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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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[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

"I have some sympathy for Lily, in that if Voldemort really was so ridiculously powerful and she knew he was prone to throwing AKs, there wasn't a whole lot she could do once she ran out of furniture to throw in front of them (I'm assuming she didn't Apparate out because they had Hogwarts-style anti-Apparition wards up that she didn't have time to take down or something). So in that sense, she knew it was hopeless, and took the one extremely slim chance she saw and made the only gesture she could."

Well, okay. Makes sense. She still could have stood and fought, though. Like the Duke said once, "Courage is being scared to death, yet saddling up anyway." Even if Lily had gone down throwing *pebbles* at Voldemort...it still would have been better than essentially begging for her life.

"Which still leaves her as basically a damsel in distress, and in a situation nothing like Merope's."

Think Dumbles has...a few issues with women? Or just with Slytherins in general? Or am I reading too much into things? :P

"Plus of course Lily and James, being young and apparently way too trusting, probably thought that Dumbledore would do a better job of protecting them. Like, catch the traitor quickly, being a master Legilimens and all."

Holy shit, *this*.

Seriously, say what you want about Lily and James, but that's just heartbreaking. The thought of, "Dumbledore will save us" -- and then of course, he never does. :(

[sunnyskywalker]

If only wizards had psychology. Then Lily could at least wonder, hey, if Voldemort likes his followers to grovel, maybe groveling really does something for him... well, worth a shot! But I suppose villains like Pettigrew are the only ones allowed to even try manipulation when they're cornered. *sigh*

Oh, yes, there are some issues there. Possibly ultimately self-directed, kid of like Dumbledore, but probably not things she consciously realizes she even has issues with (otherwise they'd be handled more thematically clearly, one way or another).

He even took the invisibility cloak from them. Might have bought them precious seconds. Poor dumb trusting kids :(

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

Indeed. *Hugs them both -- before punting Dumbledore out an airlock* >:(

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[oneandthetruth.livejournal.com]

Seriously, say what you want about Lily and James, but that's just heartbreaking. The thought of, "Dumbledore will save us" -- and then of course, he never does. :(

He even took the invisibility cloak from them. Might have bought them precious seconds. Poor dumb trusting kids :(

It reminds me of that line from Aliens, when Ripley found out one of the crew had been bribed to smuggle back some monsters to Earth, and so what if the ship's crew got killed by them?: "I swear to God, I don't know which species is worse. At least they don't f*** each other over for a share of the profits."