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[mimisempai]

Married life

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#believe it or not this is the first ask i���ve gotten in weeks that is actually nice or just asking about something instead of sending hate

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

“My little meow meow is such a soft cutie.”

My little meow meow:

262 notes - Posted November 4, 2022

#4

Albert Wesker NSFW HC’s

Warnings: This whole thing is a warning (maybe?)

Note: MINORS DNI! 

He���s very dominant in bed.

I just know he has a breeding kink (Albert, you can’t deny it).

He likes to be in control no matter what

This man is VERY kinky.

He’s definitely into choking and edging.

Enjoys hearing his s/o beg for him.

He has a lot of stamina so good luck, you won’t even feel your legs when he’s done with you. 

Likes to be called “sir” and “captain”. 

Growls during sex. 

He takes his sunglasses off and likes to make you look at him straight into his eyes. 

He’s going to leave hickeys and bite marks all over your neck.

I think he would be into blood play.

He’s not opposed to his s/o riding him, but he’ll still be in control. 

He’s going to make sure you enjoy it as much as he is. 

338 notes - Posted October 9, 2022

#3

Dating Albert Wesker HC’s

Warnings: None but please let me know if there’s any warning I should put here! 

Consider yourself lucky if you managed to catch his attention.

At first, he isn’t very affectionate because he doesn’t know how to but don’t worry, he tries really hard for you. 

He can be controlling but just because he loves you and worries about you, he doesn’t want any of his enemies to hurt you.

If you live together, you probably only go out if he’s with you. He would NEVER let you go out by yourself.

There are days when he’s very busy and won’t have time for you, he’ll try to make it up for you with a fancy dinner and a dozen of your favorite flowers or by buying you something that you want.

He definitely calls you dear heart and maybe sweetheart. (I honestly believe he likes pet names that end with “heart”) 

He takes good care of you; in the way he knows how to.

As I said, he loves you very much and he would never think about cheating on you. He’s very loyal.

He gets jealous very easily, it’s not that he doesn’t trust you. He’s just a jealous man. 

He’s very supportive and he will motivate you to do anything you like. 

You’re the only person he trusts, and he will open up to you about his work and life. 

He isn’t used to affection but once he gets comfortable enough, he can get very touchy and even clingy. 

He loves to cuddle. (You can’t tell me that this man Isn’t secretly into cuddling). 

346 notes - Posted September 25, 2022

#2

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My #1 post of 2022

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seungkwan - tutor

word count : 346

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seungkwan heavily sighed and shook his head at you, "it's only been a few days and you forgot everything? you need to practice these or else you're not going to get them down," he said to you and picked up your eraser.

"i understood it last time, but it really doesn't make sense to me now," you replied as he erased your incorrect answers. "at least i can read music."

"we've been taught how to read music since we were little. how have you been getting decent grades this semester?" he asked and finished erasing, brushing off the scraps of your eraser from the paper.

"uh, luck?"

he sighed again, "do it again," he said and handed you your pencil.

another hour of seungkwan tutoring you in music theory occurred with barely any improvement happening from your end.

"augmented fourth?" you answered in question form, unsure of what you were looking at.

"thank god, you finally figured out one."

you pouted at seungkwan for a second for his comment. "so can we go get coffee now?" you asked him.

"we haven't even finished the worksheet!" he exclaimed.

"but i want to get coffee and some cake," you whined at him.

"can we at least finish this worksheet?" he asked.

"two more problems."

"the whole thing."

"four more problems."

"the rest of the worksheet."

"five."

"y/n, there are only ten more problems."

—

the two of you sat at a table in your local coffee shop. you were happily eating a piece of chocolate cake while seungkwan sat across from you with your homework in his hands.

“you could’ve at least finished this,” seungkwan said while finishing your homework for you.

“you love me,” you replied.

“i do love you, but you still could’ve finished this,” he said. you cut a piece of cake and held it to seungkwan, who ate the piece. “feeding me cake is not a bribe,” he said to you once he swallowed the piece.

you reached over and kissed his cheek, “yes it is.”

a sigh left his lips, “yes it is.”

[therebelinred]

I posted 2,134 times in 2021

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#well that explains why i can’t shut the fuck up and piss people off when i impulsively jump into a conversation like a dumbass

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

Danny: Welcome to Fucking Applebees, do you want apples or bees? Paulina: Bees? Danny: THEY HAVE SELECTED THE BEES! Paulina: Wait- *Sam approaches, shaking a jar of bees menacingly*

114 notes • Posted 2021-08-11 04:39:14 GMT

#4

How old is ercole exactly? The jerk doesn’t look 16 he ain’t fooling anyone. I rewind the scene where he gets shoved into the fountain over and over again. The guy tried to murder literal children he deserves worse then a shove in the fountain if you ask me. But seeing everyone take the bully’s power and finally stand up to him was cathartic.

