Cold Fish Dumbledore

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 154171

I've been thinking further on the notion that Dumbledore may have
started out with a pathology similar to Tom Riddle's. It explains
some things I've been wondering about -- why did Dumbledore 
 think that Voldemort would simply assume that there was no 
special relationship between him and Harry? and why did Voldemort 
decide to go after Dumbledore at the end of OOP when he'd been 
afraid to attack him for so many years?  

If Voldemort saw in Dumbledore the one person who was like himself,
and *that* is why Voldemort feared him, then it makes sense that
Voldemort would lose that fear when he discovered that Dumbledore
had become "one of those fools who love" after all. 

Some additional canon, besides all the detached behavior towards
Sirius and Hagrid, and DD's  determination to pretend to be detached
from Harry:

Surely Dumbledore knows that McGonagall felt close to James, so
isn't it odd that in PS/SS he would ask her why she hadn't been out 
celebrating? But it is what you might expect from someone who 
doesn't grieve normally, and has to work out what a normal person 
would feel. 


Pippin