last minute points was Re: First potions lesson/Harry getting special treatment

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> Betsy Hp:
> 
> So no, this explanation definitely doesn't work for me.  The only 
> one that *does* work for me is the idea that Dumbledore is so darn 
> proud of Harry, and feels so darn guilty over the points lost with 
> the Norbert incident, he behaves rather foolishly and manages to 
> strengthen the House divisions at a time when he should be working 
> his ass off to bring the Houses together.  (Frankly, I think this is 
> a place where Dumbledore is notoriously weak.  He just does not know 
> how to bring rivals together.  Canon is full of his failures.)


As character references go this one is hardly any better than "the 
passive-aggressive cruel Dumbledore". Moreover, the two versions are 
not mutually exclusive. He may well be a cruel manipulative bastard 
with a special weakness for the Chosen One. 

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