(#) DrT 2008-07-19
Interesting, we still can't tell where Dumbledore will land in his dealings with Harry and the others. He will at least try to play the guilt card several times (protection of the Dursleys, protection of the remaining DA students, etc)
Author's response
Heh heh.. Great! That's exactly what I was aiming for - the 'not knowing what's really going on behind those twinkling eyes of his'.
Is he just so used to leading that he can't let go of the control? Is he just in denial, or so clueless about the day-to-day effects of his choices? Are his plans competent and doing exactly what they need to (as risky as they are)?
He wouldn't be the first to decide that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one.
When reading the canon books, I bought into the whole 'kindly grandfather' that Harry believed him to be, and was kinda annoyed at how he was revealed as more flawed in DH. However, once I started in on fanon, the depth of his manipulations showed everything in a different light.
I think it all comes down to the way you want to interpret situations; what you're looking for, you can easily find.
Brian