Dumbledore & Dursleys-What DD Knew

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No: HPFGUIDX 123424


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "phoenixgod2000" <jmrazo at h...>
wrote:
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> 
> What do I want to see from DD? I want to see him pay restitution for
> making decisions in his infinite wisdom that would have Harry's 
> parents rolling in their graves.

Well, I'm not sure "restitution"  is a word I would use.  "Remorse" I
definitely want to see and don't believe we've really seen yet (the
scene at the end of OOTP probably qualifies but is very ambivalent as
it is dealing with SO many things).  "Recompense" is another good word
perhaps, particularly if it involved DD being much more sensitive to
Harry's emotional issues and trying to alleviate some of the damage
his mistakes have caused. 

> 
> I want him to take a time turner and go back to make a better 
> decision now that he knows what Harry is going to go through.

Good point.
 
> 
> I want him to take away the memories of a wasted childhood. 

Hmmm.  I don't know that obliviation can be that specific, but good point.

> 
> I want him to acknowledge that what he did wasn't a *tough* 
> decision, it was a *wrong* decision.


Or, perhaps, a string of decisions some of which were questionable and
all of which have led to very bad consequences.
 
> 
> The great and wonderful DD crying isn't enough.

THAT, I definitely agree with.
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