A Worse State… Case in Point, Gellert?

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In a comment on sunnyskywalker’s post about Horcruxes, marionros wrote:
Off topic, but this I would think this attitude ("look how good I am at self-control, I'm so awesome! It proves that I'm the right person to own the Deadly Hallows/direct the coming war/do whatever I please") a far better reason for why Dumbledore didn't have sex his entire life than the 'he had fallen in love with Grindlewald who made him flirt with racial dominance and so he knew he couldn't be trusted with love' crap Rowlings peddles.

I answered:
Also, of course, most practitioners of chosen-celibacy tend to think that their choice, doesn't just show, but makes them morally and spiritually superior to the rest of us.

If you read my newest fic "training," though, you'll see I agree, marianros, with the sentiment that Albus couldn't be trusted with love. What was it Aberforth said? "Funny thing, how many of the people my brother cared about very much ended up in a worse state than if he'd left 'em well alone."

And then it occurred to me: might that also be true of Gellert?

Who corrupted whom?


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