#dumbeldore is the villain

[ultrahelo]

Marauders' era au

It's a late night idea. I've watched the show 1899 and I tought about the fact that an au with the marauders would be incredible.

It's a psycological show which look a bit like The maze runner story, but on a ship in 1899. I don't really want to spoil so it's only ideas.

What if all the marauders were people that Dumbeldore studied about by exemple : Sirius woke up after a nightmare with some memories : him being enchained by people and someone put a serum in his veins (that is when he woke up.) He remembered his name, the date and he had a letter with is name written on it, he also knows that his brother needed him in New York (that’s why he is supposedly on the ship)

He visited the place, he knew everything wasn't normal but he tried to fill in. (As Maura in the show).

And in the show everyone is from another country, there is different social classes which is really interesting too !

The main character can also be Lily, with James as the captain of the ship and Severus as her husband she forgot. (Watch the show to understand why I say that) but it can also be Narcissa (Maura), Lucius (Daniel , even if Lucius is too much of a coward to be him) and the captain Eyk can be someone else…

The gay characters can be Wolfstar, Remus as Krester or Ramiro (even if Krester is better for him in a way) and Sirius as Àngel (rich Spanish man who run away from his family with a man because they were caught ! Homophobia and all)

The French people can also be Lily (Clémence) James (Jérôme) and Severus (Lucien), because of the dynamics between them…

Tove as Mary (because of what they went through both in the canon story and in the show) and she is so strong and I ship it with Clemence who can be Lily …

Ling Yi and Olek I don’t know which character they can be but please if someone see this don’t hesitate to tell me !!!

Of course things can be changed but I really like the idea of period drama with experience on the human brain and everything!!

Don’t hesitate to watch the show ! It is truly an amazing show with great actors and a fantastic plot !

[introvertgoat]

ron/hermione/the weasleys/etc bashing of any sort is always so extremely boring and repetitive to me in harry potter fanfic omg like no instead of dissecting and examining these flawed and interesting characters in an intriguing and/or different light u decide to stoop to turning then into shallow, barely fleshed out characters 😭😭😭😭😭😭 and 9 out of 10 times it’s so harry can be some OP, dark, usually slytherin, badass like no i’m sorry i can’t

[atlasdoe]

Are we ever going to talk about how The Marauders fandom is physically unable to like a character unless they're flawless

this is kinda a rant so if your sensitive don't read but i've been seeing a pattern recently

like for example:

The headcannon that Sirius lost all of his friends and regretted the prank when in cannon nobody gave a shit apart from Snape

The headcannon that Mary obliviated herself turning into Dumbledore obliviating Mary. I swear people started noting how selfish it could be to erase the memories of your friends who died in a war and leave their orphaned son so the fandom had to change the headcannon so that Mary doesn't do it but Dumbledore does cause god forbid one of these characters actually does something shitty on their own accord

Any idea of Regulus, Barty or Evan going to Dumbeldore for help and Dumbledore rejecting them. Dumbledore would've jumped on having another Death Eater spy for him. When have we ever seen him turn anyone down???

Literally anything relating to Regulus Barty and Evan being forced to do things

I literally once saw somebody say "what if the only reason why Barty was with Bellatrix was because they were having a memorial for Regulus and he was innocent the entire time"

Any kind of excuse that people give for Remus marrying and impregnating Tonks only to run the moment responsibility crops up

Calling misogyny whenever a female character is a villain in a fic or whenever Lily or Tonks are bad mothers (i've talked about this before but fanfiction does not equal headcannons and just because Lily or Tonks or anyone is a bad parent in a fic or is villaised doesn't mean that the writer doesn't like the character or sees them as a bad person)

Ignoring that Evan was friends with Snape, Mulciber, Avery and Wilkes while at Hogwarts (people the fandom villainies)

Any excuse that anyone comes up with for what James and Sirius did in Snapes worst memory

i could go on and on but my point is that nearly every character in the marauders era that we have information on is in some way morally grey and i am so sick of seeing people excuse their actions or coming up with far fetched headcannons to make them more "likeable" I LIKE THEN FUCKED UP A LITTLE STOP MAKING THEM SO BORING

[moonlightdancer26]

Who do you think is better? Voldemort or Grindelwald?

Hmm, I don’t quite understand what you mean by “better.”

Do you mean who was the more powerful wizard? If yes, then it’s obviously Voldemort, that’s just a fact.

Or do you mean who was more dangerous, who had a better argument, who was more skilled?

If that, then it’s Grindelwald.

