Dumbledore the Counselor (was: Dumbledore the General)

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 124403


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> Whiz:
> 
> But Harry is a tool, or maybe more specifically, a weapon.  And there
> are those who would try to wrest control of this weapon from Dumbledore.
> 
> We know that emotions are involved in some spells, happiness for the
> patronus, humor for the ridikulus and a certain sadism for the
> cruciatus.  We also know that when Harry gets emotional, he sometimes
> makes stuff happen, so called wild magic.  So controling Harry's
> emotional state is a means of controling the weapon that he is.  This,
> I believe is Snape's goal.  
> 
> But Dumbledore has other goals.  We see Dumbledore putting Harry in
> situations where he must control his emotions, he has to calm down and
> think, he has to evoke emotions that are not the ones that come
> naturally in given situations sometimes, just to survive.  Controlling
> Harry's emotions is controlling a power tool or weapon.
> 
> For Snape, wresting control of Harry from Dumbledore is very
> important, because Snape  needs Harry to free him from Voldemort.  He
> uses Harry for his purposes.
> 
> For Dumbledore, helping Harry learn to feel and control his emotions
> is also empowering him to control the powerful forces at his disposal.
>  Dumbledore knows what he's doing.

If he does no what he is doing, under this scenario (which,
incidentally, I think is very far from what JKR intends, for what
that's worth) he is heartless and manipulative and deserves the
severest consequences possible.

Lupinlore