'Dumbledore, A Personal Favourite White Boy?'

[borg-princess.livejournal.com]

Thought some of you may enjoy the read - I just came across this essay on Dumbledore that pleased me greatly. The facts are nothing new to us, of course, but they're outlined in a lovely cohesive discussion of his many flaws that fans tend to excuse or overlook.

And even though the author's not a Snape fan, I like that they acknowledged how Dumbledore screwed him over as well. I was of course furious with Dumbledore coming up with the plan to commit suicide via Snape (which unwittingly placed him in Voldemort's firing line over the Elder Wand), but I haven't thought of using the fact that this was done without informing the Order and thus squandering the possibility of any intel from Snape during DH. That could've been useful!

***The title refers to a term explained in a previous article, basically: "Personal Favorite White Boy (n.): A (usually white) male character who can commit acts ranging from “pretty damn douchey” to “outright atrocities”, but is constantly defended by or stanned for by a furious fan base who will go to any lengths to excuse their actions and vilify critics. A male fave who is portrayed as a precious cinnamon roll who are only ever victims and heroes, and anyone who says differently is evil or illiterate."

Comments

[oryx_leucoryx]

Regarding the twins, we know Gideon and Fabian were still alive when they were born because they appear in the Order photo which was taken 2 weeks before the McKinnon's died, and that death was shortly before Harry's birthday at the end of July 1981. So Gideon and Fabian were alive as late as the middle of July 1981, by which time Ron was already 16 months old and Ginny was about to be born.

Ignatius Prewett appears on the Black Family Tree, he married Lucretia Black, Orion Black's sister, thus he was Sirius' uncle (by marriage). This is why Molly and Sirius are considered 'cousins by marriage'.

I think Charlie would have been named after Molly's father, but I am surprised nobody is named after Arthur's father (Septimus, according to comments on the Black Family Tree), they go directly to Molly's uncle. Maybe Molly dominated the naming in their family.

[kahran042]

For what it's worth, from what I've seen, Septimus is often Charlie's middle name in fanon, which also happens to be my headcanon

[oryx_leucoryx]

But that would mean Percy was named after Molly's uncle, skipping her father. Personally I think Charlie has Molly's father's name, and when Percy was born and Molly chose uncle Ignatius was when Arthur started really retreating into his shed with his hobbies.

Does anyone know on which side of the family Uncle Bilius was?