You Disgust Me, Dumbledore!
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deathtocapslockHello again.
In advance, I want to apologize for not putting this entry under the cut, but honestly, I don't know how to do so. I am a totally blind user and am venturing into the world of Livejournal by myself. Is there a way of doing it just by using key strokes? If there is, please let me know and I will gladly edit the post.
Anyway, on to my rant for today.
Albus Dumbledore absolutely disgusts me. I know I shouldn't get so worked up about fictional characters, but when I read a book, I get sucked into their world. Somehow, though, I don't think you guys will mind, for I've seen many rants from you over characters you hate, and I think that's all fine!
Anyway, one line Dumbledore said in Order of the Phoenix made me absolutely despise him on a second reading, because I finally got the full implications of what he was saying.
Here I am going to paraphrase because I don't remember the exact quote.
What did I care if many nameless, faceless people died as long as you were happy? he says to Harry.
and it's then that Cedric Diggory's fearful, vulnerable, and shocked face springs into my miond and will not leave.
In other words, Dumbledore doesn't seem to care about anyone as long as his brilliant plan works. It makes me sick! He never got past his "greater good" philosophy he shared with his ex-boyfriend. And a student under his care had died the year before, and he's implying he didn't care as long as Harry was safe!
I know I seem to care about Cedric's death more than any other in the books, and now, I'm going to tell you why.
Every other character, Lily, James, Fred, Dobby, Moody, Sirius, Remus, Tonks, even Colin, for God's sake, knew they might die in the fight against Voldemort. They all marched into battle knowing the stakes were high. Cedric, on the other hand, even to the last moment, had absolutely no freaking idea what was going on. No wonder he looked so afraid! And also, why did JKR have to rub it in with the description of how Cedric looked when he was lying dead? Usually, death is described as something peaceful. The person has their eyes closed and a peaceful expression upon their face. Not Cedric, however. Even though I'm totally blind, that image of Cedric with his eyes wide, wide open and that terrified expression upon his handsome face has given me nightmares for years. And what makes it worse was that all his family, friends, and girlfriend had to see him looking like that! No wonder Cho was on and on at Harry, asking him what he'd been through in his final moments!
And Dumbledore caused all that to happen! No one can tell me that he didn't know Moody wasn't Moody. If they were good friends for as long as the book implies they were, it's complete bullshit that Dumbles didn't see through Crouch Junior. You can't tell me he was that good of an actor. And because of this, a seventeen-year-old boy was brutally and viciously snatched away from all his loved ones. I hope Mr. Diggory yelled and screamed at the old, pathetic man for tearing apart his family.
Cedric's death shook me up so much that I have actually started something that will hopefully make a difference to victims of violence in reality. Walk for Lost Dreams has been going on for two years now. It takes place in May and is a two-mile walk to raise money for the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts located in Philadelphia, PA. Portraits are painted and given to families of loved ones who have been lost because of cowardly acts of violence. The money is raised so that more portraits can be made.
But anyway, that's the impact that Cedric's death had on me, and I still can't get the image of his blank, lifeless eyes out of my mind. And it's people like Dumbledore that shouldn't be allowed to make important decisions. They should be doing tiny, menial jobs like taking out the trash (no offense to people who really do that, I'm just saying it would be a better job for him to have rather than a job with full power).
To end this entry, oh mighty Dumbledore, I'm going to throw one of your famous lines right back in your face!
You disgust me, Dumbledore! You do not care, then, about the death of Cedric Diggory? He can die, as long as you have what you want?
In advance, I want to apologize for not putting this entry under the cut, but honestly, I don't know how to do so. I am a totally blind user and am venturing into the world of Livejournal by myself. Is there a way of doing it just by using key strokes? If there is, please let me know and I will gladly edit the post.
Anyway, on to my rant for today.
Albus Dumbledore absolutely disgusts me. I know I shouldn't get so worked up about fictional characters, but when I read a book, I get sucked into their world. Somehow, though, I don't think you guys will mind, for I've seen many rants from you over characters you hate, and I think that's all fine!
Anyway, one line Dumbledore said in Order of the Phoenix made me absolutely despise him on a second reading, because I finally got the full implications of what he was saying.
Here I am going to paraphrase because I don't remember the exact quote.
What did I care if many nameless, faceless people died as long as you were happy? he says to Harry.
and it's then that Cedric Diggory's fearful, vulnerable, and shocked face springs into my miond and will not leave.
