[HPforGrownups] Re: LV is the monkey, but who is grinding the organ?

[Master Clef]

No: HPFGUIDX 85417

"tigerpatronus" wrote:...

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The Sergeant Majorette says:

<<I think that was me, and thanks. I'm so over Voldemort! I can't believe "very few people know" he used to be Tom Riddle, or that people are still taking him seriously as many times as little kids have kicked his butt.

Lucius Malfoy, of course, is the acting villain; he was commanding in the field at the Ministry battle. Not, of course, that I wouldn't love to see Dumbledore turn out to be the bad guy; it would be so different! >>
Clef:
 
THANK YOU, Gods, someone else that doesn't think Dumbledore is that Shining Beacon of Hope. He does have that twinkle at then end of book 4, but more importantly I can't trust a man who had 11 years and more magic at his disposal than the WW's gov't who didn't do anything to ensuring Riddle's demise. No, no, instead he waited for a baby to grow to age 11 and demanded he become a murderer (Quirrell--not that I won't have killed him), be responsible for the well-being of everyone at Hogwarts (book 2 & 3), killing Riddle (5 & 6), and saving the world in general--but don't forget to hand in that potion's essay you know how Professor Snape gets. 
 
And even if Dumbledore is that completely on the side of Goodness and Righteousness, maybe he's too far on that side. He's 'noble' (McGonagall; PS pg 14), maybe he's too noble. Maybe he has such regard for life, that he can't kill anyone, even if he should. I don't remember him killing any of the DE or Riddle (or Harry) in book 5, just fighting. I have a simple theory that maybe DD needed Harry, because Harry shares the same darkness as Riddle that allows him to kill without remorse. Harry never even bothers to think about that he actually killed Quirrell, albeit indirectly. 
 
I'll stop on that thought, I'm sure that Harry/Quirrell thing has been done to ... death (no pun intended) already, but I say, Dumbldore is not the Shining Beacon of Hope everyone thinks he is. I think he's a coward, and a liability, and half the time, he's using Harry as much as Riddle uses Harry.
 
Done, I swear. ~Clef