DD the idiot, or just the adult (was Re: Is Snape good or evil?)

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nrenka  wrote:
>
well, Dumbledore is 
> a near-total emotional idiot, so I can maybe see him not 
> understanding what witnessing this is going to do to the kid.  That 
> does, however, make him an idiot, which is the usual objection to 
the 
> theme of Dumbledore being wrong about Snape.
> 
> Like it or not, here Dumbledore is an idiot no matter which way you 
> spin it. :)
> 

Well, Dumbledore is after all an adult in the HP series, which means 
he goes around with "idiot" and "moron" stamped on his head more often 
than not, as many people have pointed out over the last several 
years.  :-)  Particularly, as you say, in emotional matters, his 
failures with regard to Harry are inexplicable and reprehensible.  
IMO,he really should get a T-shirt that says "I'm an epitome of 
goodness and so of course I turn a blind eye to child abuse."

On the other hand, his main purpose, as an adult in the HP series, 
seems to be as a walking plot device.  He serves this purpose more 
than most of the other adults, I think, so his "idiot" and "moron" 
labels fairly glow in many instances.  But he also serves to provide 
information dumps directly from JKR.  In that respect, I doubt that 
his constant blithering about trusting Snape will turn out to be a 
total mistake.  It may, however, not turn out to have been a totally 
good idea.


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