Turning Point? (was Re: Dumbledore the General)

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 124312



Nora Said:

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  And Dumbledore's side 
> has suffered only one major casualty, but one of the worst ones 
> possible for when you're pretty, ummm, dependent upon one person.
> 
> -Nora notes that Dumbledore's weakness is an underappreciation for 
> the fragility and vulnerability of persons who are not himself, in 
> both mental health and dealing with the difficult

I agree, Nora.  Unfortunately, I am rather torn as to what we should
expect in HBP about these issues.  While, as I have said in other
posts, I would love for some time to be spent dealing with all the
issues this raises, I'm not totally confident that will be the case.

In HBP JKR has set herself a great challenge as a writer.  That is,
how will she deal with all of the ramifications of OOTP?  Will this
become an occasion of change and character development?  Or will OOTP
be more or less swept under the rug with a few vague references to
"missing Sirius" and "wondering about Dumbledore" while the plot
blazes forward toward whatever preordained end JKR has in mind?  In
other words, will OOTP be a true turning point in the series, or will
it just be "the bad year that was once upon a time," with no real or
lasting change coming from it?

I would very much like for things to be the former.  But I'm just not
sure.  I give each possibility (and I acknowledge there is a spectrum
between them) about a 50% chance.

Lupinlore