118 notes • Posted 2021-06-21 20:02:39 GMT

#3

I just realized bender was going to kill himself before he met fry. At first I thought he did that a lot but this is the first time we meet him so for all we know he could have actually meant to die if fry hadn’t been there. So fry if hadn’t gotten frozen bender would be dead. Why do I feel that? We all need a fry in our lives. The shit I miss when I watched this brilliant show as a teen. Now as an adult I noticed stuff i never noticed before. Say what you will about bender but I love his relationship with fry it’s a ride or die friendship that I admire.

150 notes • Posted 2021-04-13 08:31:50 GMT

#2

They could have easily made Massimo an asshole but I am so glad they didn’t like he a good dad.

346 notes • Posted 2021-06-20 19:33:22 GMT

#1

I was watching Luca for the second time and I can’t believe I missed this.

Edit: as I been told it’s Marcello Mastroianni an Italian actor. That’s pretty cool how they put this in here.

702 notes • Posted 2021-06-23 22:31:21 GMT

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Incorrect quote #346

John: of course im going to put all my eggs in one basket what would you have me do? use 100 egg sized baskets?

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[mocksterling]

I posted 1,475 times in 2022

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#dc comics - 558 posts

#dc - 456 posts

#damian wayne - 198 posts

#robin - 192 posts

#incorrect quotes - 170 posts

#tim drake - 169 posts

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#5

Damian: You three, explain right now! Duke: It was Tim. Dick: It was Tim. Jason: It was Tim. Tim: Tim: . . . fuck.

302 notes - Posted August 23, 2022

#4

Damian: Father, I don't understand what you're talking about. Poison Ivy's drug did not effect me that much.

Bruce: You were flirting with Superman (Jonathan Kent) last night.

Damain: So what? Jonathan is a very worthy warrior and has shown great success in battle. Don't blame me for having high standards. Besides, he is loyal to his lover and wouldn't try anything anyways.

Bruce: No, that's the issue. You asked if they were single.

Damain:

Bruce: And you cried when he said he wasn't. Jason recorded it.

Damain: THAT MoTHerFuckE-

416 notes - Posted May 1, 2022

#3

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482 notes - Posted August 14, 2022

#2

Link to article here

536 notes - Posted June 24, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Au where the Waynes have to make a reality TV show because people get too close to finding out who they are. Everyone develops their public persona as follows.

Brucie Wayne:

Wears makeup all the time.

Really clumsy but has a quick reaction time regarding when his kids are about to fight. Yes, he can sense it from the other side of the house.

Mama bear, will panic if someone gets as much as a papercut.

Always wears dark colors because if he wears anything else he always manages to get them dirty somehow.

Will sing to pop songs, gets all the lyrics wrong except the chorus.

Glitter. He always wears at least one thing that is glittery at all times. He also uses a glittery bat-themed pencil pouch in his office (cass got it for him as a joke).

Kathy Kane:

A gay aunt icon.

Fashionable but in a classy way/simple enough to still fight if needed.

Will physically attack one of Bruce's kids to "prepare them for if they get kidnapped".

Damian's favorite, he will go ask her for permission first instead of Bruce. She typically allows him before looking at the camera like 'this is about to be good'.

Is one of the best at giving advice.

Will not hesitate to argue with Bruce's friends (the Justice League in their civilian personas) with the passion of a kid who wants ice cream.

Dick Grayson:

Nice older brother type/has answered to "mom" on screen multiple times before.

Knows all Disney songs by heart and will start singing them as his brothers fight.

The one who posts the most on social media and believes they're "in with the kids".

Is in college but tries his best to make time with his family.

Recites vines with passion as he burns everything in th kitchen.

Always wears "rich people clothing that compliments his best features".

Jason Todd:

Was announced alive before the show started so he's been here since season one and may or may not be the reason that they had to start the show in the first place because people were like, "oh, he could be Red Hood. . . wait".

He's normally the one who starts shit/drama on the show.

He has some of the best comebacks out of his brothers. And yes, most of them are along the lines of, "I died, bitch! I'll kill us both and drag you to hell myself! They love me there, unlike some people!"

Claims he doesn't remember what happened those years he was "dead" and says that he still have bad memory problems to get out of doing stuff because he "forgot".

Plays into the bad boy/street kid stereotypes.

Tends to yell a lot/doesn't have an inside voice for shit.