Let me explain:

Dumbledore, as a man over 100 years old, managed to duel Lord Voldemort whilst protecting Harry (and also pinning Bella), yet Voldemort was still unable to break his defences.

Grindelwald, as an old, wandless man imprisoned inside Nurmengard, laughed right in front of Lord Voldemort’s face, not fearing him (nor death), gave me the impression that Gellert knew damn well he would completely destroy Voldemort in his prime.

Grindelwald mastered both Light and Dark magic, whilst Voldemort solely based himself within Dark magic, practically neglecting half of magical wisdom to wizardkind.

The thing about Grindelwald which genuinely terrifies me, is that he can feel love. He fell in love with Dumbledore. He may be evil, but evil doesn’t mean heartless, evil doesn’t mean you can’t feel love.

Hell, he couldn’t even stay in the same room when a baby was killed, he refused to kill the baby, whilst Voldy Moldy had no hesitation. Grindelwald has humanity and a soul, and he can manipulate people using that.

And Voldemort only uses the killing curse, and literally no other spells. While Grindelwald is seen performing different kinds of magic. (Did y’all see the fire spell he used in The Crimes of Grindelwald? Goddamn!)

Grindelwald has conviction, an actual goal, and no fear of anyone when it comes to achieving that goal, and that’s very dangerous.

Voldemort, to me, is weaker than Grindelwald when it comes to his fears. He fears death, more than anything, which is why he made Horcruxes.

Grindelwald, to me, is the greatest villain the Wizarding World has ever seen, as he uses the power of manipulation to gain followers.

Voldemort’s followers almost always join out of fear, however, Grindelwald’s followers joined because they genuinely believed in his cause, because they genuinely respected him, not feared him.

Voldemort’s argument is basically “KILL MUGGLES! KILL MUGGLEBORNS! DIE DIE DIE NYAHHHHHH” while Grindelwald’s argument is “We will change the world, we can be free, this is for the greater good”.

One intended to be the strongest wizard, one intended to make the entire world ruled by wizards.

One put fear on others, one is charismatic and uses manipulation as a weapon.

One tried to get rid of an Albus Dumbeldore, one tried to make use of an Albus Dumbledore.

One is the personification of pure evil, one has an actual goal and purpose which makes them seem more human.

And most importantly, one of them has a nose so he can sniff out his enemies.🤪

Voldemort is an aggressive fighter, is impatient, and is arrogant. Grindelwald, however, is calm, knows how to use the Elder Wand correctly, is patient, and was the rival of the greatest wizard in the world. Grindelwald knew his limits, Voldemort refused to acknowledge he had limits.

The difference between Voldemort and Grindelwald, is that Grindelwald has friends, Voldemort has followers.

Voldemort had one fatal weakness: Arrogance.

He viewed himself above all others and refused to believe the concept of how loyalty of the wands work, even though Harry told it him to him. He couldn’t acquire the power of the Elder Wand, while Grindelwald and Dumbledore did. Hell, he even got a Horcrux snatched by a house elf. He thought no one knew about the Room of Requirement, and that idiot ACTUALLY thought that Severus Snape would still be on his side after he murdered Lily.

Grindelwald knew about love, and didn’t underestimate it’s power. Not understanding love was Voldemort’s downfall. Grindelwald didn’t fear death, and he actually respected his followers, not placing a taboo on them or a marking invade of treason. Even when he was old, powerless, and imprisoned he didn’t fear Voldemort and accepted that he was going to be the new Dark Lord to start a global revolution.

Grindelwald terrorised more areas, we can see it in the movies that he had a larger army with an Obsecurus, he came closer to his goal by threatening the statue of secrecy, he dueled Dumbledore and Aberforth simultaneously, and not only got the best wand in history at the age of 18 but practiced with it till perfection. He was a seer, could turn invisible without a cloak, and he was an amazing Occlumens (the 2nd best ever). And he had so much knowledge, he knew about the Deathly Hallows since teenager-hood, and Voldemort only got to know that weeks before dying. Voldemort bit more than he can chew.

Also, Grindy kept the greatest wizard of all time at bay for years, even after Dumbledore got the blood pact, he didn’t advance against Grindy until nearly a decade later. And his speciality is dueling, and he dueled 20 highly trained Aurors alone, with a wand he hadn’t even mastered. And his wandless magic is so powerful that he disarmed and chained three people at once whilst simultaneously summoning an object towards himself (in Fantastic Beasts 1).

Who was the more powerful and darker wizard?

Voldemort, obviously.

