DD and Horcruxes/ Scrimgeour

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 179595

> > Alla:
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>> > As I mentioned before I understand Dumbledore if he was 
traumatised 
> > by Pettigrew betrayal, but by no means I believe his method of 
> > leadership was the right one.
> > 
> a_svirn:
> Why on earth should *Dumbledore* be traumatised by Pettigrew's 
> betrayal? It's not like Pettigrew was his friend. I think he had been 
> traumatised by Grindenwald's betrayal, yes, but if what happened to 
> him when he was eighteen made him incapable to trust people at all 
> even a century later, it's just too bad, isn't it? The order of the 
> Phoenix would have done better with less traumatised leader. Then 
> again, it probably wouldn't have been an "order" at all, but a well-
> organised Resistance.
>

Alla:

Whether he should be or not, of course depends on how much decency you 
think Dumbledore has in himself. I think he has plenty of flaws - as 
leader and as a person - no not those cute little flaws that made him 
more human, but some really bad ones, but I also think he has some 
decency in himself.

So that is my premise ( on my good days LOL), if you do not buy this 
premise, then you will not buy anything to follow this.

If Dumbledore has some decency in himself, I believe he will be 
traumatised that he was hoodwinked so badly and that he was so very 
sure that he let an innocent man spent twelve years in prison and that 
he did not even bother to go and check the truth, look for his memories 
or something like this. 

You do not have to tell me how bad Dumbledore behaved towards Sirius, I 
will agree with you in advance and raise the bar more, but on my good 
days I believe or at least I want to believe that he was shocked by 
Pettigrew's betrayal and traumatised by it.

Now, maybe whole trauma was that Pettigrew outsmarted him and not 
because he felt the slightest bit of sorry for Sirius' sufferings, I do 
not know that, but yes, I believe it is possible he was traumatised.

Speculation obviously.

Oh, and I agree with you that if the only trauma was Grindelwad, that 
is just too bad and does not justify anything.

And hmmm, I would certainly agree with you that Order would have done 
better with another leader, but when I sat down and thought, the 
question is who would that be?

JMO,

Alla