Tim Drake:

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Alarm smart smartapp

#ALARM SMART SMARTAPP INSTALL#

#ALARM SMART SMARTAPP SERIAL#

Please do criticize my work as this will serve everyone to learn more, let me know if I am missing credits for the code forked. Thanks to the Guardian function you can directly set up from your Vyvo device, and from the Vyvo Smart App, the levels of alarms you want to generate in. I still need to clean up the code and do some decent description and comments for future debugging, but the code just works. It features: Up to 16 independent security zones Unlimited number of. Talking Alarm Clock allows for multiple alarm schedules to be set up to talk. So I wrote Smart Alarm - a multi-zone virtual alarm panel. Talking Alarm Clock is a Smartapp for the SmartThings home automation system. I tried using Smart Security app, but was not very happy with it. As I mentioned, I am not a dev or anything, so I picked and choose whatever I needed and commented the irrelevant parts code to my project.Īs of know, my solution is fully working as intended with some minor cosmetic issues like incorrect parsing problems that I will be addressing when I find the time. Please follow this thread for updates: Like many others, I’m interested in using SmartThings as a cheap substitute for a self-monitored alarm system. 201-207 Sleep Time Smart Alarm Clock app, 208-212 warning about. Prosegur Smart app is an integrated security system that allows you to control your alarm and devices from anywhere and through a simple, intuitive. Thanks to the work of with his Honeywell/Envisalink and I was able to cobble up my own solution, forking code from and a big thank you. 323-327 Gmate SMART app, 340-343 iHealth Gluco-Smart app, 343-346 Meal Memory app. Thru local API the smartApp and drivers would bi-bidirectionally update status and control function for full integration.

#ALARM SMART SMARTAPP INSTALL#

Locate Smart Alarm in the list of SmartApps that appears below the menu ribbon and tap to install it. Tap on the round + button and navigate to My Apps section by swiping the menu ribbon all the way to the left.

#ALARM SMART SMARTAPP SERIAL#

Wanted to share a project of mine, I am not a coder by any means, but a self tough Code Monkey -), I can't begin to tell you how difficult learning curve this has been for me.īack on ST I was using a nodeJS bridge for my DSC alarm panel using a TI-100 serial interface connected to the alarm key-bus. Open SmartThings mobile app on iPhone or Android and go to the Dashboard. The Yale HSA-6610 is a wireless smart alarm which is controlled via your smartphone and includes push notifications, SMS and email alerts when the alarm is. download the tuya smart app, and register and log in Today Ill install and. Had the same growing pains as everyone when migrating from ST, its has been a great learning experience and not looking back, very excited for for the things to come in this great community. Using Home Assistants ZHA to integrate the device 0 Smart Switch Two Way.

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I posted 233 times in 2021

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My Top Posts in 2021

#5

This is a request that I got, I'm doing Freelance Husbands requests, this was one of them. This is basically my take on the Corpse Bride AU by @monsterbride99 and @em-doods

29 notes • Posted 2021-07-15 20:15:02 GMT

#4

Yet Another Sam and Max Headcannon

If they sung karaoke, Sam and Max would end up singing Lemon Demon tone deaf. Max would sing Two Trucks, Sam would probably sing Modify or something from Spirit Phone idk, and they would both sing The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny together. How romantic.

31 notes • Posted 2021-08-17 23:19:38 GMT

#3

Another Sam and Max Headcannon

The multiverse will literally collapse if Sam and Max are separated for too long, like if one of them dies. Therefore, the multiverse will allow the two to reunite through whatever way possible. Whether it be escaping hell, taking an alternate timeline version of Max that lost Sam and putting him in the time elevator, or literally resurrecting the other, the multiverse will make SURE the two get reunited.

The multiverse also ships the two HARD, so that might be another reason.

39 notes • Posted 2021-08-17 19:00:05 GMT

#2

A Sam and Max Headcannon

I honestly think that whenever Sam and Max meet an orphan kid on their adventures, they try to adopt them right there and then.

A child genius who created a black hole generator? Sure.

A baby gator found in the sewers? We're taking him home with us.

An ancient Egyptian Pharaoh who stole Max's body and tried to change reality so he could rule it? Max, get the adoption papers, we're going to make him our kid right here on the spot.

55 notes • Posted 2021-08-15 21:26:39 GMT

#1

I love how out of all the things I've done, this is arguably the biggest contribution I've made to the Sam and Max fandom

I got one of the main writers for Hit the Road and the VR game to state that they're essentially soulmates. (Later on in the AMA he admitted he interprets the two as being in a relationship as well)

Edit: Wow, this kinda blew up, crazy. This was the same AMA where it was revealed that Sam likes Hannah Montana and Max listens to dubstep. This is basically the modern version of "like butch and sundance" lol

95 notes • Posted 2021-08-03 10:58:03 GMT

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I entirely agree with the sentiment of this post and that Harvey has been done dirty at almost every turn he's ever had and deserves so so much better, but some details about how Harvey got written into being mentally ill in the first place are wrong and as a guy who both has DID and relates heavily to Harvey and has a special interest in all Two-Face things history, I dislike when incorrect stuff gets said about him.

