Read again with the Harry Potter and the Sacred Text podcast

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While this is my favorite movie, I think it is only my second-favorite book. I love a good time travel story.

Upon this reading, I really started thinking about how Dumbledore moves people to take specific actions. He seemed very confident with the cryptic hits he gave Harry and Hermione in the hospital wing at the end. And even more still, he does this type of redirection of characters throughout the series. Why would he repeatedly put children into jeopardy. He’s supposed to be a caring and responsible adult.

The more I think about this, the more I believe Dumbledore is much, much better at Divination than he ever lets on. He even minimizes the subject in several books, including this one. Maybe he has his own time turner.