Dumbledore has plenty of heart (was; Re: Dumbledore the Counselor)

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No: HPFGUIDX 124554


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Tabekat - Message 124545
> "What did I care if numbers of nameless and faceless people and 
> creatures were slaughtered in the vague future, if in the here and 
> now you were alive, and well, and happy? I never dreamed that I 
> would have such a person on my hands." (OP37) 
  
> "such a person" - that is an odd way of defining Harry 



Becky - Message 124549:
> Funny. That's not who I ever thought he was referring to. I'd  
>always thought he was talking about Sirius when he talked about 
>`such a person'. I thought he was talking about the fact that those 
>nameless and faceless people were nameless and faceless no longer. 
>They were now real people. I thought he meant Sirius, and that he 
>was possibly giving a nod in the direction of Cedric as well.
 
> He did fear for the future, and he did care. About Harry. Now he 
>is seeing a larger picture.

"K":

I have to agree with Tabekat. Dumbledore has been and is still 
talking about Harry at this point, IMO. Dumbledore has been telling 
Harry how special he is. 

~"I cared about *you* too much," said Dumbledore simply. "I cared 
more for your happiness than our 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. In other words, I acted exactly as 
Voldemort expects we fools who love to act."

"Is there a defense? I defy anyone who has watched *you* as I have --
and I have watched you more closely than you can have imagined -- 
not to want to save you more pain than you had alread suffered. What 
did I care if numbers of nameless and faceless people and creatures 
were slaughtered in the vague future, if in the here and now *you* 
were alive, and well, and happy? I never dreamed that I would have 
such a person on my hands."
pp0-ch 37-pgs 838-839-us
*my emphasis

The *such a person* on Dumbledore's hands is the one (Harry) he 
cared about  too much, the one who cared about Harry's happiness, 
the one who cared about Harry's peace of mind, the one who cared 
more for Harry's life than other lives that might be lost, the who 
watched closely over Harry, the one who wanted to save Harry from 
pain, the one who acted as Voldemort expects fools to act...with 
love.

"I never dreamed that I would have such a person on my hands." 
(Dumbledore)

Dumbledore loves Harry in a very special way. Just how I've always 
read this part.  :-)

"K"