2iC (WAS Re: CHAPDISC: PS/SS 1, The Boy Who Lived)

[zfshiruba]

No: HPFGUIDX 187760

Potioncat:
> However, I disagree that she is his second in command. She is his deputy headmistress at Hogwarts, but not in the OoP. Come to think of it, I don't think he ever has a second in command in his war against LV--and that was part of the problem.
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Zfshiruba: I think that was most of the problem. Dumbledore has huge issues with delegation; always one of the deadliest traps of leadership. He also falls into the trap of keeping his own counsel. I think a lot of mistakes Dumbledore made could have been avoided if he had someone who could be a real sounding board; someone who he trusted and whose opinions and knowledge he respected. It would also need to be someone who didn't look at him like the he was the 2nd coming of Merlin.
Someone who could be there whispering "Remember you too are mortal."

Zfshiruba, who wonders if Dumbledore looked up to or was mentored by Flamel similar to Dumbledore's relationship with Harry.