Why I love Cassie; Problems of Planning and Camerawork

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<snip> 
> The Reconciliation: Harry meets D with a broken heart and a head 
full of
> steam. D meets him not with an explanation but with a confession of 
guilt
> and heartbreak of his own. H realizes that D can make mistakes too -
 but
> also gets a feeling for how much D cares about him. There is 
forgiveness and
> reconciliation and shared tears and sunshine in the rain. Tableau.
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I have loads I want to say, but don't have the time at the moment. So 
this is just a short complaint on the thing that most bothered me 
most in the book: Dumbledore's trickling tear. I don't mind 
Dumbledore crying, I really don't, but somehow it came out really 
lame. His whole confession was so whiney, somehow. Where was the 
twinkly eyed, confidence inspiring Dumbledore? Surely he could have 
said all he had to say without sounding so  - I don't know - self 
pitying? It left a very bad taste in my mouth, in any case. Am I the 
only one who feels this way?

Naama (who didn't say before, but is very chaffed at being invited to 
join the group - thanks a lot! :-) )