Who was more dangerous and skilled?

Grindelwald.

Have a nice day!❤️

[revelio-obscurus]

Chapter 17/199 The Man With Two Faces

Today, we will be discussing Harry Potter through the theme of “Love.” How do we see “love” expressed or having an effect in Chapter 17 of the Harry Potter series? Of course, we have Harry’s mother’s love which is coursing through his veins and allows him to defeat Professor Quirrell (according to Albus Dumbledore)—this is perhaps the most obvious example of “love” we see in this section. But what about self-love? What about passion and desire? In this chapter, Harry again comes face-to-face with the Mirror of Erised, a magical object that shows us the deepest desires of our hearts (in other words: what we would most love to have or have happen to us). Finally, we will discuss the concept of making choices as it relates to love, self-love, as well as what we would love to have and have happen to us. 

What really stood out to me about today’s chapter was Harry thinking “I must lie” when Quirrell demands he look in the mirror and tell him what he sees. This is because I have been reading Book Five with my sister for months now, and in this book, he has the exact opposite statement carved into his hand by Dolores Umbridge: I must not tell lies.

What’s really messed up about Umbridge’s punishment, of course, is that Harry is not lying at all—and yet he is forced through this inhumane and torturous punishment. But through it all, what’s ironic is Harry sticks to his guns and continues to tell the truth, even as Umbridge is being rushed away by centaurs in Chapter 33 of that book.

I love that at the start of Book Five one of Harry’s father figures, Arthur Weasley, speaks to him before his trial, assuring him “the truth will out”! We don’t know if this will be the case, but Arthur works throughout the series to instill the values of truth and honesty in all of his children, including Harry. For example, in Book Three when he confesses his desire to tell Harry the truth about Sirius Black.

One might think, however, reading Chapter 17 of the Harry Potter series: “Okay, I get we shouldn’t tell lies. But in this case, shouldn’t Harry lie to Quirrell about what he sees in the mirror? Otherwise, Voldemort would know he has the Stone and he and his worthy follower would steal it.”

This is a good point. And we do see the benefits of lying throughout the series. One notable example is when Draco Malfoy lies to the other Death Eaters in Book Seven, saying he does not recognize Harry and this indisputably saves Harry from meeting his demise in Malfoy Manor (okay, it’s not certain whether he is “lying”, but I consider this canon). A second example would be when Severus Snape lies to Umbridge when Harry relays a secret message to him about Sirius during the Fifth Book—he tells Umbridge he has “no idea” what Harry is talking about, but later uses the secret information to round up the Order of the Phoenix.

That being said, if we turn back to this chapter, we discover that when Harry does lie to Quirrell, his efforts are for naught— Voldemort immediately calls him a liar and it leads to them meeting face-to-face anyway! Therefore, we can see that his lie did not help him avoid the inevitable. 

I think it’s interesting to see how we can go from “I must lie” to “I must not tell lies” from Book 1 to Book 5 and how, more often than not, Harry feels called upon to stand up and tell the truth—even if his voice shakes. Or even if he’s standing alone.

What’s immensely powerful about this scene in Chapter 17 is that Harry doesn’t even resort to using any magic or knowledge he is aware of to fight back against Quirrell and Voldemort. He actually is in such grave danger, that his body reacts instinctively: “Quirrell raised his hand to perform a deadly curse, but Harry, by instinct, reached up and grabbed Quirrell’s face.” Our instinct is something we find at our very core, as animals. We all naturally react to the environment around us just as our fellow animals do, and in times of danger, we are sent into “fight or flight” mode which is deeply encoded in our DNA. In my opinion, our instinct, as it is revealed to us during life-and-death scenarios, is one of the most honest and truthful things in this universe.

And what is the result of Harry’s instinctive grabbing of Quirrell’s face? “Quirrell rolled off him, his face blistering too, and then Harry knew: Quirrell couldn’t touch his bare skin, not without suffering terrible pain.”

We know from Dumbeldore’s explanation later in the chapter that it was Harry’s mother’s love running through his veins that made it impossible for Voldemort, and therefore Quirrell, to touch Harry. It was the magic of this love that made it possible for Harry to escape the villain’s clutches.

Or was it?

Or maybe I should say, “Was it just his mother’s love?”

Was it really only his mother’s love that saved him?