The first thing is a common misconception really. It's that Harvey didn't have DID or OSDD1 until the 1990 in The Batman annual Eye of the Beholder, but really he had it since 1977 with the first issue bringing the idea into reality being Teen Titans #48. And this comic was really abelist about it and treated it like he had to have an evil alter, but I digress.

Of course they didn't call it what is was then, and if this had been a one off thing than it could easily could have just been called a fluke, but continuing into the end of the 80s, multiple writers, for better or worse, wrote Two-Face as being a system.

The next real prominent Two-Face comic was a 1982 two parter named "Half a Hero..." "...Is Better than None!", Batman #346 and Detective Comics #513, and it continues writing Two-Face as a system, by saying that he has a "split personality" and in comic having him switch front and having it described as such by his at the time girlfriend, who knows him well enough to know this about him.

They might not be using correct medical terms and instead only using outdated slang, but having a "persona" or alter doing things that you don't remember doing is pretty textbook DID nonetheless, and the very interesting thing about this verison of Two-Face doesn't have an evil/bad alter unlike the 70s verison, instead he has a more self indulgent and more confident one. It's a good change from the last verison of them.

This next comic isn't about Two-Face being a system, but just to show that during the 80s, even though Two-Face was being written as a system, they still weren't written the worst evil and evil for no reason yet. This is Detcetive Comics #563 btw from 1986.

At this point of time Two-Face still did good or bad crimes, like this one for example where they stole money from a man who was drug dealing to children.

The first comic where we ever hear Harvey and his alter's mentally talk to each other came out 1 year later in 1987's Teen Titans Spotlight issue #13, and these other comics might have been vauge about the fact that Two-Face was a system, but this one makes it explictly clear with the main plot being about Harv's alter trying to convince/affirm Harvey, and maybe himself, that anyone would have done the same thing as Harvey if they were in his situation. This verison of Harvey's alter is a perscutor, but a much more realistic verison than the 70s one, because he wants to help Harvey but he does it so much in the wrong way, (them two kidnap Cyborg's love interest and out Cyborg through Hell to try to make him snap because he's facially disfigured too, plan does not work obvi. And is a total mess.) But this well meaning persecutor is still going steps up aganist the 70s evil "persecutor" verison.

Pink is Harvey's and green's is his, at the time unnamed, alter's thoughts. This is also the first time they've ever used "we" to refer to themselves, so them being a system in basically set in stone in this one.

And I have more but ran out of picture limit rip.

the fact that harvey was a petty thief/criminal before the writers made him mentally ill, and then in the 90s after helfer made him have disorganized schizophrenia (hebephrenia) & other writers running away with that and adding more onto it by giving him osdd as well but without the proper research to portray it accurately—anyway the bottom line im trying to get to is that harvey's entire history as a character is ableist as fuck, from his scarred face to his mental health.

i just wish dc would just hire a writer that actually knows what theyre doing & talking about, when it comes to harvey, bc his history is really complicated and filled with all kinds of ableism.

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Albus Dumbledore: The Religious Leader in Harry Potter

So, I have recently had a relatively old post reblogged by someone who decided to ask me what my ‘textual’ sources were for my statement that Dumbledore is a good example of a religious zealot that basically runs a group of fanatics who follow him. As I felt this to be a good thing to ask me, I was initially calm and considered this a reasonable thing to ask, until I reached the point where they specifically state that if I can’t provide such textual sources then they’re ‘going to assume that you build your opinion off of Tumblr posts and fanfiction and I’m gonna laugh at you for thinking those are reliable sources.’

Now, perhaps I may be a tad bit rude and impolite here but, unless they work on the assumption that everything is clearly shouted out very loudly and clearly in all fiction, then I’m afraid the explicit textual sources they’re demanding are likely to not exist; the art of understanding a novel lies in reading between the lines after all. However, I’m going to be polite and retain my modicum of mature reasoning and not laugh very loudly at such a sweeping statement – working on the assumption that fiction writers don’t think through what they create is, unfortunately, a common assumption in this world and one I have little time or respect for.

Now that’s been said, perhaps it’d be best to get onto the ‘textual’ sources I’ve been requested to provide.

Note: I am using the original Harry Potter books I had bought for me mere days or hours after each was released so page numbers may differ for each edition and where they were published (mine are UK publications). Just in case anyone thinks I’m making references up.

I’m going to approach this in much the same way I approach anything that is a multi-layered question: by breaking it down and tackling each section individually. First off – Albus Dumbledore’s background.

