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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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[oneandthetruth.livejournal.com]

I think I'm going to go with that Dumbledore was lying to Harry about Tom Riddle the whole time. It just...makes more sense that way. :)

I said on Snapedom several months ago that if you assume Dumbledore is a narcissistic psychopath, and that everything he says is a lie, the books make a whole lot more sense.

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

I think JKR realized that. And that's why Dumbledore calls his Pensieve memory of Riddle "satisfyingly accurate". (Or it could have just been another case of Dumbledore pimping how awesome he is. :P)

*Pours everyone juma juice*

Christ, here we go again...