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 05:53 pm (UTC)Actually, the way she writes most of the deaths of her characters, it ends up being senseless anyways.
No, what I'm talking about is not whether a death is noble, whether it is tragic (altho one could argue that every death is tragic) -- the issue I'm raising is how much she sanitizes the act/process of death.
Yeah, because something that just fell several stories is going to be totally peaceful looking and not full of compound fractures.
Not to mention pretty bloody...
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Date: 2010-11-19 06:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-19 07:12 pm (UTC)Yeah...nice for fiction. Bullshit for real life.
Doesn't matter if the heart's stopped beating -- the body is still basically a meat sack full of blood. It hits the ground from a substantial height, all those bones break and pierce the surrounding tissue, including blood vessels. The cranium also breaks, cutting into the blood vessels surrounding the brain (not to mention brain-matter that will also ooze out of the ears).
Even if bones didn't break the outer skin -- which is almost impossible -- the body would still ooze substantial blood from every single orifice. But the reality would be that there would be substantial trauma to the skeletal system, with at least a few bones piercing the outer skin, which results in a bloody mess.
You toss a dead body from a 20+-story building, you end up with crushed bone and ground meat below. If a person jumps from that same building, there may be more blood if they didn't die instantly...but a dead body still has blood, and if the skin's broken it will flow out.
Sorry to be so graphic, but like I said before, death -- especially violent death -- is very messy.
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Date: 2010-11-19 08:37 pm (UTC)If JKR wanted to portray it more realistic and considering Dumbledore was already dead when he hit the ground and therefor his magic should have gone with him and wouldn't have protected him.
I would assum that he would have splattered to some extent so there would and should have been blood. You get way more than just a few unseek broken bones when you jump from a high building.
It is not pretty. The highter the building the faster you fall, and I'm not knowlegable enough on the science of it but I would almost guess a body would actually pick up speed as it falls.
Dumbledore's body should have had more than odd angled limbs.