This was Harry’s first time in his living memory coming close to death. He realizes the urgency of the situation right away, which is astounding for an 11-year-old child. He knows that if he doesn’t find the Stone, he is going to be killed. He knows that if Voldemort finds the Stone because of him finding it, he’s going to be killed. He knows that Voldemort is lying when he says that his parents died begging for mercy. (Note: his mother did die begging him to not kill Harry, this is true, but the way he is presenting the story to Harry is a lie in and of itself because of all the gaps and holes amongst his presentation of events). 

When Quirrell destroys his own hands after trying to strangle Harry (they became “burnt, red, and shiny”) Harry knows that the only thing he can do is trust in what he knows to be TRUE (and not a lie). “His only chance was to keep hold of Quirrell, keep him in enough pain to stop him from doing a curse.” This submission to what is true is what allows his body to react on instinct, thus saving his life. One could also say that submitting to what is true is an act of self-love. Harry refuses to fight against what he knows to be true and trusts in himself, letting go to instinct. And that acceptance and trust in oneself is a powerful act of self-love that, in addition to his mother’s love, saves him in this scene.

**

Chapter 17 re-introduces us to Quirrell as a man with two faces. And in life, we also have two (or more) faces. But how often do we see our “true” faces reflecting back at us when we look in a mirror? What would we see if we looked into the Mirror of Erised? And when we see that, will we lie to ourselves or others about what we see? Many great people have lied while looking into the Mirror of Erised, for example Albus Dumbledore in Chapter 12 and Harry himself in this very chapter. And what do they gain from these lies?

Going back to our theme about “Love” today, I feel as if I’m being called to look into the Mirror of Erised myself—to find out who I really am, what I truly love and desire in my life. And when I look in the Mirror, I’ll then be faced with several choices. Do I lie to myself or to others about what I see? Do I keep it a secret for now because I don’t think others are ready to know? One might argue that’s why Dumbledore lies about seeing a pair of wool socks in the Mirror. Harry didn’t need to know what Dumbeldore’s deepest desire was at that moment. And Dumbeldore doesn’t have to share what he sees—but the fact that he chooses to lie instead of telling the truth highlights another very important point. Even wixen as wise as Dumbledore sometimes listen to that inner voice that whispers: “I must lie.” For whatever reason—and that reason might be justifiable or not. But either way, it is YOUR choice whether to lie, keep something to yourself, or tell the truth.  

It is our choices that makes us who we are, far more than our abilities. Today, I see many opportunities to make choices. I can look into the Mirror of Erised, or not. I can lie to myself about what I see, or not. I can lie to others, tell the truth, or say nothing to them about what I see. I can keep staring longingly at the Mirror, or I can take small steps towards my deepest desire in the real world.

When I imagine myself standing in front of the Mirror of Erised, I see myself reading, scribbling with a quill, making connections between books, films, songs, plays, art, and real-life experiences. As I start to understand the world and myself more and more, I am collecting my ideas and thoughts into stories, essays, and articles—sharing them with the world. In the Mirror, I see myself tying parchment to the legs of owls and sending them off into the world. I don’t always know who’s going to receive my writing. I only hope that whoever does can glean something meaningful from the words and start to understand the world and themselves just a little bit more.

[theartfuldodger26]

So, you know how one of the favourite past-times of the average Potterhead is laughng/getting mad at Dumbledore’s favourtism over Gryffindor and Harry in particular. I mean, there are a million jokes about how Dumbeldore awards Harry points for wearing cool robes one moment before the end of term, while flabbergasted students of Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff repress the urge to cry and/or kill Dumbledore. And with good reason; they spent the semester doing *school* things for they *school* and then Harry comes along with Voldemort’s head on a plate, Fawkes the Phoenix singing the victory song over his head. Well, you can’t beat that, can you? And that’s exactly the point!

Wouldn’t you award hundreds of points to the kid who saved everyone’s ass? The villain could be Voldemort, an escaped murderer, the giant squid that has an identity crisis for all we care. In any case, if you think about it, Harry, Ron and everyone else who was awarded points for saving the world really *did* deserve those bloody points. The real question is, in fact: why does it awlays come down to a bunch of teenagers to save the most famous school and occasionally the whole wizarding world? Doesn’t it raise questions on the safety mechanisms of the Ministry against ‘evil’? Doesn’t it leave you wondering about what in the name of Ravenclaw are Dumbledore and the school board doing when, not only the school is threatened by increasingly more dangerous villains, but also how easy it is for Harry to track them down? 

Seriously, would you feel okay sending your kid to that school when you’ll just have to cling on the hope that this year’s mass murderer will be stopped by a teenagers? Because, you know, we’ve all spent our entire lives hoping we’d be accepted to Hogwarts, but... *eyes the books greedily* Oh fuck it, I’d go anyway, whom am I kidding? 

