[HPforGrownups] Re: Depth? Things to take on their face value (Was: Sirius' loyalty)

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 139820

lupinlore:

> Yes, I think Harry would have been better off.  I agree with Alla 
> 100% that this is one of Dumbledore's egregious mistakes.

houyhnhnm:

What would have been the right choice, then?



Sherry now:

What about having a family like the Weasleys raise him?  Or perhaps having
bothered to find out the truth about Sirius and then letting Harry live with
his true guardian, the one his parents chose for him?

Don't get me wrong, I love Dumbledore.  But he is a far more interesting
character with flaws, one who makes huge mistakes, than as the epitome of
perfection and always being right.  JKR said, didn't she, in the muggle
Net/tlc interview, that he is not a Christ figure?  People or characters who
make mistakes and who can admit it are far more interesting than those who
are perfect all the time, always right, always good, always wise.  I like
Dumbledore even more now, even though I do think he made the biggest mistake
of all in trusting Snape, a mistake that cost him his life.  Yet he would
not regret the thing in him that makes him trust where others might not
have.  

Sherry