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Who is Albus Dumbledore and What is His Background?

I am stating this outright now that I am making use of the HPwiki since it has the most consistent and referenced information about Dumbledore that won’t require me specifically hunting through Pottermore or the books just to give a general overview of one of the most well-known and popular characters in Rowling’s magical world. If this isn’t considered by some to be a reliable source then apologies, but this is what I’m using to give you a summary of Dumbledore’s background and his numerous achievements.

According to the HPwiki, Dumbledore officially held the titles of; Grand Sorcerer, Supreme Mugwump, Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot and Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In addition, he was also the leader and creator of the Order of the Phoenix. The son of Percival and Kendra Dumbledore, Albus was a half-blood (like the other two main characters in the trio of powerful wizards that the Harry Potter series revolves around; Harry and Voldemort). It is my assumption that, due to the imagery that Rowling evokes when Harry, Ron and Hermione visit Godric’s Hollow to see the grave of Harry’s parents and they discover a grave for the Dumbledore’s with an engraving of the Death Hallows (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, p.267), as well as the fact that Sirius states that all wizarding families are related in some way:

‘The pure-blood families are all interrelated…If you’re only going to let your sons and daughters marry pure-bloods your choice is very limited; there are hardly any of us left. Molly and I are cousins by marriage and Arthur’s something like my second cousin once removed. But there’s no point looking for them on here – if ever a family was a bunch of blood traitors it’s the Weasleys.’ (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, p.105)

While this doesn’t necessarily cover families with muggle-born and muggle heritage, it does infer that Albus too was related to most other wizarding families. Adding the fact that Albus was obsessed with the Deathly Hallows from a relatively young age, and the sign of the Deathly Hallows on a Dumbledore grave, then you theoretically can argue that he could have theoretically been related to the Peverell family: a family that died out in the male line as Hermione states in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in chapter twenty-two:

‘The only place I’ve managed to find the name “Peverell” is Nature’s Nobility: A Wizarding Genealogy. I borrowed it from Kreacher…It lists the pure-blood families that are now extinct in the male line. Apparently the Peverells were one of the earliest families to vanish.’ (pp.346-7)

Note: Whether or not this is accurate and whether or not this is simply my own personal perception of Dumbledore’s lineage, the fact still remains that theoretically speaking, the Peverell family can be linked to at least some of the wizarding families of Britain as per Rowling’s own statements in her series.

Moving on from this potential relationship and the fact that these arguably provide some evidence for my initial comment about Dumbledore: ‘he comes into the Magical World from a long-standing magical family with age-old connections with a shit tonne of political power’. While I will agree that his family history doesn’t necessarily mean Dumbledore began with political power amassed by his family – unlike, for example, the Malfoy family or the Blacks – there is still the fact that his father, Percival Dumbledore, was either a pure-blood or a half-blood himself, thereby suggesting that he may have had some connection to the Ministry of Magic of Great Britain. Even if this were not the case, considering the fact that Dumbledore can at least be considered a half-blood with some magical lineage from pure-blood ancestors, he would have been in a more advantageous position, politically and social speaking, than muggle-borns in the magical world.

Continuing on, we are informed in The Deathly Hallows of Dumbledore’s connection with Gellert Grindelwald (pp.290-1). It is during this introduction that we also discover that, at one point, Dumbledore believed in much the same as Grindelwald in regards to the rights of wizards over muggles:

‘Your point about wizard dominance being FOR THE MUGGLES’ OWN GOOD – this, I think, is the crucial point. Yes, we have been given power and, yes, that power gives us the right to rule, but it also gives us responsibilities over the ruled. We must stress this point, it will be the foundation stone upon which we build. Where we are opposed, as we surely will be, this must be the basis of all our counter-arguments. We seize control FOR THE GREATER GOOD. And from this it follows that where we meet resistance, we must use only the force that is necessary and no more. (This was your mistake at Durmstrang! But I do not complain, because if you had not been expelled, we would never have met.)’ (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Letter to Gellert Grindelwald from Albus Dumbledore, p.291)

The above quotation lends support to my own statement in the original post that Dumbledore is ‘friends with a blood purist (Grindelwald)…[because] if you’re friends with someone like that then, on some level you agree with them.’

