gasp! Voldemort’s spoiling his looks! Where has the pretteh gone??!!
Not that there's any kind of connection between looks and character. His beauty decaying as his soul DIES is a total coincidence!
Looking back, it’s pretty hilarious that Lord Voldemort’s request boils down to wanting to really really teach 7th grade.
The sad thing is, it's unlikely he could be any worse than most of Dumbledore's choices. Give him a shot, JKR!
Harry suddenly feels sympathetic to SPEW, that thing Hermione harped on for two books straight and then inexplicably forgot
I love how he's 'rarely felt more' in sympathy, like usually he's only moderately interested in comparison to Hermione's fanaticism rather than completely indifferent.
The cup apparently has powers all on its own. *Makes note*
Nothing as sexy as the basilisk slaying sword, though, I presume. (And how much do I love that Slytherin's heir is the important and sexy Voldemort, lead character; whereas Hufflepuff's is of course a ridiculous fatty. That's what you get from being descended from chicks.)
Harry sees her "foolish" smile falter. Harry is such a little bitch about this woman. I wonder why. Could you tell us, ever so handsome Tom?
LOL. I don't think this is just the 'Harry filter' either, Dumbledore gets in on the act with his pitying condescension towards that 'poor, besotted woman' (love how the focus is of course on her behaviour, just like Bertha Jorkins; and of course the comparison between her lusting after a young guy and him planning to kill her for her treasures. I really don't know which is worse!)
Like this is surprising after his scene with the Dursleys.
God, I hate Dumbledore here, especially with his 'I'm glad you approve' to Voldie's complimenting him on being headmaster, in case we'd failed to realise for the millionth time how little Dumbledore gives a shit about the opinions of anyone but himself. As well as the obnoxious 'ZOMG, it wuz THREE times I was offered MoM!' And of course, the 'touching' part where he wishes he could still reach out to Tom and show him the power of love punish and frighten Voldemort. It's so pathetic that the guy who's killed four people, framed two, and will grow up to attack babies is coming off more likeable.
Dumbledore casually mentions how he’s made another one of his Dumbledore-ish-mistakes in not realizing how having two Divination teachers he’s personally protecting at the school would work out.
But as he specifies, his staffing problems aren't important. Unless they involve Hagrid, in which case he must break his 'Omnipotent Observer of Mankind's Folly' act and intervene.
Dumbledore says he’s got other reasons for thinking Voldemort wanted the cup…does he ever get to that either in this book?
I love how mystified Harry is here, too 'But why would he want a Founder's treasure?' Well, gee, Dumbledore doesn't appear to be Gryffindor's heir, yet I don't see him handing off that flashy sword to the nearest Wizarding Museum. (Just kidding, we all know Wizards don't have museums not devoted to war or Quidditch.)
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Date: 2006-07-28 09:38 pm (UTC)Not that there's any kind of connection between looks and character. His beauty decaying as his soul DIES is a total coincidence!
Looking back, it’s pretty hilarious that Lord Voldemort’s request boils down to wanting to really really teach 7th grade.
The sad thing is, it's unlikely he could be any worse than most of Dumbledore's choices. Give him a shot, JKR!
Harry suddenly feels sympathetic to SPEW, that thing Hermione harped on for two books straight and then inexplicably forgot
I love how he's 'rarely felt more' in sympathy, like usually he's only moderately interested in comparison to Hermione's fanaticism rather than completely indifferent.
The cup apparently has powers all on its own. *Makes note*
Nothing as sexy as the basilisk slaying sword, though, I presume. (And how much do I love that Slytherin's heir is the important and sexy Voldemort, lead character; whereas Hufflepuff's is of course a ridiculous fatty. That's what you get from being descended from chicks.)
Harry sees her "foolish" smile falter. Harry is such a little bitch about this woman. I wonder why. Could you tell us, ever so handsome Tom?
LOL. I don't think this is just the 'Harry filter' either, Dumbledore gets in on the act with his pitying condescension towards that 'poor, besotted woman' (love how the focus is of course on her behaviour, just like Bertha Jorkins; and of course the comparison between her lusting after a young guy and him planning to kill her for her treasures. I really don't know which is worse!)
Like this is surprising after his scene with the Dursleys.
God, I hate Dumbledore here, especially with his 'I'm glad you approve' to Voldie's complimenting him on being headmaster, in case we'd failed to realise for the millionth time how little Dumbledore gives a shit about the opinions of anyone but himself.
As well as the obnoxious 'ZOMG, it wuz THREE times I was offered MoM!' And of course, the 'touching' part where he wishes he could still
reach out to Tom and show him the power of lovepunish and frighten Voldemort. It's so pathetic that the guy who's killed four people, framed two, and will grow up to attack babies is coming off more likeable.Dumbledore casually mentions how he’s made another one of his Dumbledore-ish-mistakes in not realizing how having two Divination teachers he’s personally protecting at the school would work out.
But as he specifies, his staff
ing problemsaren't important. Unless they involve Hagrid, in which case he must break his 'Omnipotent Observer of Mankind's Folly' act and intervene.Dumbledore says he’s got other reasons for thinking Voldemort wanted the cup…does he ever get to that either in this book?
I love how mystified Harry is here, too 'But why would he want a Founder's treasure?' Well, gee, Dumbledore doesn't appear to be Gryffindor's heir, yet I don't see him handing off that flashy sword to the nearest Wizarding Museum. (Just kidding, we all know Wizards don't have museums not devoted to war or Quidditch.)