[sandorayukiko]

Opinion about the show Shadow Hunters

Overall I like the show very much. The stories are always entertaining and new. Apart from the cringworthy dialogues from time to time.

To the characters and pairings.

Hm I love Magnus & Alec (and I’m so glad that it’s a official couple) mehehe my opinion. Magnus is such a cinnamon roll and I couldn’t even get angry with him when he was an ass. Alec is the perfect opponent. Calm and a little to strict at the beginning.

I like Simon a lot. He is loyal & caring. At first I loved the Clary & Simon paring until she ruined it. But to be honest I love Maia & Simon so much more. Clary is toxic.

Maia is so cool. Her character is really well written and she is on one hand emotional bit also strong and independent.

Hell I dislike Clary. She’s extremely annoying. Like wtf. I read somewhere that her book Chara is even more annoying. So would I even hate or more in the books?¿¡! A little mary sue that even when she screw things up doesn’t apologies. Ex. That Simon had to be thankful she picked Jace as her true love. Because in her mind she safed them. Why didn’t she try and kiss Simon first? It’s the same with the Gordon, Lee and Valerie incident.

About Jace I’m not so sure. He is sometimes annoying sometimes fine. I don’t like the Jace x Clary Pairing or dialogues. But it doesn’t truly matter.

Also Luke I’m not so fond of. Mostly when he always took side of Clary in the beginning. Now I find him better as a true leader of the werewolves.

Or Jocelyn Clary’s mother. I hate it when people don’t tell important things and the main reason is mostly that the said person couldn’t handle the informations. Well Harry Potter is greeting (Dumbeldore even apologied to him about his lack of trust in the strength of HP).

Valentin well Valentin. He is a good villain that I like to see to be bunched in the face or elsewhere. No truly. He is a well written character. Good that Jocelyn left him.

Jonathan ha. The actors is superb. As much I would have loved to see him switch sides how things went is better.

Oh and almost forgot the elve Queen. Her obsession with Simon is strange. I wonder what she wants from him.

Looking forward to see more in season 3.

I will see if I read the books.

[internerdionality]

Fantastic Beasts 2

Do the original Harry Potter books ever actually say that Grindelwald was anti-muggle?

Cause I'm pretty sure he's just described as a "dark wizard"? And in my head all this time, I always figured he was this super PRO-muggle and like total LEFTIST "terrorist" (freedom fighter).

And I seriously don't know why they didn't go there in the films because it would have:

A. Been way less problematic and made way more sense for him as a gay character and Dumbledore's big love interest;

B. Made Dumbeldore even more interesting and gray of a character—HP is so black and white I think anything that adds more nuance is great (and also furthers my reading of the series in which Dumbledore is more of a villain); and

C. Made the whole political setup of the series make WAY MORE SENSE. Voldemort NEVER made sense as a villain, because wizarding society has so much institutionalized oppression and inequality—why would someone who wants to *uphold* those values be *rebelling* against the system? Why would Voldemort be trying to overthrow the Ministry when he has so much support from inside it that he could clearly have just taken over WITHOUT actually killing anybody? Except that if actually, muggleborns used to be EVEN MORE oppressed until there was a huge civil rights movement in the 20s with Grindelwald being, essentially, the much-maligned John Brown figure and Dumbledore as Frederick Douglass—okay, THEN having a societal backlash makes SENSE, and so does having Voldemort not be able to grab power—because despite the institutionalized bigotry/oppression, Dumbledore has been able to get enough laws passed to make it impossible for him to roll the clocks back from within the system the way he wants. And, of course, that makes the analogy of the Deatheaters being KKK even smoother.

[todaynewsstories]

Dark, new ‘Fantastic Beasts’ movie grounded in real world

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Albus Dumbeldore is a young professor at Hogwarts School; the charismatic but evil Gellert Grindelwald is determined to manipulate the world for his own ends; and Newt Scamander, with his magical suitcase of strange creatures, is trying to stop him.

FILE PHOTO: Actor Eddie Redmayne attends the British premiere of ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ movie in London, Britain, November 13, 2018. REUTERS/File Photo

The wizarding world created by J.K. Rowling returns to the big screen this week with “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald,” and its dark themes are grounded firmly in the real world.

Set in 1927, some 70 years before Rowling’s best-selling “Harry Potter” books and movies, “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” is the second in a spinoff movie series that explores the fight between good and evil, and between tolerance and acceptance.

