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WCDT: 2281-85 (24-28 September 2012) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Is it cold in here?:
Basing our (over)analysis solely on the contents of the strips, I thought Momo looked a bit nettled by Emiiy's questions.
Mr_Rose:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 29 Sep 2012, 09:58 ---It's still a ripping good yarn.
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Never said it wasn't. But the world Rowling set up abets child abuse, apologises for bullies and accepts the use of mind altering substances as a way to get a date, all under the auspices of a man alleged to have significant political power on top of scary personal power but who can't arrange for a someone to have a trial instead of being instantly put to death. To acclaim such a man seems to me wholly backward.
Redball:
Aaaaand, it's still a helluva good story!
Near Lurker:
--- Quote from: DrBear on 29 Sep 2012, 07:49 ---I was told there would be no math.
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Look at your hand. YOUR HAND IS MATH! So cut it off. YOU ARE BLEEDING MATH! Look at the knife. IT, TOO, IS MADE OF MATH... AND DRIPPING MATH! Now cut your throat. YOU ARE DYING OF MATH! Are you dead? Then, and only then, have you defeated math... WITH MATH.
iduguphergrave:
--- Quote from: Mr_Rose on 29 Sep 2012, 11:19 ---
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 29 Sep 2012, 09:58 ---It's still a ripping good yarn.
--- End quote ---
Never said it wasn't. But the world Rowling set up abets child abuse, apologises for bullies and accepts the use of mind altering substances as a way to get a date, all under the auspices of a man alleged to have significant political power on top of scary personal power but who can't arrange for a someone to have a trial instead of being instantly put to death. To acclaim such a man seems to me wholly backward.
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That's part of the point of the last book; Harry finds out about Dumbledores more than checkered past and realizes he's not the man he thought he was. For the most part, Dumbledore gets knocked off his pedestal in that book. The man never claimed to be perfect, but we see him throughout the series though Harry's eyes, and so we idolize him like he does. But as we find out in the last book, Dumbledore made MORE than his share of mistakes.
But you're overestimating just how much power Albus Dumbledore had to begin with. He wasn't a politician; the current Minister of Magic (current at the time of books 1-5, anyway) only asked his advice because he was a bumbling fool; and once the fool thought (incorrectly) that Dumbledore wanted his seat, he used his power to defame him. Albus was powerful but he was a private citizen. The only reason I assume the Ministry let Dumbledore handle Harry's situation is because they had more important things to do rebuilding their society after the war with Voldemort.
And yes, he was gay. It doesn't come up in the books because again, we see Dumbledore through Harry's eyes and Harry sees him as teacher/mentor/father. Also, at 140+ years old, he's slightly past the age for romance. But in the last book, he reveals his friendship with Grindelwald and it's pretty easy to see that it was infatuation on Dumbledores part. In fact it's implied that the reason Dumbledore never tried for love again was because of what happened with Grindelwald.
/Potterhead
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