Remember that movie "How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days?" I didn’t see it but I think Lavender is starring in it.
Poor Lavender, the only girl who didn't have ulterior motives in play. The point of the lesson? When dealing with lovers its best to use underhanded tricks. Loved ones always enjoy being manipulated. Manipulation says LOVE in big shiny letters.
Okay, here’s an important bit. Harry is tempted to think that Dumbledore trusts people too much, just as Snape said, but really he knows that Dumbledore didn’t trust Tom Riddle. He just never makes the jump to seeing that Dumbledore’s problem isn’t that he trusts too much, it’s that he deals with the world on a strict need-to-know basis, since it makes it easier to manipulate. He’s the epitome of goodness!
Why did he allow a psychopath into Hogwarts? Why didn't it worry him? I guess magical genius is in such short supply they will even take the insane crowd too. Now they can't control Riddle so lets put it all on the shoulders of a crazy teen. Dumble's plan is going like gangbusters!
Harry recognized Riddle at once. His was the most handsome face. The most handsome in all the world. Harry Riddle. Tom Potter. Harry Potter-Riddle. Harry Riddle-Potter. The Dark Lords Potter-Riddle…
True on so many levels. Riddle was broken so they made NEW, IMPROVED Riddle-Potter!
And then Tom implanted a memory with a complex form of magic…uh, you wanna back up there a bit, Albus? That’s quite a massive device you just slipped in there. You can implant false memories in people? Might have been better to go with a simpler magic we know, like Imperius. This just really sounds like Dumbledore’s just waving his hand because he has no idea.
We saw this magic in action in OOTP. But the bad guys didn't do it but Dumbledore's men. Besides getting a face full of spots, Marietta's brain was also wiped. Shacklebolt did the honors and it was so powerful even Harry felt it fly by him. I doubt Marietta got her real memories back. Oh well.
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Date: 2006-07-07 03:43 pm (UTC)Poor Lavender, the only girl who didn't have ulterior motives in play.
The point of the lesson? When dealing with lovers its best to use underhanded tricks. Loved ones always enjoy being manipulated. Manipulation says LOVE in big shiny letters.
Okay, here’s an important bit. Harry is tempted to think that Dumbledore trusts people too much, just as Snape said, but really he knows that Dumbledore didn’t trust Tom Riddle. He just never makes the jump to seeing that Dumbledore’s problem isn’t that he trusts too much, it’s that he deals with the world on a strict need-to-know basis, since it makes it easier to manipulate. He’s the epitome of goodness!
Why did he allow a psychopath into Hogwarts? Why didn't it worry him? I guess magical genius is in such short supply they will even take the insane crowd too. Now they can't control Riddle so lets put it all on the shoulders of a crazy teen. Dumble's plan is going like gangbusters!
Harry recognized Riddle at once. His was the most handsome face. The most handsome in all the world. Harry Riddle. Tom Potter. Harry Potter-Riddle. Harry Riddle-Potter. The Dark Lords Potter-Riddle…
True on so many levels. Riddle was broken so they made NEW, IMPROVED Riddle-Potter!
And then Tom implanted a memory with a complex form of magic…uh, you wanna back up there a bit, Albus? That’s quite a massive device you just slipped in there. You can implant false memories in people? Might have been better to go with a simpler magic we know, like Imperius. This just really sounds like Dumbledore’s just waving his hand because he has no idea.
We saw this magic in action in OOTP. But the bad guys didn't do it but Dumbledore's men. Besides getting a face full of spots, Marietta's brain was also wiped. Shacklebolt did the honors and it was so powerful even Harry felt it fly by him. I doubt Marietta got her real memories back. Oh well.