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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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[oryx_leucoryx]

Well, Tom Sr supposedly also claimed to have been 'hoodwinked'. Which could be taken in all sorts of ways. For all we know, maybe he was complaining that she lied about using birth control. Or something entirely different. Or perhaps Tom Jr was right and he left because he discovered she had powers and got scared.

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

"Well, Tom Sr supposedly also claimed to have been 'hoodwinked'. Which could be taken in all sorts of ways. For all we know, maybe he was complaining that she lied about using birth control."

XD

Okay, you just won a freaking Internet. :3

[oneandthetruth.livejournal.com]

Well, Tom Sr supposedly also claimed to have been 'hoodwinked'. Which could be taken in all sorts of ways. For all we know, maybe he was complaining that she lied about using birth control. Or something entirely different. Or perhaps Tom Jr was right and he left because he discovered she had powers and got scared.

What birth control? Tom Jr. was born in 1925. The only birth control they had back then was the pessary (diaphragm) and condom. As for Tom Sr's being conned, again, that's something men have said many times without magic being involved. "You tricked me into marriage!" "You're not the person I thought you were!" And so on.

[oryx_leucoryx]

Various forms of low-tech birth control of assorted levels of efficacy existed since antiquity. Acidifying the vagina works to some degree (a slice of lemon is supposed to do the trick). I wouldn't rely on it, but it helped with spacing births.

But yes, Tom Sr may have meant any odd thing when he claimed he was 'hoodwinked'.

[seductivedark.livejournal.com]

But, using birth control was considered a sort-of sin before the fact, planning on *gasp* having sex before marriage. And, you know, what decent woman back then would not have a child once she was married? That's what completes a woman, according to the old-speak. Besides, it's her "duty." And, God won't give you what you can't bear. Platitude, platitude, put yours here.

Maybe she let Tom Sr. think she was pregnant before they got married when she wasn't and only got pregnant after they married. That's a hoodwink.