[HPforGrownups] Re: MAGIC DISWASHER and Dumbledore Dead

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No: HPFGUIDX 59439

In a message dated 6/6/2003 12:47:58 AM Eastern Standard Time, Pickle Jimmy 
writes:

> And, will Voldemort ever fear Harry the way he fears Dumbledore 
> anyway? Up till now he has been thwarted at each of their encounters, 
> and yet each time he can find some justification for why he lost - I 
> didn't take in to account your mother's sacrifice, I didn't take into 
> account our "brother" wands. Harry is just an insect. A bug to be 
> squashed on his way to his ultimate goal. Something that he holds in 
> very low esteem until it leads to his final defeat. 
> 
> And, wouldn't we see Harry as a Greater wizard if he were able to 
> shine while Dumbledore was alive rather than having to wait till he 
> dies? I would rather be seen to be the best in my field because of my 
> abilities, not because I *was* second best and inherited the position 
> of best through the death of the champion.

I understand where you're coming from. Why, if Harry can defeat Voldemort 
while away from the immediate safety of Dumbledore, do we need to kill off 
Dumbledore at all?

Of course, it doesn't *have* to happen. But my opinion is that is definitely 
will, and that it should. 

You see, if Dumbledore continues to live, and Voldemort continues to fear 
only him, then Harry will always be second-best. He won't even inherit a higher 
position. He'll just be second to Dumbledore and that's not why we're hearing 
Harry's story. We're hearing Harry's story because it's the story of the 
"chosen one" (for lack of a better cheesy term) in the WW who will rise above all 
sorts of horrible dangers and set-backs, as is the story of most heroes in the 
fantasy genre (or in others, for that matter). 

Harry will have to live through the death of Dumbledore, a painful and scary 
realization that he no longer has that protection, in order to become the hero 
we're waiting to see him become. Dumbledore is preparing him for that. 
Imagine, the only wizard that Voldemort really fears is creating an even more 
powerful wizard out of Harry to rise above him after Dumbledore passes on. That's 
what I believe we're all reading the series to finally see and that's why I'll 
be very surprised if JKR chooses not to kill Dumbledore later on.

Brief Chronicles


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