[HPforGrownups] Re: Villain!Dumbledore (was: re:HatingDH/Dementors/...Draco/.../KeepSlytherin House)

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 177700

Montavilla47:
On the other hand, while I don't necessarily agree with allowing the needs
of Remus Lupin to outweigh the loss of Davy's eye, or Draco Malfoy to
supercede Kate Bell or Ron Weasley, it really warmed my heart to see
Dumbledore reach out to save Draco.  Because it seemed that if Dumbledore
cared enough to save Draco, then he truly must care for all his
students--not just the remarkable Mr. Potter.



Sherry now:

Actually, this is where I began to despise DD, and nothing he said in DH has
really done anything to change my mind or make me like him again.  I always
liked Dumbledore, disliked Snape and Draco.  After HBP, we debated often on
this list, whether or not Snape and Dumbledore knew Draco's task.  Now, we
know he did know it.  Ok, I get giving Draco a chance before he'd done
anything.  But how could a responsible headmaster, who supposedly cared
about all his students allow Draco to roam free and remain at Hogwarts after
the first attempt that nearly killed Katie?  It's completely inexcusable to
me.  He should at least have been expelled.  Or at least there should have
been measures taken, confronted him or something.  This is not a reflection
on Draco, but on Dumbledore.  Dumbledore's failure to act after the first
incident is the reason Draco was able to continue, the reason Ron was
poisoned, and the eventual reason the death eaters were able to get into
Hogwarts.  By the end of the series, I pitied Draco.  But Dumbledore, I lost
all respect for him after the revelations in DH.  And not the revelations
about his younger years with Grindelwald.  

As for DD and Snape, The whole Plan makes me want to say back to DD, "You
disgust me."  He didn't care about Snape's soul or any ramifications by that
stunt.  He didn't care about what would have happened had an order member
surprised Snape and possibly even killed him.  He had this glorious plan in
his mind and nothing else mattered to him.  

Then there's DD and Harry.  DD would willingly have sacrificed Harry for the
so-called greater good.  I am not a fan of the greater good thinking.  There
are times when the good for a few should outweigh the supposed good of the
many.  Yeah, we had to get rid of Voldemort, but sacrificing a child to do
it was a shameful plan, in my opinion anyway.  Maybe, he began to suspect
that Harry could survive it, but when he conceived his plan, I doubt that he
believed Harry would live after the great sacrifice.  I admit I have not
gotten to The king's cross chapter in my very slow reread of DH, but I left
the series being unhappy with DD and not liking his character much at all
anymore.  Not exactly a villain, because Voldemort is the clear villain, but
not a person I could respect any longer.  It will probably color all my
future readings of earlier books now.  I'm glad that my interest was always
mostly to do with Harry, because he still came shining through for me by the
end, unlike most of the adult main characters.

Sherry