[HPforGrownups] Dumbledore's vanity

[Rowena Grunnion-Ffitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 27565



--- Allyse <allyse1138 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> At 08:31 PM 11/10/01 +0000, Catherine wrote in
> response to Rowena:
> 
> >What concerns me, though, is that we have
> >heard about this "vanity" of Dumbledore's through
> an article, quoting
> >a costume designer, quoting JKR - so it is, at
> best, third hand and
> >therefore not canon.
> 
> But we do have canon evidence of Dumbledore's
> vanity. The way he cheerfully 
> tells Harry that his idea re the PS in the MoE was
> brilliant, even for him, always sets my teeth on
edge. 

   It makes me smile. Perhaps because I've always
pictured Dumbledore saying it lightly and with a
twinkle in his eye. He's quite genuinely proud of that
little brainwave but he's also laughing at himself for
that pride.

> There may be more of Lockhart in Dumbledore 
> than we all care to admit. :)

   The major difference is Dumbley really is as good
as he claims to be. His vanity is grounded in reality
rather than an illusion.


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