Dumbledore's fallibility (Re: The Timing of Lupin)

[karen at dacafe.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 109217

Josh:
> The "all-knowing" Dumbledore has made _many_ _many_ mistakes in his 
> life... including assuming Sirius' guilt. OotP should have shattered 
> all the misconceptions that DD is perfect. He means well, and he is 
> a fairly smart guy... <snip> but... he's not omniscient.
>
> Re-read DD's confession, and take him off his pedestal. DD didn't
> know about Quirrel in PS/SS, he didn't know about Ginny in CoS, he 
> didn't know about Peter in PoA, he didn't know about Crouch!Moody in 
> GoF, and he really screwed up in OotP by not sharing the first time 
> he actually knew something useful!


And DD asks "What map?" in GOF when Barry says he saw his father in
Potter's map.

DD is wise and has many resouces but I agree - DD is not perfect or the
puppetmaster.
DD knows teenagers - he has been a headmaster for a lot of years - some of
what has been discussed in the recent threads as controlling and
all-knowing is from DD reliance on his personal knowledge and his network
of teachers, pictures, ghosts, .....



Karen