[the_old_crowd] DAMN, CRAZED TOME Canon: DD/MD, Locked Room & The End

[Randy Estes]

Oh just put a sock in it would ya!

--- boyd_smythe <boyd.t.smythe at ...> wrote:

> boyd:
> 
> Yesterday I posted the most ridiculously crazy
> theory in my history, 
> but I think there are kernels of truth in there, so
> I'm restating it 
> in a more serious way. Note: assumes aspects of MD
> and inclides 
> new discussions of socks, the Locked Room in the
> MoM, and an end-game 
> analysis.
> 
> A brief synopsis of DAMN, CRAZED TOME?!?: DD's true
> goal is far 
> broader than the defeat of LV; he wants nothing less
> than to try to 
> eliminate magic from the world.
> 
> This begs three questions that I shall attempt to
> answer with canon.
> 
> 1) Is there any proof that DD wants to eliminate
> magic? Yes.
>  - Dumbledore sees himself "holding a pair of thick
> woollen socks" in 
> the mirror of Erised (SS/PS). Very non-magical
> vision, that. 
> Especially when paired with the following.
>  - He says "One can never have enough
> socks...Another Christmas has 
> come and gone and I didn't get a single pair. People
> will insist on 
> giving me books." (SS/PS) Since every book in the WW
> that we've seen 
> relates in some way to magic, we can perhaps
> paraphrase this quote 
> thus, "I prefer non-magic comforts to magic."
>  - Further, these socks represent freedom in HP,
> thanks to Dobby whom 
> we see "holding up Harry's disgusting, slimy sock
> and looking at it as 
> though it were a priceless treasure" in CoS.
>  - So socks represent freedom and non-magic, or is
> it freedom *from* 
> magic? When Dobby is given a sock, doesn't that
> break the magic 
> binding of elf to wizard, thus substituting freedom
> for magic? I think 
> JKR is trying to tell us something more here that
> has been very hard 
> to discern.
>  - He destroys the Stone in PS/SS, a powerful magic
> of its own.
>  - When he tells Harry, "it is our choices, Harry,
> that show what we 
> truly are, far more than our abilities," isn't he
> saying that Harry's 
> choices are more important than his magic? Just a
> roundabout way of 
> saying that magic is not very important.
>  - In PS/SS, DD tells Harry "the trouble is, humans
> do have a knack of 
> choosing precisely those things that are worst for
> them." He mentions 
> money and life specifically, because he's talking
> about the Stone, but 
> his actions against would-be evil lords (Grindlewald
> in 1945 and LV 
> ongoing) make it clear that he feels the same about
> magical power.
>  - Q: Whom does he choose to teach his students
> DADA? A: Individuals 
> who will teach the students to mistrust magic and
> authority. Each has 
> betrayed the kids in some way, although Lupin's
> betrayal is simply 
> that he is dangerous magic incarnate, not his
> choice. Among the other 
> teachers, it seems that DD has collected individuals
> based more on 
> loyalty to him and his cause than magical ability
> (notice how inept 
> Trelawney and Hagrid are, for example). Seems quite
> a dismissive act 
> for the headmaster of a school of magic, doesn't it?
>  - Also, we have all noted just how little useful
> magic seems to be 
> taught in Hogwarts. In particular, DD seems not to
> think Harry needs 
> reasonable training in magic, even assigning the
> dreadfully ill-suited 
> Snape to "teach" him Occlumens. Perhaps this is
> intentional on DD's 
> part--he does not see salvation for Harry or the
> other students in 
> magic. This may be why we see so many classes that
> do not teach magic: 
> Quiddich/riding brooms, History of Magic, Hagrid's
> classes on magical 
> beasts, and Divination, which has been up to this
> point apparently 
> worthless to its students.
>  - Despite his powers, he has done little to advance
> the magical 
> capabilities of the WW since leaving Flamel and
> finding the 12 uses 
> for dragon's blood. He did not choose to work at the
> MoM as an auror 
> or Unspeakable, and in fact turned down an offer to
> be its Minister. 
> (SS/PS and OoP)
> 
> 2) Why would the most powerful magician of his
> generation want to 
> eliminate magic? Now we get to the real meat of my
> argument. Listen to 
> what these quotes imply about magic and wizards in
> HP.
> - "Not a wizard, eh?  Never made things happen when
> you was scared or 
> angry?" (PS/SS)
> - "He was tipped for the next Minister of Magic.
> He's a great wizard, 
> Barty Crouch [Sr.], powerfully magical -- and
> power-hungry." (Hagrid 
> in GoF)
> - "If Filch's trying to learn magic from a Kwikspell
> course, I reckon 
> he must be a Squib. It would explain a lot. Like why
> he hates students 
> so much. He's bitter." (Ron in CoS)
> - "It's about the most insulting thing he could
> think of....Mudblood's 
> a really foul name for someone who is Muggle-born --
> you know, 
> non-magic parents." (Ron in CoS)
> - "It's a disgusting thing to call someone. Dirty
> blood, see." (Ron in 
> CoS)
> - "I am calling you a Muggle. It means that you are
> not a wizard. ... 
> But I am not a man, Muggle. I am much, much more
> than a man...."  (LV 
> in GoF)
> - "We don't send people to Azkaban just for blowing
> up their aunts!" 
> (Fudge in PoA) Note that this aunt is a muggle.
> - "We are all familiar with the extremists who
> campaign for the 
> classification of Muggles as 'beasts'," writes Newt
> Scamander (FB 
> xiii).
> 
> Taken together, these demonstrate that to many
> wizards, Muggles are 
> not just different; they are *inferior*. They study
> them like we study 
> beasts; they discuss them condescendingly. They
> treat wizards who 
> consort with Muggles badly (Mr. Weasley), and they
> treat the offspring 
> of Muggles or Muggle-Wizard unions even worse.
> 
> Why? It's not just about the blood, or squibs like
> Filch would be 
> treated better. It's clearly that they feel the
> magic sets them apart 
> from mere Muggles.
> 
> So if Dumbledore wants to eliminate racism, cruelty
> to Muggles, and 
> all related prejudice from the WW, then there is
> just one solution: 
> eliminate magic.
> 
> But, you say, what about all the good that magic
> does? Well, show me 
> what good magic does that can't be done with good
> old Muggle hard 
> work. Sure, cleaning houses with the flick of a wand
> is nice, but that 
> benefit pales in comparison to the constant danger
> of evil lords, 
> Muggle-bashing, pure-bloodist divisiveness and the
> resulting constant 
> threat of civil war within the WW. Not to mention
> the constant danger 
> from many magical creatures, objects and so forth.
> 
> DD sees all of this and chooses the less-travelled
> path: eliminate 
> magic.
> 
> 3) How could one eliminate magic from the world?
> - "...and that's Bode and Croaker...they're
> Unspeakables...[f]rom the 
> Department of Mysteries, top secret, no idea what
> they get up to..." 
> (Arthur Weasley in GoF)
> - The locked door in the MoM melts Harry's *magic*
> knife.
> 
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