Dumbledore : his knowledge

[bookluver14]

Monday May 14, 2007

Fan Theory
Hey, I recently received a theory submission through the form here at TWWN.
The theory seems interesting to me, so I'd thought I'd get a bit of a discussion going. Here it is

Through the Eyes of Harry Potter...
If you search through the Harry Potter series, You'll be amazed how many times
Dumbledore knew things that he really shouldn't know. He'd regularly summarize
all the hidden causes and effects in a whole book in ten pages. Much of his
knowledge could certaintly be explained: He was immensely clever, had an
extensive spy network, and it could be J.K.Rowling did make one or two mistakes.
But there are some signs that something was going on beneath the surface.
Dumbledore quoted Umbridge's words- in the Forbidden Forest. He recounted what
Rookwood told Voldemort- in Harry's dream. He quoted part of what Morfin told
Riddle- but Morfin was speaking Parseltongue. He told Harry that Voldemort
"used" Nagini to kill Frank Bryce- because Harry himself didn't remember that.
There are many other incidents like these. What do they all share in common?
They're facts that Dumbledore shouldn't have known- but Harry did witness every
single of these facts. And so perhaps Dumbledore "experienced" every one of
these occurences in the same way that Harry saw through Voldemort's eyes so many
times- and perhaps the same (still unexplained) magic that connected Voldemort
to Harry did the same for Dumbledore.
-Allen

What do you guys think? Please respond in the comments :]


That was posted on TWWN, and it was so good i thought i would bring it over here.... and below is my thoughts on the subject.


wow, this is one of the more interesting open-ended theories i've heard in a long time. And actually, one that i have often thought of.

But i just always assumed that Dumbledore was just, well, that amazing. I could say a lot of things on why Dumbledore is so connected with Harry's thoughts, and things he experienced... but most of them come from my love for the character.

What I will say is that Harry has lost many adult figures he considered family, Dumbledore included. From day one Dumbledore seemed particularily interested in Harry, even more so than could have been expected. Dumbledore has some tie with Harry, but now that he's dead we will probably never figure out what it is, or where it came from.

Just like we'll never know why Dumbledore trusted Snape, but that's getting into a whole different discussion...

[ravenclaw18]

That is a good theory. I've always known Dumbledore was amazing, but I hadn't thought of that before.

[summertimefun6]

i've read that before and i'm going to have disagree with it on a few things. For one, Dumbledore is very good at Legilimency or Occlumency. He said he should of been the one teaching Harry Occlumency in his 5th year but never did. I think that's how Dumbledore knows a lot more than maybe most of people think he should.




*Tanya*

[bookluver14]

i disagree. I mean i know he is very skilled and he did say he should have taught harry... but i think this is a little deeper than that. True, on a basic level some of these things could be explained by Occlumency, but on the other hand harry didn't even recall knowing some of these things. Somewhere in his brain, sure... but that's the trick of Occlumency. If you can hide your thoughts well enough, they might be safe.

And that alone i believe backs up that some things Dumbledore just might have the ability to.. know. Simply by being Dumbledore. Or, as I said earlier - he might have a special tie to the Potters, or Harry himself. Something like that is probably not that far-fetched.

[summertimefun6]

yeah i guess that's possible but remember that many wizards/witches believe or know that Dumbledore can do things that most magical people can't. he probably has the ability to do something we haven't learned of yet but i think it's more or less a skill. he could be a good guesser too! lol but i really don't know. i'm currently reading a book from Mugglenet that goes over a bunch of these theories and this one is in there but i haven't gottan a chance to read it.




*Tanya*

[Bo]

Perhaps the Ligilmency theory explains that, all important, characteristic, piercing stare over those half moon spectacles. Hmmm....