Do we know that? Like we just got a reveal that HUGE portions of his life and actions were based on deliberately obfuscating what he believed and wanted to do.
Possible, but Dumbledore’s discussions of death and mortality in chapter 39 seemed like he was trying to avoid becoming Harry’s Mentor/Opponent—ie, if he were trying to manipulate Harry with this deep emotional reveal, he’d have done so in a different way. He continues to treat death as a normal matter in chapter 110, even though he doesn’t believe Harry to be nearby and does believe that the only listener will not be able to communicate his position to Harry, and Quirrelmort says that he’d expoused such positions long before he had access or cause to access the hall of prophecies.
Do we know that? Like we just got a reveal that HUGE portions of his life and actions were based on deliberately obfuscating what he believed and wanted to do.
Possible, but Dumbledore’s discussions of death and mortality in chapter 39 seemed like he was trying to avoid becoming Harry’s Mentor/Opponent—ie, if he were trying to manipulate Harry with this deep emotional reveal, he’d have done so in a different way. He continues to treat death as a normal matter in chapter 110, even though he doesn’t believe Harry to be nearby and does believe that the only listener will not be able to communicate his position to Harry, and Quirrelmort says that he’d expoused such positions long before he had access or cause to access the hall of prophecies.
If you can come up with a plausible reason why Dumbledore would pretend to be Deathist, I would love to hear it.