To be fair, JKR has shown Dumbledore as a 3-d character- it is just that Harry has not absorbed that it, and so, we do not get thenuances until a second reading.
This man, this great wizard is also a wily one- or so he thinks. Does it not strike you that:
1) He commits an error of trust by not telling Harry what he needs to know 2) Depsite being comnsidered 'great' he has enough political enemies- or people who plain resent him- to be monitored by the Minstry toady and remobed from office? That editorials make fun of him in the paper? 3) That he treats his one oof his top teachers, a man who would proabably open a vein for him, like shit(emotionally, that is) 4) That he allowed his own knowledge of how Sirius could be (the bullying, the Shrieking Shack, amongst many others, I am sure)to allow this poor man to rot in prison, instead of speaking up for him (as he did for Severus)or calling for a trial 5) Running an viligante Order- above and beyond the Ministry- and losing many of his young people in the process.
Yes, JKR has set Dumbledore up to be kind, warm,crafty, clever jovial, etc. But she has also shown, in bits and pieces, that Dumbledore is capable of vainglorious actions, arrogance, emotinal distancing and not giving trust.
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Date: 2004-04-24 12:54 pm (UTC)To be fair, JKR has shown Dumbledore as a 3-d character- it is just that Harry has not absorbed that it, and so, we do not get thenuances until a second reading.
This man, this great wizard is also a wily one- or so he thinks. Does it not strike you that:
1) He commits an error of trust by not telling Harry what he needs to know
2) Depsite being comnsidered 'great' he has enough political enemies- or people who plain resent him- to be monitored by the Minstry toady and remobed from office? That editorials make fun of him in the paper?
3) That he treats his one oof his top teachers, a man who would proabably open a vein for him, like shit(emotionally, that is)
4) That he allowed his own knowledge of how Sirius could be (the bullying, the Shrieking Shack, amongst many others, I am sure)to allow this poor man to rot in prison, instead of speaking up for him (as he did for Severus)or calling for a trial
5) Running an viligante Order- above and beyond the Ministry- and losing many of his young people in the process.
Yes, JKR has set Dumbledore up to be kind, warm,crafty, clever jovial, etc. But she has also shown, in bits and pieces, that Dumbledore is capable of vainglorious actions, arrogance, emotinal distancing and not giving trust.
Does that make you feel better:-)?