Dumbledore the Counselor (was: Dumbledore the General)

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 124449


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03"
<horridporrid03 at y...> wrote:
> 
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> 
> Betsy:
> Okay, when does Harry show an "inability to trust adults"?  You can 
> pull any kind of symptom out of the air you want - but to be taken 
> seriously, you need to show that Harry actually *has* those 
> symptoms.  Harry puts a great deal of trust in Lupin in PoA, and he 
> even shows a certain trust in Lockhart in CoS (he seemed quite 
> surprised that Lockhart wasn't going to go after Ginny).


And what was the problem in OOTP except Harry's inability to trust
adults?  Why did he not go to an adult about Umbridge for example? 
Really Betsy, things stare you right in the face.

> 
> >>Lupinlore:
> >The only things we can ascribe Harry's so-called "good emotional 
> health" to are:
> >1) poor writing on JKR's part,
> >2) sheer luck shining of Dumbledore's decisions.<
> 
> Betsy:
> How about, 3) A strange tendency on the part of some fans to grossly 
> exaggerate Harry's treatment at the Dursleys.

Let's see, locked in a closet, not fed appropriately, treated like
dirt.  Perhaps there is a strnge tendency on the part of one poster
not to recognize child abuse when it is painted rasberry red and
hitting her over the head with a sledgehammer.

Lupinlore
> 
> Betsy