In other words, Dumbledore doesn't seem to care about anyone as long as his brilliant plan works. It makes me sick! He never got past his "greater good" philosophy he shared with his ex-boyfriend. And a student under his care had died the year before, and he's implying he didn't care as long as Harry was safe!
I know I seem to care about Cedric's death more than any other in the books, and now, I'm going to tell you why.
Every other character, Lily, James, Fred, Dobby, Moody, Sirius, Remus, Tonks, even Colin, for God's sake, knew they might die in the fight against Voldemort. They all marched into battle knowing the stakes were high. Cedric, on the other hand, even to the last moment, had absolutely no freaking idea what was going on. No wonder he looked so afraid! And also, why did JKR have to rub it in with the description of how Cedric looked when he was lying dead? Usually, death is described as something peaceful. The person has their eyes closed and a peaceful expression upon their face. Not Cedric, however. Even though I'm totally blind, that image of Cedric with his eyes wide, wide open and that terrified expression upon his handsome face has given me nightmares for years. And what makes it worse was that all his family, friends, and girlfriend had to see him looking like that! No wonder Cho was on and on at Harry, asking him what he'd been through in his final moments!
And Dumbledore caused all that to happen! No one can tell me that he didn't know Moody wasn't Moody. If they were good friends for as long as the book implies they were, it's complete bullshit that Dumbles didn't see through Crouch Junior. You can't tell me he was that good of an actor. And because of this, a seventeen-year-old boy was brutally and viciously snatched away from all his loved ones. I hope Mr. Diggory yelled and screamed at the old, pathetic man for tearing apart his family.
Cedric's death shook me up so much that I have actually started something that will hopefully make a difference to victims of violence in reality. Walk for Lost Dreams has been going on for two years now. It takes place in May and is a two-mile walk to raise money for the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts located in Philadelphia, PA. Portraits are painted and given to families of loved ones who have been lost because of cowardly acts of violence. The money is raised so that more portraits can be made.
But anyway, that's the impact that Cedric's death had on me, and I still can't get the image of his blank, lifeless eyes out of my mind. And it's people like Dumbledore that shouldn't be allowed to make important decisions. They should be doing tiny, menial jobs like taking out the trash (no offense to people who really do that, I'm just saying it would be a better job for him to have rather than a job with full power).
To end this entry, oh mighty Dumbledore, I'm going to throw one of your famous lines right back in your face!
You disgust me, Dumbledore! You do not care, then, about the death of Cedric Diggory? He can die, as long as you have what you want?
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Date: 2010-11-19 05:01 pm (UTC)No, have never heard of it but I went a googled it. There was a recent more modern movie called Shutter Island. I never saw Shutter Island but a friend saw it and sort of spilled the ending to me, but it sounds a bit similar - at least what I read on google.
I just don't really get Dumbledore and that he never learns or never even really shows any real concern for Severus. The only time I remember or noticed Dumbledore ever really thanking Severus was when Severus helped him with the ring curse and Severus offered to kill him.
There doesn't seem to be any desire to help him except to further the idea that Slytherins don't deserve respect or admiration for their achievements.
He speaks of wanting harry to grow up well, but he never seems to worry about someone like Severus who he should have cared about just as much as he did Harry. After all Severus was a student at his school and was a young boy who was not much different than Harry - yet apparently he wasn't as special as the chosen one and was pretty much given the 'leaf in the wind' approach that Dumbledore gave to everyone that wasn't Harry.
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Date: 2010-11-19 06:38 pm (UTC)Okay, *I* am the friend who told you about Shutter Island; I also have a videotape of The Cabinet of Dr. Caliguri somewhere in storage, I bought it back in the 1980s when VHS first became big and someplace had old silent movies on sale for a buck each.
And when I read your comment I said to myself, "Huh?" ;-)
Granted, I haven't seen Cabinet in over 20 years, but when I watched Shutter Island it never caused me to think, "Oh, this is just like that old silent movie!"
Anyways, here's a link to a plot synopsis for The Cabinet of Dr. Caliguri:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0010323/synopsis
Only in the fact that both movies have a surprise ending, with the overall theme sort of being the inmates running the asylum, the two plots are otherwise completely different.
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Date: 2010-11-19 08:45 pm (UTC)No, I wasn't saying just like it, not all all. I just mean with the similarity of the surprise ending and the insain asylum connection. And I haven't seen either. I was just reading an outline of the first movies and it just made me think of the shutter island. So I wasn't saying it was a remake or anything, just that I noticed similar themes