When HBP came out I was really puzzled by all the people who thought that Dumbledore was being such a great mentor here in comparison to the other books because I kept thinking "shut up and die already" throughout the book. The only reason I could come up for Harry having to get the memory from Slughorn was that it was on the job training on how to manipulate people.
And when Harry makes it clear that's he thinks, Dumbledore gets all snippy.
For a good guy Dumbledore is a bit insistent on blind obedience though he'd fit in well in Washington. Come to think of it, isn't he the head of the Wizengamot. See maybe the problem is that we think of him as a teacher when we should really be thinking of him as a politician.
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Date: 2006-07-07 05:53 pm (UTC)And when Harry makes it clear that's he thinks, Dumbledore gets all snippy.
For a good guy Dumbledore is a bit insistent on blind obedience though he'd fit in well in Washington. Come to think of it, isn't he the head of the Wizengamot. See maybe the problem is that we think of him as a teacher when we should really be thinking of him as a politician.