Dumbledore the Counselor (was: Dumbledore the General)

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No: HPFGUIDX 124421


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "phoenixgod2000" <jmrazo at h...>
wrote:

Phoenixgod2000: 
> Pippin, if Harry can survive his childhood with a strong moral 
> background, then he could have survived fame and fortune with strong 
> morals as well. I agree that there would have been a lot of pressure 
> on him but I am sure that any parents that were selected by Harry 
> would have shown some judgement, taught him restraint and kept a lid 
> on his spending. That's what good parents do, even the parents of 
> child stars. Do you really think that Harry would have grown up 
> spoiled if he had been raised by a good pureblooded family like the 
> Weasleys or the Boneses? I doubt it.

Whiz:
Great idea!  Dumbledore could have left him with the Longbottoms.  He
and Neville could have been raised together in the safe home of
talented aurors.

phoenixgod2000:   
> Consider something else. What if Harry had decided to throw himself 
> into his role as the Boy Who Lived and used his fame and fortune to 
> bad ends once he discovered that he had both in the wizarding world? 
> I can easily envision a scenario where Harry finds out he has wealth 
> and fame from Hagrid and decides to go overboard with both as a 
> reaction against his years of abuse.  DD would have created the 
> problem he was trying to stop.

Whiz: This is just one in an endless number of possible scenarios. 
There always an endless supply of "what ifs."

Phoenixgod2000: 
> I personally think that the best thing DD could have done would have 
> been to fake Harry's death and hide him somewhere else, like France 
> or America, as just another war orphan.  He could have played kindly 
> old Grampy Albus until Harry was old enough to go to Hogwarts and be 
> revealed to the world again.

Whiz:
For that matter, Dumbledore could have just kept Harry with him
anywhere.  But I don't think it would have been helpful for Dumbledore
to leave Hogwarts or the British wizarding world.  Whatever would
Fudge have done without him?