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[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

Am I the only one a little bothered by Dumbledore? Not only with the fact he could end up in the Guinness Book Of World Records for "Most Incompetent Headmaster of All Time" (though I'm sure there's worse. :P), but also because...he just bugs me. I know JKR was trying to write him as the "flawed Yoda", so to speak (and to be fair, he's nowhere near Yoda. XD), but it's also how...preachy he gets. Towards Fudge, for example. You know, in Goblet of Fire, with, "You place too much importance on purity of blood, yadda yadda et cetera et cetera" -- which considering how he treated Tom Riddle and the Slytherins is...slightly hypocritical isn't it? Probably bad writing on JKR's part, though. :/

Anyways, sorry 'bout the rambling. Thoughts?

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[fishinginthemud.livejournal.com]

I feel nothing for Dumbledore. He's a badly-written, nonsensical character, which admittedly took me some time to realize, because I did think his bizarre behavior was going to amount to something in the end. I think he just about works as a stand-in for many people's idea of God: the guy who's omniscient, omnipotent, and all-good but paradoxically allows evil to exist and won't share his grand plan with anyone, who nevertheless deserves unyielding faith and loyalty from his followers. I'm sure this was unintentional on Rowling's part, because she doesn't appear to have a subversive or blasphemous bone in her body, but it's a fascinating little temper tantrum she appears to have thrown in setting up Dumbledore as a punching bag in the final book, however subconsciously.

[sunnyskywalker]

Oh. And God killed Mom, or at least let her die. That makes a lot of sense.

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

Yeah. *Sighs* Anyone want some watermelon juice? :/