Dumbledore in HBP. Was: Re: Snape's Other Victims

[lupinlore]

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> Alla:
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> 

> Erm... sorry, but softening Harry up for what? Just as youself, I 
was 
> quite mad at Dumbledore at the end of OOP, or more like I was 
annoyed 
> with JKR for failing to convey ( to me only  of course)  the depth 
of 
> Dumbledore's remorse for his treatment of Harry in his final 
speech.
> 
> I think she conveyed it quite clearly in HBP, personally  AND 
> Dumbledore was back to his normal self, IMO.

Oh, I agree.  I think she managed to recover from OOTP quite 
nicely.  I was just commenting on what has appeared in other 
forums.  Actually, as I said in my earlier post, I'm quite bemused 
by the changes we see in DD.  My comment about Plot Devicium wasn't 
so much a criticism as simply an acknowledgment that phoenixgod does 
have a point, and an attempt to convey my opinion that at that 
juncture in the story Dumbledore has slipped back into Basil 
Exposition mode.

I will say that DD in that scene seems to know very well that 
something BIG has just blown up in his face.  His blanching at 
Harry's outburst is a signal.

Lupinlore