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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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[charlottehywd.livejournal.com]

What's coming in his life= being raised to be a sacrificial lamb? Of course, I dislike Harry enough that it almost doesn't bother me. If it had been Neville, however...

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

I don't like Harry that much, and I still think it's pretty low. I mean...he's a kid, dammit! >:( *Curses Dumbledore*

But yeah...it would have been ten times worse if it were Neville. :( (Come to think of it, why wasn't *Neville* the Chosen One instead? What *purpose* does Harry serve? Seriously! DX)

[sunnyskywalker]

Anyone could have yanked a wand out of Draco's hand. No Chosen One required!

Neville organized a proper resistance, took punishments to spare other kids, and set up a safe house (/room) for them. This required actually working with people and caring about them. I'd actually believe that he could go on and improve the wizarding world after Voldemort's death. Harry's pretty much useless as soon as he's served his plot purpose. Maybe he's like Deeba in Un Lun Dun - he's the Unchosen One. (It's an awesome book. The Chosen One gets clonked on the head early on, so Deeba decides she'd better take up the quest instead even though she has no obligation to do so. And there's prophecies, but she decides to skip some of the steps in the quests because they're pointless.)

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

*Will definitely read! :D*

[charlottehywd.livejournal.com]

I would root for Neville if he were the chosen one. I always liked him. :-)