Ultimately, Dumbledore’s background lends itself to the initial starting blocks for the development of a saviour complex – most especially when we consider the fact that he ‘failed’ his sister and mother (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, p.292). While a ‘saviour complex’ (or messiah complex) is not a diagnosis nor a clinical term, it can however be connected to delusions of grandeur; it is quite obvious that in his correspondence with Grindelwald, Dumbledore seems to believe them both to be acting in a similar manner to those who feel that they have a duty to others, a responsibility, that means they must ‘save’ others – in this case, it can be argued that Dumbledore is functioning under the belief that he must save wizarding kind from muggles, and the muggles from themselves:

‘You cannot imagine how [Grindelwald’s] ideas caught me, Harry, inflamed me. Muggles forced into subservience. We wizards triumphant. Grindelwald and I, the glorious young leaders of the revolution.’ (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, p.573)

The attack on his younger sister Ariana by muggle children, and the subsequent imprisonment of his father for attacking them in retribution, provides Albus’ character with the beginning points to have a measure of hatred, or disdain towards muggles; it also provides a point where he can begin to perceive wizards are requiring protection from muggles and muggles of being unable to handle themselves – again this would be compounded if you consider that Albus was born at the end of the nineteenth century, on the cusp of the Great War and when colonialism was still at its peak.

For the Greater Good

Moving on, we come to the point where I state that Dumbledore takes on ‘an almost mythical status’ due to his ‘amazing magical power and the fact that he defeats a Dark Wizard without resorting to similar Dark Magic to do so’. While this isn’t precisely new information, nor an incorrect statement, it does bear some supporting evidence in order to reaffirm it:

‘In a matter of months, however, Albus’s own fame had begun to eclipse that of his father. By the end of his first year, he would never again be known as the son of a Muggle-hater, but as nothing more or less than the most brilliant student ever seen at the school.’

‘He not only won every prize of note that the school offered, he was soon in regular correspondence with the most notable magical names of the day, including Nicolas Flamel, the celebrated alchemist, Bathilda Bagshot, the noted historian, and Adalbert Waffling, the magical theoretician. Several of his papers found their way into learned publications such as Transfiguration Today, Challenges in Charming and The Practical Potioneer. Dumbledore’s future career seemed likely to be meteoric, and the only question that remained was when he would become Minister for Magic. Though it was often predicted in later years, that he was on the point of taking the job, however, he never had Ministerial ambitions.’

‘Other quills will describe the triumphs of the following years. Dumbledore’s innumerable contributions to the store of wizarding knowledge, including his discovery of the twelve uses of dragon’s blood, will benefit generations to come, as will the wisdom he displayed in the many judgements he made while Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot.’

‘They say, still, that no wizarding duel ever matched that between Dumbledore and Grindelwald in 1945. Those who witnessed it have written of the terror and the awe they felt as they watched these two extraordinary wizards do battle. Dumbledore’s triumph, and its consequences for the wizarding world, are considered a turning point in magical history to match the introduction of the International Statute of Secrecy or the downfall of He Who Must Not Be Named.’

                              (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, pp.22-24)

Each of these quotations support the initial statement I made as to the strength of Dumbledore’s magical ability and the fact that his defeat of Grindelwald enabled him to attain an ‘Otherworldly status’. There are numerous characters throughout Harry Potter who treat Dumbledore’s word as law – inadvertently echoing Christian parallels that Rowling herself has stated the series has; one popular concept is that Dumbledore is a metaphor for God or Death (MTV, 2007).

I state, at one point, that the members of the Order, place Dumbledore ‘above them to such a degree that his every action is revered and accepted as “for the greater good” or because he “knows best”’ and this is something I strongly stand by.  In truth, however, not every action undertook by Dumbledore is revered or accepted willingly, there is a growing measure of bitterness in Sirius Black’s opinion on Dumbledore’s decisions in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, but, for the vast majority, they generally accept Dumbledore’s word and do not truly act to question or undermine it in any way (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, p.84). This could be construed as faith or trust in someone who has earned such respect, but there is the matter of the way in which Dumbledore is presented throughout the series up to the point of Voldemort’s return – after which the Ministry of Magic, led by Cornelius Fudge, seeks to undermine his authority through a combination of public smears and the stripping of official positions within the Ministry itself:

‘“They’re trying to discredit him,” said Lupin. “Didn’t you see the Daily Prophet last week? They reported that he’d been voted out of the Chairmanship of the International Confederation of Wizards because he’s getting old and losing his grip, but it’s not true; he was voted out by Ministry wizards after he made a speech announcing Voldemort’s return. They’ve demoted him from Chief Warlock on the Wizengamot – that’s the Wizard High Court – and they’re talking about taking away his Order of Merlin, First Class too.”’ (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, p.90)

Contrary to the belief that there is only one reference to ‘the greater good’ in regards to Dumbledore’s actions, there are, at least three. These three references are present in the last book of the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:

‘He died as he lived, working always for the greater good and, to his last house, as willing to stretch out a hand to a small boy with dragon pox as he was on the day that I met him.’ (p.24)

‘Your point about wizard dominance being FOR THE MUGGLES’ OWN GOOD – this, I think, is the crucial point… We seize control FOR THE GREATER GOOD. And from this it follows that where we meet resistance, we must use only the force that is necessary and no more. (p.291)

