Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil (Nel Question - LONG)

[bystardust]

No: HPFGUIDX 38345

--- "marinafrants" wrote:

> Oh, I have no objection to Dumbledore giving the points to Neville 
and
> the Trio, and giving the House Cup to Gryffindor.  They certainly
> earned it.  But I maintain that he should've awarded the points and
> notified the winners before the feast started.  Telling the 
Slytherins
> that they won, decorating the Great Hall in their colors, allowing
> them to start celebrating in front of the whole school, and then
> standing up and going "Psych! You lose!" was, IMO, deeply wrong.  
I'm
> sure that Dumbledore didn't do it to be meanspirited, but that's how
> it came across to me.  

Dumbledore's actions were rather biased and immature, but he's only 
human. I'm not justifying it at all and I agree that in the long-run 
it's going to be more serious; in terms of being good or bad, though, 
he's about as good as you can get. He might let himself be carried 
away sometimes by his excitement, but the students know he's 
dependable and that with him they're safe, even if they dislike him. 
Being good doesn't necessarily have to do with making the right 
decisions all the time either; I think it's more about doing what one 
thinks is morally best.

-Doldra