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3Albus Dumbledore is not guilty but just a common man who makes mistakes
I have seen a lot of people bash Albus like anyhting just because he used Severus (kind of) and let Harry die. But I think different. Dude is literally one of the finest characters of the whole series and has a whole lot more good than bad. Him leaving Harry with Vernon and Petunia is a genius idea. Not because Harry was abused in that house like anything, but because it protected Harry. You see, Frank and Alicia were tortured by the Death Eaters still on the move. If any wizard family kept Harry with them, what was the guarantee the Death Eaters would not come knocking on their doors? He was far safe with Vernon and Petunia. And again, if Harry knew about his fame from the beginning, he would not have been as modest and selfless as we see him now. Then coming to his fifth year, yes Albus made a big mistake ignoring Harry and forcing him to take lessons with Severus, but he himself admit it, and making mistakes is natural, although it did cost Harry too much, you can not ignore that Albus still had Harry's best interest at heart and he tried to make the correct decision, in which he obviously failed, he was not intentionally making Harry suffer throughout the School year. Last coming to him raising Harry as a Pig for slaughter, I honestly believe that Albus did forsee that Harry can make it through when the Horocrux inside him was destroyed, after all, he did have a fantastic larger plan. And he really loved Harry and his family, remember when he was saying "do not kill them, kill me" in the Half Blood Prince? Harry himself acknowledges that. And Albus' portrait was in tears when Harry met him after the battle of Hogwarts. And during the Half Blood Prince, Albus was determined to find out as much as he could about the Horocruxes until his last breath to repay Harry for the previous year's mistakes. All in all, Albus did make some mistakes, but he had Harry's and the magical world's best interests at heart and he tried as much as he could to keep them all safe after he was gone. Oh, and he devised the plan which ultimately caused the downfall of Lord Voldemort.
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In other words, he’s a flawed character, which makes him compelling and well-written.
The end of 6 and all of 7 rounded him out so well as a man with a complicated past and someone who knows his own fatal flaws. Despite all this, he still brought out the best of the wizarding community around him. Did everyone forget that Dumbledore cleared Snape’s name for 16 years and allowed him a post at Hogwarts? Did everyone forget that Dumbledore was the one who advised Harry and Hermione on using the Time-Turner, securing Sirius from the Ministry?
Dumbledore isn’t a reader or author of the series; he’s not truly omniscient. He’s relatable because he did what he thought was best, even though he sometimes got carried away by his tendency “for the greater good”.
Dumbledore is the only reason they won the war against Voldemort, nobody had the brains or the guts to do what he did
Yes, although I personally do think the golden trio was on par with Albus, Harry's guts, Ron's nobility and Hermione's brain, but still, neither of them would have had the courage to sacrifice so many people along the way, and that plan Albus devised could not have been devised by Hermione.
I honestly don't get it sometimes, people focus on these small things but bruh that guy literally was a mastermind, he took down Voldemort and Grindelwald, mind you he had a crush on Grindelwald, and his sister died in the duel, what I think is that Dumbledore was a very detached man, he was selfless yes, but he'd do anything for the greater good, and he was completely right, a few people suffering for the entire wizarding community seems pretty fair to me, comparing it with the alternate option which was Voldemort killing every wizard who wasn't a pureblood. I mean it was necessary for the downfall of Voldemort.
Dunno if the choice of words was intentional, but you saying "he'd do anything for the greater good" just made me connect that to Grindelwald's motto. Not that I'm saying he is another Grindelwald; in fact, I completely agree with your point that he was focused on doing what was right but 'detached' himself to allow himself to make hard choices. But I find it funny that he ended up embodying the actual version of that motto, or at least a better version of the person his teenage self assumedly wanted to be
Exactly, and he did not do any of it for his own gain, rather he had to endure the pain of locking up his bestfriend (I do not think Albus being gay was a part of the original plot but was added later by JK just to get people talking) the first time and died the second time while planning Lord Voldemort's' downfall.
Life is like tetris: your failures pile up while your success disappears, and at the end of the day, all anyone can see is the evidence of your failures. Or, at least, that how people choose to view things. A person that was good their entire life can be seen as a bad person with one single act. But it takes a lot for a bad person to be seen as a good person, if they can even accomplish that.
He was always raising him as a pig to slaughter. Only realized Harry didn’t have to die when Voldemort took his blood, hence taking his mothers protection in his own blood. Tethering Harry to life if he dies. But Dumby had to do what he did. World is more important than just one boy!
Dumbledore did not have a crush on Grindelwald, that is just something from the crimes of grindelwald movies and really quite unnecessary. He was "afraid" to face Grindelwald because he didnt know who cast the charm that killed Ariana.
His sister died in a duel between him and Grindelwald? I thought some muggles attacked her, or something like that?
Harry, Ron, and Hermione did a big part in the downfall of Voldemort.
The only thing that could really make me think of Dumbledore in a negative way is if he never warned Snape of the danger of Voldemort seeking the Elder Wand. Supposed that he never told him, then his whole plan on choosing him to tell the truth to Harry worked just because Harry was at the right place at the right time and because Snape gathered his last strengths to pass the message. I think it's a plot issue by the way.
Voldemort didn’t even know about the Elder wand when Dumbledore died, and Dumbledore had no indication that Voldemort would go after it. Dumbledore and Voldemort both thought Voldemort just needed a different wand to duel Harry in the end. Harry’s wand recognizing Voldemort and acting of its own accord was a surprise to even Ollivander.
Dumbledore thought Harry had to sacrifice himself to be saved by his blood tether to Voldemort, and that had to be communicated. But because he didn’t foresee Voldemort go after the elder wand he didn’t foresee the mortal danger to Snape.
It is plot convenience that he was able to pass his memory to Harry but many things in both fiction and real life boil down to some sort of ‘plot convenience’.
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