Chocolate Frog Cards

[Jo (Joanna)]

No: HPFGUIDX 170061

Anne wrote:

"I am new to this group so I don't know if this question has been 
raised before, but I have been wondering for a long time about the 
chocolate frog cards.  Dumbledore either says (or is quoted as saying) 
that he doesn't mind what *they* do to him so long as they don't take 
him off the chocolate frog cards.  At face value it seems like a 
throwaway remark, but as we all know, JKR often makes a throwaway 
remark in one book that is a vital plot point in another book.  JKR has 
confirmed that DD is dead (oh, poop), but he's taken his place in his 
portrait and is still on the CFC...is that important or significant?  
Is there more to a CFC than meets the eye?  Just wondering."

Jo writes:

Personally, I believe this is meant to show the lighter side of 
Dumbledore.  He means that he isn't offended by anything else they do 
to him as long as he is left on the cards and I imagine him having a 
twinkle in his eye when he says this.  

I also think this shows he believes that it is more important that 
children know who he is and that they get to know him and it is not so 
important that the adult wizarding world hold him in esteem.  He knows 
his talents and wants to help children (hence his belief that 
headmaster is more important than being Minister for Magic).

I hope I'm making sense with this!

Jo.