[HPforGrownups] looong - musings on Dumbledore

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 158613

Montims:

Where his grand plan went wrong, I think, was that he grew fond of Harry,
which he had never expected to, and that totally changed things - he could
no longer expose Harry and stake him out as bait to bring LV into the open
to be despatched by DD, for example. (As maybe he did with others in the
past - James and Lily, for example... Maybe he had believed secretly that
Neville was the chosen one, being from a solid wizarding family, and
although he suggested the fidelius charm, was not scrupulous to ensure it
was performed correctly, or that the Potters' safety was assured). And
maybe, seeing the good qualities of Harry, he looked back and realised he
should not have dismissed James, Sirius, etc, in the way that he did.

Nothing that hasn't been said before, but just trying to pull it together...
montims

Lynda:

In reply to you lengthy but well put together post, firstly, I am not nearly
as certain as some want to be that DD was quite as arrogant as some have
concluded, simply because I haven't read the whole story yet. None of us
have...at least I don't think anyone on this list has snuck into JKR's
house, grabbed the manuscript of the final book, read and replaced it...and
since I am not positive that DD has made mistakes due to his arrogance, etc.
I cannot assume that his plan went wrong.  Neither am I sure that he
dismissed the Marauders or that he has always remained aloof from students
since becoming headmaster.  We are, after all, as readers of this story, see
only a very tiny part of DD or of the Wizarding World for that matter.  And
certainly DD seemed to be on good terms with people of every variety.  Also,
I would think that in his position as headmaster of a school, DD's daily
interaction with students would be limited--that this would indeed be normal
for the headmaster of a school.  I don't remember that as a child, any of my
classmates were chummy with the school principal.  In fact, as an educator,
I'm not chummy with the principal of the school I work at.  We converse in
the break room, are pleasant to each other, he sometimes asks my perceptions
on particular students.  (As a substitute I can see changes in students
throughout the school year that regular staff might miss), but I would not
say we are chummy.  So I don't have a problem with DD's behavior toward
others.  I'm willing to let the story play out and not judge ahead.

Lynda


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