Truths in the Wizarding World

[Scott]

No: HPFGUIDX 7264


> Ebony said:
> 
> <<<Ah, you've been listening to Neil harp about Dumbledore's
> two-facedness, have you?  :)  I don't think he's bad.  Just a
>  marked wizard--he won't survive the canon, poor thing.>>>
> 
> Michelle cried, in an alarmed fashion:
> 
> <<<Dumbledore ? Two faced ?  What do you mean ?
> Can somebody give me an idea where to find the relevant
> post, please ?>>>
> 
> Oh no, no, no,no, NO!   There's a whole series of rambling messages 
from me
> about Dumbledore *perhaps* not being as white as snow.  I was 
lightly
> toasted, if not flamed, for even thinking such a thing.  Please, 
let's not
> dredge up my sins...
> 
Yeah this topic was beaten to death awhile back, partially by Neil 
(no offence) and I believe instigated by myself.

The simplist explanation is that Jo is writing archtypes, and even 
though Dumbledore does make mistakes he is still, seemingly, and 
archtype of good in the same way that Voldemort is an archtype of 
bad...

Scott

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"I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in 
fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your 
mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the 
here and now?  Reality leaves a lot to the imagination." - John 
Lennon 

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