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harry had known there was no hope from the moment that the full body-bind curse dumbledore had placed upon him lifted, known that it could have happened only because   its caster was dead,  but there was still no preparation for seeing him here, spread-eagled, broken:   the greatest wizard harry had ever, or would ever, meet.

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harry had known there was no hope from the moment that the full body-bind curse dumbledore had placed upon him lifted, known that it could have happened only because its caster was dead,but there was still no preparation for seeing him here, spread-eagled, broken:  the greatest wizard harry had ever, or would ever, meet.

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harry had known there was no hope from the moment that the full body-bind curse dumbledore had placed upon him lifted, known that it could have happened only because its caster was dead,but there was still no preparation for seeing him here, spread-eagled, broken:  the greatest wizard harry had ever, or would ever, meet.

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I’M NOT A BELIEVER IN PREDETERMINED FATES, BEING REWARDED FOR ONE’S EFFORTS. I’M NOT A BELIEVER IN KARMA. THE REASON WHY I TRY TO BE A GOOD PERSON IS BECAUSE I THINK IT’S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. IF I COMMIT FEWER BAD ACTS THERE WILL BE FEWER BAD ACTS, MAYBE OTHER PEOPLE WILL JOIN IN COMMITTING FEWER BAD ACTS, AND IN TIME THERE WILL BE FEWER AND FEWER OF THEM. (c)   

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I’M NOT A BELIEVER IN PREDETERMINED FATES, BEING REWARDED FOR ONE’S EFFORTS. I’M NOT A BELIEVER IN KARMA. THE REASON WHY I TRY TO BE A GOOD PERSON IS BECAUSE I THINK IT’S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. IF I COMMIT FEWER BAD ACTS THERE WILL BE FEWER BAD ACTS, MAYBE OTHER PEOPLE WILL JOIN IN COMMITTING FEWER BAD ACTS, AND IN TIME THERE WILL BE FEWER AND FEWER OF THEM. (c)   

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I’m still writing up the about (hashtag, muses who live over 100 years problems) and I will make a more formal promo later BUT Albus has been moved to his own account over at @lamentedhope !!!

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I’m still writing up the about (hashtag, muses who live over 100 years problems) and I will make a more formal promo later BUT Albus has been moved to his own account over at @lamentedhope !!!

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I’m still writing up the about (hashtag, muses who live over 100 years problems) and I will make a more formal promo later BUT Albus has been moved to his own account over at @lamentedhope !!!

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I’m still writing up the about (hashtag, muses who live over 100 years problems) and I will make a more formal promo later BUT Albus has been moved to his own account over at @lamentedhope !!!

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I'm still writing up the about (hashtag, muses who live over 100 years problems) and I will make a more formal promo later BUT Albus has been moved to his own account over at @lamentedhope !!!

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I'm moving Albus to his own blog, stay tuned for a link in like....two days.

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Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?

Plato, The Republic (via wordsnquotes)

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THE POTTER GENERATION CHALLENGE ϟ 28. Favourite Hallow

When the Resurrection Stone is flipped over three times in one’s hand, it brings back shades of the holder’s deceased loved ones as long as the stone is held. These shades are more physically solid than a ghost, but less so than a living body.

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my only talent is appearing calm and emotionless when in reality i am on the brink of death

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Honestly something that bothers me more than most things is having my compassion mistaken for naivety.

I know that another fish might eat this bullfrog right after I spend months rehabilitating it.

I know that turning a beetle back onto its legs won’t save it from falling over again when I walk away.

I know that there is no cosmic reward waiting for my soul based on how many worms I pick off a hot sidewalk to put into the mud, or how many times I’ve helped a a raccoon climb out of a too-deep trashcan. 

I know things suffer, and things struggle, and things die uselessly all day long. I’m young and idealistic, but I’m not literally a child. I would never judge another person for walking by an injured bird, for ignoring a worm, or for not really caring about the fate of a frog in a pond full of, y’know, plenty of other frogs.

There is nothing wrong with that.

But I cannot cannot cannot look at something struggling and ignore it if I may have the power to help.

There is so much bad stuff in this world so far beyond my control, that I take comfort in the smallest, most thankless tasks. It’s a relief to say “I can help you in this moment,” even though they don’t understand.

I don’t need a devil’s advocate to tell me another fish probably ate that frog when I let it go, or that the raccoon probably ended up trapped in another dumpster the next night.

I know!!!! I know!!!!!!! But today I had the power to help! So I did! And it made me happy!

So just leave me alone alright thank u!!!!

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the thing that is particularly interesting about albus is that he basically is a study of how a person becomes more of an Idea(l) than a person. he ascends personhood. it’s even more interesting due to the fact that he encourages this.

in short, albus is afraid of himself, he’s afraid of the aspects of himself that make him human  ---  his emotions, intimacy, his power, his character flaws, etc. he thinks that as soon as he lets his emotions get the better of him, as soon as he starts to care about someone as a person rather than abstractly, that he’ll become blind, make poor judgments, and something Bad will happen because being cleverer than most men his mistakes are often greater. ( which is why he ghosts harry for an entire year, and why he basically expected that to happen ) ( which is why his boggart is ariana’s corpse  ---  yes, he fears he was the one who cast the spell that killed her, but it represents a larger problem of him being fearful of himself because of what he is capable of ). so, he denies himself personal relationships of all sorts ( no romantic relationships, no friendships [or at least hardly any. there are no doubt a plethora of people who think they are albus’s true friend, but in reality albus does not see that way in the least.], nothing but professional relationships and those between a teacher and his students ) and forever has a plate of glass between him and the world, because he thinks it’s for the best for everyone.

and then he defeats grindelwald in a duel, basically ending wwii and saving the world single handedly, and he becomes viewed as a savior, as an all-powerful, magnificent figure  ------ and albus goes ‘okay’ and accepts it. he molds himself to this Idea(l) to the point where he becomes known as the champion of the downtrodden, of the light, of love, (etc.) and eventually people begin to use people’s opinion of dumbledore (and his opinion of them) as their basis for Moral Rightness. 

he isn’t a person to the rest of the world --- he’s Dumbledore, an idea, an ideal, a symbol of hope and goodness. and albus encourages this, plays this up with his ‘wise, eccentric, old man’ act (which is an act. yes he has a Particular sense of humor, but the more something sounds like wise, eccentric old man nonsense, the more he’s bullshitting you . . . . or, he’s just trying to make you more comfortable around him. he uses it for both ), because he is honestly more comfortable being an Idea than he is being a human being, and because, in his mind, life is about martyring yourself for something ( the good of humanity / the world, a cause, and, in albus’s personal case, the memory of / honoring his family that he so ruined ). this is why rita’s book is so singularly shocking when it comes out.

( i think it was also very easy for him to be comfortable with the idea of ... being a symbol for the magical world because he felt so Othered by it his whole life for various reasons. he has already come to terms with the fact that he doesn’t “belong” so he’ll become something else for them instead --- a leader, a symbol of hope, etc. after all, if one is extraordinary, is it not their responsibility to use that to help others? )   

[ this is particularly interesting when compared to harry, who has no desire for fame, the limelight, or to be a symbol at all. harry just wants to be harry, a fact which he was denied in his early childhood with the dursleys, and he continued to be denied in the greater wizarding world because of his fame. all of this was literally shoved onto harry, whereas albus more or less chose and molded it for himself ]                                

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Fangirl challenge → [3/10] male characters: Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter)

“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”