I said something. You understood what I meant. You explained it pretty clearly, too.

In that post, and I guess in the next one and maybe even in this one, I am advocating that those 9 steps are accurately Voldemort's plan. But it is not important that I convince you, or anyone, that they are accurate. It is enough that I convince you to consider them. The theory's own merits and flaws will determine its fate.

So, yes. "Seems to have worked."