Dumbledore

[vixinalizardqueen]

No: HPFGUIDX 177363

Snuffles:
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> I just picked up PS to read again- yes, I know I wonder if I will
> ever read anything but HP again- and on pg. 12 UK in the
> description of Albus Dumbledore
>
> ' His blue eyes were light, bright and sparkling behind half moon
> spectacles, and his nose was very long and crooked, as though it
> had been broken at least twice.'
>
> PS is my least favourite of the books, and thus I don't read it as
> much as  the others, but something occurred to me when I read this
> line. In GoF, JKR talks about Bagman's nose and how it looked as if
> it had been broken by a stray bludger- paraphrased here...
>
> So, I guess what struck me is that perhaps this description of
> Dumbledore alludes to the fact that Albus played Quidditch as well.



vixinalizardqueen:

Sorry if someone has already replied to this, but in DH, pg.131, Ron's Aunty Muriel says:

"Didn't Aberforth break Albus's nose halfway through [Ariana's funeral service]?"

So while the broken nose was significant, it was not because Albus played quidditch:)