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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?

Comments

Re: I agree

[sunnyskywalker]

Yikes. Now, I could grudgingly concede that if something indisputably magical happened and the Muggles involved were definitely going to and had the means to reveal it and endanger wizards, then Obliviate might be the lesser evil. But otherwise, couldn't they just dress up like FBI agents and tell everyone what they saw was just the test run of an advanced holographic system? Or that funny vapors in the area were making them see things? Certainly Obliviating a guy every hour to cover up a sporting event seems awful to me - again, couldn't they have "helped" him win the lotto and meet a very helpful "travel agent" who could send him and his family on the vacation of a lifetime, and then hold the Cup while they're gone? (I'm assuming the setup would be easier to hide than the gazillions of clueless wizards streaming in for the actual event.)

Re: I agree

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

"Yikes. Now, I could grudgingly concede that if something indisputably magical happened and the Muggles involved were definitely going to and had the means to reveal it and endanger wizards, then Obliviate might be the lesser evil. But otherwise, couldn't they just dress up like FBI agents and tell everyone what they saw was just the test run of an advanced holographic system?"

*Jots down idea* :D

Re: I agree

[seductivedark.livejournal.com]

But otherwise, couldn't they just dress up like FBI agents and tell everyone what they saw was just the test run of an advanced holographic system?

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