[HPforGrownups] Re: Aberforth

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 174979

Jen:
> I expected Aberforth to be another Dumbledore loyalist along 
> the lines of the Order members in OOTP: Dumbledore directed and 
> Aberforth followed.  What a surprise.  Not only did Aberforth express 
> ambivalence about the cause, he didn't even have Albus on a 
> pedestal!  

Bart:
	One of the more interesting knights of the Arthurian Round Table was 
Sir Kay. He wasn't the smartest knight, he wasn't the best fighter, and 
he wasn't even the most noble knight (nor was he the least, for that 
matter). But he was the only knight who could and would speak his mind 
and be perfectly frank to Arthur's face, because, after everything else, 
they STILL grew up together, and, sword or no sword, Arthur was still 
his little brother.

	On ships, one of the jobs of the first mate has traditionally been to 
second guess the captain. The captain needs someone who can disagree to 
his face, just in case the captain IS making the wrong decision.

	And, to me, that is why Abe the Goat was especially important to DD; he 
was the one who thought of DD not as the Great Good Wizard(tm), but as 
the brother he grew up with, and could say, "You're being an idiot, 
Alby!" to his face.

	Bart