Dumbledore was already sitting on the Stone like a mother hen because he had assumed Voldemort was coming back. The fact that Voldemort overtly showed his hand didn’t change much on that score.
A reasonable goal for Voldemort is to get him out of there, and as preoccupied as possible.
He may leave briefly for the trial, but unless a move is made at that precise moment, in general I think he’s going to hunker down inside his fortress of Hogwarts, defend it more tightly, and search it for Voldemort’s soul more thoroughly.
The whole trial can’t have been set up just to get him out for a few hours; there must be other important Wizengamot votes that he as Chief Warlock (and important political figure) must attend. He must leave Hogwarts regularaly for a few hours at a time for that reason.
On the other hand, he may routinely loop back with his Time Turner to cover up these absences, including Hermione’s trial, so that there is always a Dumbledore in Hogwarts...
I honestly don’t know why, but when you said June is coming that line jumped up and down in my brain and wouldn’t stop until I wrote it down too. Sorry.
Dumbledore was already sitting on the Stone like a mother hen because he had assumed Voldemort was coming back. The fact that Voldemort overtly showed his hand didn’t change much on that score.
A reasonable goal for Voldemort is to get him out of there, and as preoccupied as possible.
He may leave briefly for the trial, but unless a move is made at that precise moment, in general I think he’s going to hunker down inside his fortress of Hogwarts, defend it more tightly, and search it for Voldemort’s soul more thoroughly.
The whole trial can’t have been set up just to get him out for a few hours; there must be other important Wizengamot votes that he as Chief Warlock (and important political figure) must attend. He must leave Hogwarts regularaly for a few hours at a time for that reason.
On the other hand, he may routinely loop back with his Time Turner to cover up these absences, including Hermione’s trial, so that there is always a Dumbledore in Hogwarts...
There must always be a Dumbledore in Hogwarts?
June is coming doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.
Lewdly sing cuckoo?
Anyway, there had better be a Dumbledore at Hogwarts, or else both Harry and the Stone are wide open to the attacks Dumbledore expects from Voldemort.
Anyway, do you really see him going on a vacation in the middle of a war?
Whaa?
A reference.
Summer is icumen in, lewdly [loudly] sing cuckoo!
I honestly don’t know why, but when you said June is coming that line jumped up and down in my brain and wouldn’t stop until I wrote it down too. Sorry.
Oh, ok. You probably don’t want to know what I thought at first.
(In case you didn’t know, my post was a reference to “There must always be a Stark in Winterfell” / “Winter is coming” from A Song of Ice and Fire.)
I had no idea. We were both referencing popular culture (widely defined) and both missed.
That’s cool. We can both reference HPMOR in many other conversations where people won’t pick up on it. :-)
I’m thinking more about him having to leave if Harry raises a ruckus somewhere. Like the Azkaban breakout.