I wish we could be sure that this last wasn't an example of Rowling's incoherent writing, however!
I wouldn't be surprised. Part of me is dying to find out what excuse she can give for this lapse. Because if Dumbledore was capable of such magic that left Severus able to remember the entire sequence of events at the Shack without even Voldemort being able to pick it up in his mind then he had no excuse whatsoever to allow Severus to escape with even part of the prophecy, unless he *wanted* it to happen. (The other part of me just wants her to shut up to keep whatever coherence is left in the story from crumbling.)
Under this reading Severus joined Voldemort for protection (as well as perhaps ties with people like Lucius who appreciated his talent and may have helped him find a way to make a living), but he never wanted Voldmort to win. At most he wanted a long stalemate under which he could survive.
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Date: 2009-08-06 04:07 pm (UTC)I wouldn't be surprised. Part of me is dying to find out what excuse she can give for this lapse. Because if Dumbledore was capable of such magic that left Severus able to remember the entire sequence of events at the Shack without even Voldemort being able to pick it up in his mind then he had no excuse whatsoever to allow Severus to escape with even part of the prophecy, unless he *wanted* it to happen. (The other part of me just wants her to shut up to keep whatever coherence is left in the story from crumbling.)
Under this reading Severus joined Voldemort for protection (as well as perhaps ties with people like Lucius who appreciated his talent and may have helped him find a way to make a living), but he never wanted Voldmort to win. At most he wanted a long stalemate under which he could survive.