Dumbledore set up Harry's parents' deaths
Dumbledore is shown to have known about the prophecy and assumed that Harry was who the prophecy was referring to. So he manipulated James and Lily to choose a secret keeper he thought would turn to Voldemort (unclear if he wanted them to choose Siri or Peter) and just waited, choosing to send Harry to the Dursleys instead of protecting him himself because it's much easier to manipulate someone who has been abused for years and you're their saving grace. And he knew that even if Harry wasn't the chosen one, he'd want to kill Voldemort because of his parents and since Neville, the only other Chosen One option was assumed to be a squib, he wanted Harry to be the Chosen One and have motivations beyond "prophecy says so, bro"The strange words Dumbledore says is the house elves cue to Magic the food up.
The house elves may know their masters needs, but if said master had a flair for the dramatic like Dumbledore, he'd set a cue for them to follow- in this case, three words that are... odd, so as to not be confused with the many conversations and thoughts in the Great Hall.
- I was thinking that his words were the names of the House-Elves that sent up the food that night.
Dumbledore smoothed over Hagrid's transfiguration of Dudley, when Hagrid give him a tail.
After all, in book six we learn about the ministry stepping in when Morfin cast boils on Tom Riddle Sr., I don't see why Hagrid doing this to a muggle child would be any different - or more serious.- The Ministry can tell when magic is used but not who does it. They likely assumed it was Harry, especially given how it was just a tail and Hagrid isn't supposed to be using magic at all.
- The Ministry can tell when anyone who has the Trace on them uses magic, unless the person with the Trace is near other wizards. Hagrid doesn't have the Trace. Regarding Dobby in Chamber
Hagrid got to the Hut-on-the-Rock using Floo powder.
When Harry asks Hagrid how he got there, Hagrid's reply is "Flew", but we are taking the word in the manner that Harry would've understood it - he doesn't know about Floo powder. Granted, to travel by Floo Network it requires a working fireplace. It's known there is a fireplace in the hut, but Hagrid doesn't appear directly into it. Perhaps, due to his size, there is a loophole and he appeared on top of the chimney instead, which would explain why he was outside. Dumbledore was lying about the earwax every flavor bean.
Just to distract from the seriousness of the conversation. He had toffee. Quirrell wasn't completely evil
I mean how would you act if the dark lord had fastened himself to the back of your head, no only threatening your life but the lives of your friends and family as well, not to mention mental torture. It could be the case that Quirrell was an innocent (and at the end when he tries to kill Harry, it was in fact Voldemort, having completely taken over his mind by that point) and died in agony, trapped inside his own mind. Harry grandparents on both sides were killed by Death Eaters.
Throughout the early books, nothing is ever said about Harry's relationship with his family outside of the Dursleys and Aunt Marge. It's hard to imagine that either side would willingly let Harry be abused if they were around. Harry's wizard grandparents certainly wouldn't. Whether Petunia knows the truth is another matter, though she may have her suspicions. The Mirror of Erised has prophetic powers.
While it can't actually change the future, it always shows a desire that's likely to come true in preference to any other desires the viewer might harbor. In Harry's case, its vision of him surrounded by his dead family effectively comes true in the last book, when he's surrounded by the ghostly presences of his parents, his godfather, and even the father of the orphaned boy who'll grow up as Harry's foster child. In Ron's case, he actually does become a prefect later in the series, which is as close to Head Boy as someone who missed his seventh year can get, and while he would never officially be named Quidditch captain, he's effectively the acting captain during the last such game featured in the books. So each of those visions came, if not perfectly true, at least as close to true as circumstances allowed. And Harry's last Erised vision, of finding the Stone in his pocket, of course came true in the literal sense.The one vision described in the novel that doesn't seem to be accurate is Quirrell's vision of seeing himself giving the Philosopher's Stone to his master ... but who's to say that he was necessarily telling the truth about that? Given his own circumstances, it's far more likely that Quirrell actually saw Voldemort leaving his body in the Mirror: even villains want freedom, after all, and Voldemort had abused Quirrell incessantly even before he physically possessed the guy. He only claimed he'd seen something else because his master — who couldn't see what Quirrell saw; even if the Mirror treated Voldemort as merely a part of Quirrell, Voldemort's face and Quirrell's look in opposite directions — would punish him for defiance if he admitted his desire to separate. In which case, Quirrell's real desire also came true in the end, albeit at the cost of his life.
The broomstick jinx scene had been foreshadowed earlier.
During the first Quidditch match, Harry's broom was assumed to be jinxed by Snape, who was actually countering Quirrel's. Earlier on during Harry's first official flying lesson, Neville's broom seemed to go haywire resulting in a minor injury. While it would seem normal for a then accident-prone Neville to have experienced this, there maybe another reason: Quirrell was experimenting the jinx on someone else before he decided to execute it during the Quidditch match.Explanation: Both incidents were very similar in the broom's erratic movements, especially the jerking movements and directions the broom went. Harry's broom however jerked more violently indicating that the jinx performed on Mr. Longbottom was less potent and only intended as an experiment for the real thing.
