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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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[seductivedark.livejournal.com]

...and the end of Dumbledore's chances to have a Child of Prophecy to defeat Voldemort...

There's always Neville, also born as the 7th month dies (only a day earlier while it still had a little life left.) Given Dumbledore's apparent omniscience in the series, I wouldn't have put it past him to palm off a fertility potion or spell to both the Potters and the Longbottoms to ensure that he'd get a) a male as per the prophecy and b) a Chosen One whose loyalties would be to the Order.

[sunnyskywalker]

True, he had a backup baby. But it seems foolish to risk getting one outright killed if there's a 50/50 chance that he's the One and the prophecy's been fulfilled now that he's dead, so I guess a lot depends on what Dumbledore thought this marking would involve.

A covert fertility potion would make for a creepy scheme!

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

Fertility potion? Somehow I don't want to know what Dumbledore's using it for...

What the heck; I'll find out anyway. XD What would he need a fertility potion for? /Completely Missing The Point.

[sunnyskywalker]

Like seductivedark said, making sure the fertile young Order couples get pregnant. Although now I can't remember whether the prophecy was made before they got pregnant, in which case he could have planned it, or after, in which case he had something else in mind at first (unless he has a time-turner and was able to hop back several months to tell himself the plan).