[HPforGrownups] re: Ron!Dumbledore

[GulPlum]

No: HPFGUIDX 53432

At 06:20 08/03/03 , AnaNg209 at aol.com wrote:

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>I think that Ron!Dumbledore is a huge con, and it the books would have
>outright lied to us about stuff like the DD's brother-goat incident.  It
>seems like to rely on the Time Turner to resolve the series would be like,
>way too easy.  I think it contradicts the above statement.  Just a thought,
>though.

Well, Time-Travelling!Ron doesn't *resolve* the series; all it resolves is 
how come Dumbledore seems to know so much about what the Trio are up to. 
The beauty of it is that every objection to Dumbledore's refusal to "fix" 
things can be simply explained by his knowledge that he can't (or at least 
*shouldn't*) change what he knows to have occurred.

It would really be a bit much if Dumbledore admitted that he has five 
brothers and a sister - he's a great lover of the red herring and the 
incomplete truth for dramatic effect. OK, this would be a downright untruth 
and to date we've not caught Dumbledore deliberately lying... Nevertheless, 
as someone else suggested, the real Albus Dumbledore may well have had a 
brother called Aberforth, and Time-Travelling!Ron needs to maintain his 
front, so that's explained as well. ;-)

>Sorry to be parade-raining on my second post.

Don't worry about it. I don't think any of REDHEAD ALWAYS's supporters 
actually believes it's going to come true, but it's terrific fun 
nevertheless. :-)

--
GulPlum AKA Richard, who's just noticed a mini-flood of replies in the 
Marauders thread but must delay reading most of them and replying until the 
evening.