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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?

Comments

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

True. :)

Honestly, I have no idea where they put the waste rock and dirt. A garbage disposal? :/ *Is shot*

[sunnyskywalker]

Maybe the Lonely Mountain is lonely because it used to be a perfectly flat plain until they started dumping all their tailings from everywhere in Middle Earth there. And, er, any mining in it was thanks to improved techniques that helped them get more out of the tailings. Yeah.

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

*This*, just this. :D

Dwarfs

[urbanman1984.livejournal.com]

Dwarfs were supposed to have a supernatural affinity with metals and rocks weren't they? Gimli says something of the kind.

Re: Dwarfs

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

Ah, gotcha. Thanks for the heads-up. :)

Re: Dwarfs

[sunnyskywalker]

Yes, but surely there would still be some waste? Especially from hollowing out all those giant halls in Moria?