If this is indeed true, then Quirrell would be invoking Fridge Horror, as he planned to use a random student as a guinea pig, so as to MURDER another.
Dumbledore was telling the truth about the Mirror of Erised
Everyone assumes he was lying because of his relationship with Grindlewald. However, maybe Grindlewald used to sew Dumbledore thick, woolen socks, and Dumbledore couldn't get them after leaving Grindlewald. Dumbledore knew everything and used the stone to test Harry
Nearly every event comes back to Dumbledore in some way. He sent Hagrid, known for talking too much, to pick up Harry and the stone at the same time. It's also highly suspect that the removal coincided so closely with its attempted theft. He sends Harry the invisibility cloak, which leads to Harry finding the mirror. He knew Harry had found the mirror and moved it once he was certain Harry was aware of its function. Mc Gonagill, one of his inner circle, sends Harry and friends to detention in a dangerous place where they learn about Voldemort eating unicorns. The puzzles supposedly protecting the stone are all things able to be solved by first year students. The guard nearest Platform 9 3/4 is actually a Squib being paid under the table by Hogwarts or the Ministry to oversee the barrier and ensure a smooth load.
- Given that he shows up for a second consecutive year (at least in the movies), it's probable that this is his regular post. And if a particular guard's been there for some time, there's almost no way in hell he doesn't notice people with large trunks walking toward solid brick and suddenly disappearing on certain days of the year, every year - or, for that matter, gathering around said brick wall and waiting for him to go away if he hovers there too long. More than likely, this guard is actually posted there not so much to help wizards get onto the platform (relying on families or fellow wizards to help the newbies out with that part), but to keep nosy Muggles away from it.
The obstacles to the Stone were specifically set up so that Harry, Ron and Hermione could get through them.
Hagrid told Harry how to put Fluffy to sleep (and gave him a flute for Christmas). Sprout probably mentioned Devil's Snare in front of the three of them. Harry is a Quidditch Seeker and could easily could get the right key (and the broomsticks in that room were hints that the Trio should use them). Ron is great at Wizard Chess (Hermione might be good too). The Trio had knocked out a troll earlier that year. Hermione, being Muggle-born and clever, could work out the potion riddle. Harry had seen the Mirror of Erised already. The entire thing was a trap for Voldemort.
- Credit for this theory belongs to White Squirrel's A Dramatic Reading
. - First, all but the final line of defense (the mirror), could easily be bypassed by a few first-year students, let alone a competent wizard.
- Fluffy's door was not blocked by an Age Line or any similar ward and could be unlocked by a first-year charm, while Fluffy himself could be bypassed using a technique which required no magical talents and which was easily guessable by anyone familiar with the myth of Orpheus or who had done research on cerberi.
- The next line of defense is the Devil's Snare, which again can be driven off with a simple first-year fire charm. Neville, one of Harry's friends, is an Herbology prodigy and would certainly know this.
- Then we have the keyed door, which is unlocked using a key which is kept in the same room as the door, caught using brooms which are also provided in the key room. Harry was already known to be a Quidditch prodigy.
- Then we have the chess room, which any strong chess player could bypass. Ron Weasley was known to be an excellent chess player.
- Next is a single troll, not apparently trained. Harry and his friends have already defeated one troll.
- And the final outer line of defense is Snape's logic puzzle, which notably can be solved and will give the right answer (as opposed to filling the "correct" bottle with poison and simply trusting Dumbledore to remember which bottle actually holds the potion to advance). Moreover, the puzzle is conspicuously set up so that only a single person can advance into the mirror room.
- And then we have the mirror, which is enchanted so that only a person whose deepest desire is to find, but not use, the Stone can get it out. Now, the key assertion of this WMG is that Dumbledore did not expect Harry to be able to get the stone. He thought that Harry would see his parents again, as he had when Dumbledore had given him a chance to look into the mirror earlier.
- So we have Quirrel and Harry both drawn to the mirror room by a bait neither of them should be able to access, with a penultimate obstacle that ensures that it's just the two of them. Thanks to Lily's protection, Quirreldemort cannot harm Harry, but Harry can harm Quirreldemort. The whole thing was a trap by Dumbledore designed to put Voldemort in a fight he cannot win, in the hopes that Lily's protection would destroy or cripple him.
Harry's eyesight is terrible (partly) because of Voldemort's curse.
- Well, it could partly be genetics because his father was seen to wear glasses as well. But the Killing Curse he survived probably has a lot to do with it. No particular magical reason (although that's not out of the question) - just that an extremely powerful flash of bright green light can't be healthy for a one-year-old baby's eyes.
