Dumbledore the Counselor (was: Dumbledore the General)

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 124408


Whiz quotes:
> > OotP, ch 37:
> > 
> >  . "Do you see, Harry? Do you see the flaw in my brilliant plan
> >  > >  ...... snip ......
> >  . "I cared about you too much," said Dumbledore simply. "I 
> >  . cared more for your happiness than your knowing the truth,
> >  . more for your peace of mind than my plan, more for your life
> >  . than the lives that might be lost if the plan failed. 


> > If anything, Dumbledore admits that he erred on the side of 
being too concerned for Harry rather than heartless enough, ... 
snip...
> 

Lupinlore:
> True.  And that argues EXACTLY AGAINST the point you seemed to be
> making before.  Is Dumbledore a heartless manipulator who sees 
Harry as a weapon or is he someone who loves Harry as a person? 


Valky:
Mind if I interject just a teensy bit? Just to give my opinion on 
this particular point, because I have one and last time I mentioned 
it was about August 2003. (lol I guess I have stayed out of 
the  "bitter feelings for DD" since.)

I think what DD is saying here is that he *knows* Harry is the only 
weapon that the WW has. And throughout Harry's young life DD ironed 
his hands regularly for the trials he had to inflict on this boy. 

He put Harry at the Dursley's, the only place where he could not 
die. This was his Dumbledores duty to all the *other* innocent boys  
in the WW, Ron, Neville, Lee, Dean..... Harry suffered for them, 
because if he died, their future was gone. At first out of his sober 
duty to the WW, and finally when he had crumbled emotionally to 
Harry and found himself deeply endeared, Dumbledore watched him and 
watched him. At first it was, "is he alive" "is he well" (duty), 
gradually it developed to "is he happy" (endearment). 
 
Piece by piece the endearment chipped away at the duty that DD had 
held fast to, and it was not a heartless duty, the alternative was 
frightful... Harry would be crucified and killed as a CHILD by an 
evil dark wizard! and *EVERY OTHER INNOCENT BOY IN THE WW WOULD 
SUFFER THE SAME*, its not heartless to stay fast to a duty like 
that. 

But eventually DD grew tired of promising himself he'd make it up to 
Harry, it was seeming to be getting too late for the chance ever to 
come anyway, so he went right ahead and hid the truth.

DD thinks to himself "One more year of happiness a little more peace 
for the boy, I just can't make him suffer again" over and over until 
Harry's fifth year when DD finally realises that he's long overdue. 
Nothing can give Harry more peace now, than his truth. 

I have done my weeping for wise old Dumbledore, maybe some others 
might too now.

Valky