You’ve rather misunderstood my post. There is no question of me believing that Harry is so precious, and how people in RL would behave isn't something that's noticeably affected these books. I was looking at how JKR has set up attitudes in her world - everyone has always treated him differently.
The whole point is that JKR “herself” constantly emphasises Harry’s “speshulness”, from his golden polyjuice potion, to Diggle’s disbelief that the Dursleys did not appreciate him the way that everyone in the Wizarding World did - and that‘s just in the first few chapters. I was simply trying to say that to use the excuse that DD was worried about the others trying to stop him sacrificing himself when time was of the essence, would be far more acceptable than that DD genuinely thought that Harry Potter was the best and only person to deal with the horcruxes. Even with his friends on board. Bright though Hermione was, I’m not convinced that Remus and McGonagall couldn’t at least equal her. With my suggestion, Dumbledore comes across as sly, which would fit in with everything JKR reveals about him in Book 7. To leave it as it is, he comes across as stupid, which I can’t believe JKR intended.
You’re picking on phrases like ‘Masterplan’ and ’final step’ with no apparent sense of irony. I’d hope it was obvious that I’m not trying to defend her plot at all. It’s just that an attempt to explain Dumbledores actions would be better than leaving the whole thing unexplained and exposed. You don’t have to agree with the reasoning, my point is that there should have been some.
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Date: 2008-08-09 06:21 pm (UTC)The whole point is that JKR “herself” constantly emphasises Harry’s “speshulness”, from his golden polyjuice potion, to Diggle’s disbelief that the Dursleys did not appreciate him the way that everyone in the Wizarding World did - and that‘s just in the first few chapters. I was simply trying to say that to use the excuse that DD was worried about the others trying to stop him sacrificing himself when time was of the essence, would be far more acceptable than that DD genuinely thought that Harry Potter was the best and only person to deal with the horcruxes. Even with his friends on board. Bright though Hermione was, I’m not convinced that Remus and McGonagall couldn’t at least equal her. With my suggestion, Dumbledore comes across as sly, which would fit in with everything JKR reveals about him in Book 7. To leave it as it is, he comes across as stupid, which I can’t believe JKR intended.
You’re picking on phrases like ‘Masterplan’ and ’final step’ with no apparent sense of irony. I’d hope it was obvious that I’m not trying to defend her plot at all. It’s just that an attempt to explain Dumbledores actions would be better than leaving the whole thing unexplained and exposed. You don’t have to agree with the reasoning, my point is that there should have been some.