Snape & Sirius, the cloak, Harry's Gringott's key

[heathernmoore]

No: HPFGUIDX 31511

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Elizabeth Dalton <Elizabeth.Dalton at E...> wrote:
> heathernmoore posted a hysterical dialogue between Snape and Dumbledore 
> which nicely demonstrated Gwen's earlier point about the usefulness of 
> narrative (or at least dialogue) in exploring character. Not to mention 
> the usefulness of parody. ;)
> 
> I can't quite see Dumbledore hitting Snape (or anyone) with a salmon, 
> though, even in a parody. Pelting them with Bertie Bott's Everyflavor 
> Beans, maybe....
> 


  :: blushing like Hermione at having Gilderoy's get-well card discovered underneath her pillow ::

  Shucks! Thanks!

  Well, the fish was a bit of whimsical affectation, but I was trying to put across the more literal idea that Dumbledore may *use* his whimsical affectations to distract people when he really needs to get their attention. I can see Generic Opponent ranting on about something, and Dumbledore does or says something off-the-wall (no Salmon of Retibution, but maybe a speech like "Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!") which stops them dead in their tracks so that they stare at him in bewilderment -- sort of break their inertia. Then he can address what *he* wants to address.

I see Dumbledore as a sort of benign Machiavelli, really. Bertie Bott's Beans would fit in well with that!