‘I assuaged my conscience with empty words. It would all be for the greater good, and any harm done would be repaid a hundredfold in benefits for wizards.’ (p.573)

In an interview with Evan Solomon (2000), Rowling stated that she enjoyed writing Dumbledore’s character because he ‘is the epitome of goodness’ which, in my personal opinion, suggests that perhaps Rowling is unaware of the duplicity and the dichotomy present in her portrayal of Dumbledore. It is obvious that she planned for Dumbledore to be a figure worthy of sympathy and pity in the final book, but also one that was highly complex and multi-faceted – both marks of skilled writing and character development. However, this does not preclude the reality that Dumbledore’s actions and the way he is viewed by numerous characters in the series, do correspond with more fanatic actions and behaviours of religious leaders.

Fanaticism: What is it and How does it apply to Dumbledore?

The philosopher George Santayana (1905) provides a definition of fanaticism that I find quite apt and amusing in its presentation; fanaticism is the ‘redoubling [of] your effort when you have forgotten your aim’ – to be a fanatic is to belief quite stridently but to lack an accurate direction for that belief to travel.

Lehtsaar (1997) defines fanaticism as ‘the pursuit or defence of something in an extreme and passionate way that goes beyond normality’ with religious fanaticism further defined by ‘blind faith, the persecution of dissents and the absence of reality’ (p.9). It could be argued that this definition is in a way, inaccurate to apply to Dumbledore however, in an abstract manner it is not.

As Postman (1976) states, ‘the key to all fanatical beliefs is that they are self-confirming… (some beliefs are) fanatical not because they are “false”, but because they are expressed in such a way that they can never be shown to be false’ (pp.104-112).

In regards to historical events of religious fanaticism, one doesn’t need to look much further than the vast majority of European history – most especially in regards to Christianity. As Selengut (2008) in Sacred Fury: Understanding Religious Violence, points out that the Spanish Inquisition was largely the monarchy’s attempt to maintain Catholic Christianity as the dominant religion: ‘The inquisitions were attempts at self-protection and targeted primarily “internal enemies” of the church’ (p.66). What is of significance in regards to their entire discussion, can be explained in the following quotation from Selengut (2008):

‘The inquisitors generally saw themselves as educators helping people maintain correct beliefs by pointing out errors in knowledge and judgement’ (p.66, italics added)

It is this that characterises much of the fanaticism seen in regards to Dumbledore and his Order of the Phoenix. At the end of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Dumbledore is faced with the knowledge that Voldemort has returned to his former strength; this knowledge is rejected by the Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge, and Dumbledore’s response to contact Order members from the last war immediately. The Order then is in a similar position to the inquisitors in Selengut’s description – they see themselves as individuals who must correct incorrect beliefs with their knowledge and judgement, guided by Dumbledore.

Gall, Charbonneau and Florack (2011) in a recent study found that individuals who were the most committed to attending church found it the most difficult to cope through being tested for breast cancer (a stressful, trying experience even when a diagnosis is not given). In regards to church attendance, in most cases this includes inclusionary activities such as the community-aspect of church attendance, and often correlates with adherence to religious rules and laws. Utilising this research as support for the behaviour of Molly Weasley in the Order of the Phoenix, it is quite clear that her ability to cope successfully with the highly stressful experience of being part of the Order – which her children attempt to join repeatedly, in some cases succeeding – is highly dependent on how the degree of faith she has in the Order and Dumbledore specifically:

‘“Well,” said Mrs Weasley, breathing deeply and looking around the table for support that did not come, “well…I can see I’m going to be overruled. I’ll just say this: Dumbledore must have had his reasons for not wanting Harry to know too much”’ (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, p. 85)

Of course, the reverse is also true in respects to church attendance. Dukes (1964) found that church attendance correlated strongly with increased responsiveness to placebos, and in a study by Walters (1957) it was found that those who were highly dependent on alcohol were significantly more likely to have a religious background, thus suggesting that religious individuals are dependent not only on social values but external agents as well. Therefore, it could conversely be argued that Molly Weasley isn’t necessarily an example of religious fanaticism – although she does repeatedly express intense faith and trust toward Dumbledore – but rather a more general example of a woman who relies on her faith in others in order to function, including in her support system external systems of control and regulation that, when they directly counter her faith in Dumbledore, results in an extreme stress response.

Dumbledore is an Addict: The Fanaticism of the Deathly Hallows

In the final instalment of the Harry Potter series, we are introduced to the Deathly Hallows; three magical artefacts are incontestable strength and ability, which are sought after by some wizards in order to obtain ‘mastery’ over Death.

