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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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[condwiramurs.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. His whole thing with Snape is all about keeping the latter disempowered and therefore easy to manipulate.

There's a very well-written but quite horrifying fanfic (http://www.amanuensis1.com/sovay.html) by amanuensis about how far Dumbles might be willing to go to make sure that Severus is loyal to him. I recommend it, but only if you have an iron stomach. It's a 'read once and never forget' fic. Definitely not friendly to Dumbles. Yet somehow I could just about buy it.

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

Holy shit...that...that actually makes a degree of sense. D:

Give my Internets to amanuensis when you see her, k? :)