“The thing that has always been extraordinary about (Rowling’s) work is people relate to aspects of it, whether it is specific character traits or vulnerabilities or a political climate,” said Eddie Redmayne, who plays Scamander.

“Yet she shrouds it in this world that is so magical and sort of wonderful that you don’t feel like you’re being hit by it until you start thinking about it afterwards,” the actor told Reuters Television.

Rowling has said that the rise of populist politics in modern times was on her mind when she began writing the screenplays for the first two movies, but she has not said if she had a specific person or country in mind.

The new film’s 1927 setting sees Grindelwald, played by Johnny Depp, address huge rallies that incite his followers to violence.

“One of the things that Grindelwald does so well is that he has an insane goal. But… he makes it sound so reasonable,” said Alison Sudol, who plays mind-reader Queenie Goldstein in the movie.

Zoe Kravitz, who plays Scamander’s love interest Leta Lestrange, said she thought the Grindelwald character could be modeled after any kind of person with seductive power.

Whatever the inspiration, Depp was a good choice to play him, Kravitz said.

“He is so charismatic and intelligent and I think he’s the perfect person to play a villain like this. He’s so kind of seductive in a way,” she said.

Reporting by Reuters Television; Editing by Lisa Shumaker

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[atlasdoe]

no bcs i think dumbles was a trash headmaster and i would've had him stepping down from the headmaster position OR solely focusing in that bcs i feel like he was biting more than he could chew (then again the british educational system has always sucked and nobody gave a fuck about kids so can i? entirely blame him? not truly), BUT blame him for everything???? EVERYTHING???? people are sick. or too young. and need to read more.

yeah i realllg don't understand how people truly believe that Dumbledore is the root to all evil. I swear people are more mad at him for certain characters deaths more then they are at fucking Voldemort.

The thing with Dumbledore is that he's morally grey. He's not the perfect mentor that we're led to believe he is but that doesn't make him a full blown villain. He is not responsible for every bad thing that's happened in the series

and it's SO ANNOYING cause it's taking away everything that made these characters interesting. Like acting as if everyone in the Order was manipulated into joining takes away so much from them.

And as for the Death Eaters don't even get me started. Evan and Barty in particular died because of their own actions. They committed crimes, they were supposed to be arrested but they resisted and instead were killed. Dumbledore has literally no hand in that because he's not apart of the justice system and has never shown any signs of wanting to be

And as for the people who died during the Battle of Hogwarts blaming Dumbledore is just plain dumb. Dumbledore was literally already dead at this point and speaking of Remus and Tonks as if they were fully adults doing their job (as part of the Order and in Tonks case literally her job. It's her fucking job to fight bad wizards. It's what she gets paid for. She's a fucking auror) with the kids it's more McGonagalls fault if anything for letting the kids fight in the battle to begin with. But the fandom love McGonagall so they'd never admit it. Either way Dumbledore was already six feet under and played literally no part in the battle or had a say in who fought it (HE WAS LITERALLY DEAD)

Also while we're here let's talking about everyone else

James and Lily Dumbledore literally put in hiding to protect them "but he took the invisibility cloak" no. James gave him the cloak. We don't know why but considering James and Lily were in hiding and their lives were in the hands of their best friend Peter it's not hard to imagine that they deemed themselves safe enough to hand Dumbledore a cloak that wouldn't have fitted all three of them anyway

Cedric Diggory died because of three people and their names are Peter Pettigrew, Barty Crouch Jr and Voldemort. Maybe at best i'll give you that Dumbeldore wasn't looking into the odd things happening at Hogwarts (like Harry being chosen) enough but then you'll have to be prepared to blame every other teacher as well

Marlene, Dorcas, Pandora, Alice, Frank, and practically every other marauders era character had very little cannon information about their death but none of their deaths mention anything to do with Dumbledore. How tf is Dumbledore to blame for Pandora experimenting with spells???

Regulus is the same with Barty and Evan. That man went into the cave by himself because of something Kreacher told him about Voldemort. IF DUMBLEDORE KNEW THAT REGULUS WENT INTO THET CAVE AND KNEW ABOUT THE LOCKET THEN WHY THE FUCK WOULD HE TAKE THE LITERAL CHOSEN ONE WHO HAS TO BE KILLED BY VOLDEMORT INTO A DEATH CAVE TO GET A PHONY LOCKET??????????

As i've said I don't even like Dumbledore like that but this fandom is killing me with all of this frankly stupid nonsense and it's killing my braincells