Peele and Brodsky (1975) provide a definition of what addiction is: ‘a person’s attachment to a sensation, an object, or another person…such as to lessen his appreciation of and ability to deal with other things in his environment, or in himself, so that he has become increasingly dependent on that experience as his only source of gratification’ (p.168). While it can obviously be pointed out that Dumbledore does not spend every moment of his life obsessing about the Deathly Hallows, there is textual evidence that he spent at least a significant amount of time interested in them:

‘The Hallows, the Hallows…a desperate man’s dream!’

‘Master of death, Harry, master of Death! Was I better, ultimately, than Voldemort?’

‘I, too, sought a way to conquer death, Harry’ (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, p.571)

‘It was the thing, above all, that dew us together [the Hallows]… two clever, arrogant boys with a shared obsession. He wanted to come to Godric’s Hollow, as I am sure you have grasped, because of the grave of Ignotus Peverell. He wanted to explore the place the third brother had died.’

‘I could hardly believe what I was seeing. I asked to borrow it, to examine it. I had long since given up my dream of uniting the Hallows, but I could not resist, could not help taking a closer look…It was a Cloak the likes of which I had never seen, immensely old, perfect in every respect…and then your father died, and I had two Hallows at last, all to myself!’ (p.572)

‘At the heart of our schemes, the Deathly Hallows! How they fascinated him, how they fascinated both of us! The unbeatable wand, the weapon that would lead us to power! The Resurrection Stone – to him, though I pretended not to know it, it meant an army of Inferi! To me, I confess, it meant the return of my parents, and the lifting of all responsibility from my shoulders… Invincible masters of death, Grindelwald and Dumbledore! Two months of insanity, of cruel dreams, and neglect of the only two members of my family left to me.’ (p.574)

While the above quotations do not overtly suggest addiction, they do imply an overwhelming, constant obsession with unattainable objects, to the point where responsibilities to others is discarded in favour of promoting the obsession. The ‘reality check’ Dumbledore received, which ultimately acted as a traumatic wake-up call, was the death of his sister in a three-way duel between Albus, his brother Aberforth and Grindelwald:

‘Reality returned, in the form of my rough, unlettered, and infinitely more admirable brother. I did not want to hear the truths he shouted at me. I did not want to hear that I could not set forth to seek Hallows with a fragile and unstable sister in tow.

‘The argument became a fight. Grindelwald lost control. That which I had always sensed in him, though I pretended not to, now sprang into terrible being. And Ariana…after all my mother’s care and caution…lay dead upon the floor.’ (p.574)

Throughout much of this commentary I have been quite disparaging towards Dumbledore, focusing intensely on his behaviour from the perspective of viewing it as religious fanaticism or addiction. However, there is one last point I’d like to make as to Dumbledore’s behaviour, something which is supported by textual evidence and underscores the concept of Dumbledore having been addicted to the idea of the Deathly Hallows – a metaphor for absolute power. That point pertains to the following quotation in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in King’s Cross station while Harry is between life and death:

‘I…was offered the post of Minister for Magic, not once, but several times. Naturally I refused, I had learned that I was not to be trusted with power.’ (p.575)

This single statement from Dumbledore – whether he is a figment or Harry’s mind or not – is incredibly important overall for it shows an awareness of one’s character defects and a desire not to fall into them again. This sort of mindset can be seen in cases of ex-alcoholics and other such addicts who desire not to be given the temptation such easy access would provide them; Dumbledore reflects the same reluctance to accept a position of great authority such as that of Minister for Magic even though, prior to this, he greatly desired such power and influence.

In Conclusion

Ultimately, while I can disparage Dumbledore and happily despise him for willingly leaving a child in an abusive home, I cannot, in good faith, ignore the development of his own character and the strength of his own will in overcoming what he perceived as the greatest flaw of his person. I also, cannot disregard the reality that Dumbledore amassed plenty of influential power, through the belief and faith of individuals in magical Britain, but he did not actively utilise much of this influence until it became absolutely necessary.

I still stand by my initial statement that Dumbledore is a decent example of religious fanaticism, of a religious leader who is capable of manipulating others to his view, but I do draw the line on the idea that he does this maliciously; he is meant to act as a mirror to Voldemort in Harry Potter, with Harry himself becoming the ideal.

Dumbledore has been likened to God and to Death in some discussions of his place in the narrative of Harry Potter; I can accept this metaphor when considering his mirrorlike nature to Voldemort – after all, the Devil is a mirror to God with Jesus Christ acting as the ideal. God is capable of great wonder and great horror, much as Dumbledore is capable.

This has been a post of epic proportion, providing textual evidence for much of my original post on which I was questioned. Hopefully it has been educational and somewhat illuminating.