Dumbles is loved by many because they buy his benevolent front and are convinced that whatever manipulation and lying he engages in is only done for noble causes (such as saving Harry from being expelled).
Dumbledore is on the side of good if you define "good" (as the books pretty much do) as "getting rid of Voldemort" with a side order of "being pro-muggleborn". That doesn't automatically make him a good person. I was just looking at the HP Network's Dumbledore thread (http://www.thehpn.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=14576.0), and the DD fans are saying that he was the general, the plot compelled him to make tough decisions etc. Granted, but he made them with maximum doucheyness.
Also, what condwiramurs said below. Dumbledore would be a lot more tolerable as a cold, detached bastard who didn't pretend to be anything else. /end rant
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Re: The Truth about Aberforth, Part 2
Date: 2011-06-18 07:07 pm (UTC)Dumbledore is on the side of good if you define "good" (as the books pretty much do) as "getting rid of Voldemort" with a side order of "being pro-muggleborn". That doesn't automatically make him a good person. I was just looking at the HP Network's Dumbledore thread (http://www.thehpn.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=14576.0), and the DD fans are saying that he was the general, the plot compelled him to make tough decisions etc. Granted, but he made them with maximum doucheyness.
Also, what