I see that you and I are in TOTAL agreement about a number of things: JKRs foibles in HBP and DH (from a previous review comment you made) as well as Dumble's treatment of Harry--especially leaving him at the Dursley's, where he most likely NEVER felt 'at home'.
Oh, I'm enjoying the beginning of this story immensely, and can't wait to see where you're going with it from here.
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I found that JKR's idealized version of Harry's life, was so much garbage. I grew up abused, nearly as badly as I described Harry's life, and so, I spotted the abuse in canon, right off. While the Dursleys were the active abusers, Dumbledore is truly at fault.
His saying 'he cared too much' at the end of OotP, is pure bullshit. He didn't care at all. Instead, he intentionally placed a small, defenseless child, in Durzkaban, knowing what his life would be like...even fostering the abuse, in order to break any spirit Harry may develop, so he could become the perfect little sacrifice on the alter of Albie's self-declared greatness.
I also believe, Harry is actually Tom Riddle, MkII. Tom was to be Dumbley's weapon against Grindelwald, but he found out too soon and vanished. According to Allied estimates, had Hitler not committed suicide at the end of April with the German general staff capitulating 8 days later, WWII would have gone on for another two years. Tom would have been just old enough to die, destroying Grindelwald, in the glorious manner Dumbledore intended.
So far as I am concerned, Dumbledore is either mentally incompetent or actively evil. He's definitely morally and ethically ambiguous...at best. I occasionally write him as being 'less' evil, but I truly despise the character.
I'm glad you're enjoying the story so far. There is more to come.
Alorkin