. I suppose Dumbledore would have preferred Harry to go down with Voldemort anyway, since he would have been uncomfortable about the little guy maybe having the potential, as a celebrity, to challenge Dumbledore's authority in the magical world.
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Re: This chapter was mental
Date: 2010-04-03 06:00 pm (UTC)So it is strange that Dumbledore intends for Harry's life to be risked so much during Philosopher's Stone. I can only assume that he had jumped to a conclusion that Harry and Voldemort could cancel each other out somehow, and that Voldemort would be severely weakened and that Dumbledore would have time to search for the locket Horcrux - which he would have assumed to be the ONLY one - free of hindrance. I suppose Dumbledore would have preferred Harry to go down with Voldemort anyway, since he would have been uncomfortable about the little guy maybe having the potential, as a celebrity, to challenge Dumbledore's authority in the magical world.