Dumbledore Fans Unite!

[Janet Anderson]

No: HPFGUIDX 127479

Tonks_op showed her impeccable taste by remarking:

>Who would follow DD to the ends of the earth, love him, die for him
>if need be. But I am not really sure what it is about him. I trust
>him more than I would ever trust anyone. I don't want to see him
>die. I fear that I am going to be really depressed in months to come.

I feel exactly the same way, but I think I know why it is: it is because he 
is so much like Gandalf, who I also love and admire.  I enjoy Dumbledore's 
dialogue, idiosyncrasies, and the fact that he has such a "nice old 
professor" exterior but you *do not* want to make him mad (as Crouch Jr. and 
the MoM -- and Grindelwald, I'll bet -- have learned to their sorrow).  The 
scene where he, in about thirty seconds, knocks out four (five? books at 
home) MoM agents and has time and energy to calmly discuss plans with 
McGonagall before anyone regains consciousness is one of my absolute 
favorite scenes not only in OotP but in the entire series.


Janet Anderson