#poor albus

[freedomforthewin]

“Who will love you now, Dumbledore?” —Grindelwald

That question was horrifying. It’s very typical of abusers to ask.

Poor Dumbledore 💔. It was a toxic relationship. Toxic love. That’s heartbreaking.

[selayapss]

Wasn't Grindeldore just a mere short-lived summer fling? It reminds me of people who fall head over heels in love after a week, get ruined, and then fall into depression because that guy was a complete asshole.

Why do people like this ship? Grindelwald seems like a total bitch, and Albus deserves so much better. After Ariana's death, I highly doubt Albus would ever fall in love with Gellert again. It changed his soul in the worst way, and I don't think he would ever allow himself to fall for him again. He would always replay Ariana's death, Aberforth's anger, and his own grief, and he would put up so many walls every time he even thought of Gellert.

And also, it's not like it was a long-lasting love that would make him crumble and put aside his convictions. They knew each other for two months—hardly enough time to genuinely love or truly know a person.

It's not even about what Albus deserves; it's about who he is. Pairing him with a person he connects with the downfall of his family, his biggest grief in life, as well as his biggest disillusionment and mistakes, goes against his entire character. It's like pairing Hermione with Voldemort. I'm not against enemies-to-lovers, opposites attract, or villains x heroes, but there should be something that allows the two to connect and let go of their walls—something that connects them internally. Albus doesn’t have that with Grindelwald. Gellert ruined his life. The fling he allowed himself to have with him ruined his family, and family means everything to Albus. He'd never get over it. He never got over it. His entire soul goes against that relationship. It goes against who he is. It goes against his morals, his convictions, his personality, his soul, his worldview, his needs, and his self. And that's not romantic. That's tragic.

[fafodill]

he strongly disagrees

[trappezoider]

Dumbo's and Grindo's first kiss? :D

[apicelladonna]

At the end of The Crimes of Grindelwald: Newt Scamander, mortified: You dated the brutal- most undesirable no. 1 war criminal Gellert Grindelwald? Albus Dumbledore, calmly: Well he wasn't the brutal- most undesirable war criminal when I was dating him.

[poitionsprince]

Severus being born in 1960, Lockhart in 1964.

Severus' worst memory - June, 1976 - Lockhart's first year.

Severus becoming a teacher on September of 1981 - Lockhart is in his 7th year.

The new students are weary of the dungeon bat and Lockhart just going "this goth potions nerd? I remember when *yada yada talk about his humiliation in the worst memory with how the rumors described it*"

Needless to say when Severus found out he made Lockhart's last year a living hell.

Needless to say Severus was very close to off Dumbledore when he gave Lockhart the DADA position.

[lulublack90]

Prompt 26 - Burn

@wolfstarmicrofic June 26, word count 721

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The three from Slytherin cabin threw their arms up and cheered. 

“Wait, what?!” Snape spat. “That’s our stool!” James pushed his way to the front of the crowd. 

“Mr Dumbledore, that isn’t their stool. It’s ours,” He gestured to the rest of them. Albus peered down at both stools. 

“They do look very similar, but I’m afraid I’ve lost track of whose is whose,” Albus said apologetically. 

To everyone’s surprise, Peter piped up.

“Flip it over,” He shouted over the excited crowd. Albus picked up the stool and looked at the bottom of it. 

“Peter woz ere!” He read aloud. 

“Ha, see it’s ours!” Peter squeaked triumphantly. 

Remus had to quickly wrap his arms around Sirius to stop his storming over to Mulciber and the others. 

“Sirius, don’t, it’s not worth it.” He struggled to keep hold of Sirius, he wasn’t as strong as Sirius was. 

Something flashed past him and on instinct he tightened his right arm around Sirius and shot his left out to catch what was rushing by. His hand wrapped around the back of Snape’s jumper. He dragged him back, away from his cabin mates. 

He was beginning to sweat with the force it took to keep them there. His body shook and Sirius stopped fighting. All his anger seemed to have left him and, instead of trying to get away, he started trying to calm Snape down. 

“Sev, stop, you’re hurting Remus.” Snape stopped fighting him.

“Maybe they got confused about which one was theirs like Albus did,” Remus suggested, glad they’d settled down as he was exhausted. Sirius brushed Remus’s damp hair off his forehead and took his hand. 

“Sorry, sweetheart. We can go hang out in the cabin after this, okay?” Sirius said sweetly, rubbing his thumb across Remus’s knuckles. Remus sighed, glad that Sirius could read him so well. 

“Well, it seems that Gryffindor cabin and Mr Snape have won this competition. Congratulations boys.” Dumbledore announced. A round of booing went around the hall. 

“Why do they always win?”

“I swear they must cheat! Nobody can win this much every year!”

“They only won because of Snape!”

“Enough!” McGonagall’s voice rang out over the protesting. “They win because they work together and utilise each person’s strengths. You could all do to learn from them and actually give them some competition for once,” 

“Yes, yes.” Dumbledore cut across her. “Well done boys. Now as for your prize,” McGonagall leant over and whispered in his ear. His fluffy eyebrows shot up.

“As all of you are on chores your prize will be,” He paused for dramatic effect. “NO MORE CHORES!!!” He cheered loudly, raising his arms above his head. “You may join in with all daily activities for the rest of your stay.”

“Woohoo!” Sirius and James cried together. 

“Yes, yes, well done, well done. Right, everybody, you can get back to your fun. The sun is out, the lake is cool. Go enjoy yourselves!” Dumbledore waved them out of the main hall. “But you don’t want to burn so make sure you apply lots of sunscreen,” He called after them all.  

They waited for James and Peter to come over to them and followed the crowd outside.

“Remus and I are going to lie down for a bit. What are you guys going to do?” Sirius asked the others. 

“I might join you,” James yawned. “All that washing, mopping and wiping has wiped me out,” He snickered at his own joke. 

“Me too,” Peter said, stretching out his sore muscles.

They walked back to their cabin and realised Snape wasn’t with them. 

“Hey, Sev, where you going?” James shouted at Snape, who was slumping off towards the forest. He looked up, scowling at them. 

“You’re all going into your cabin.” 

“Yeah, come on then,” Sirius waved his hand towards the cabin. 

“I want to lie down and I’m pretty sure there are only four beds in there,” Snape replied glumly. 

“Sirius and I are sharing,” Remus smiled mischievously. “You can have Sirius’s bed. Now come on and get over here and stop sulking, you look like a right git.” Remus dragged Sirius inside, having used up the last of his energy and needing to lie down badly.  

Snape rolled his eyes but followed them all in and made himself at home on Sirius’s bed.

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[bloodpxct]

Honestly Albus Dumbledore had every right to be evil if he wanted to be 😭 He survived not one, but two ministries/ministers not taking him seriously when there was a threat of a dark lord. I would have turned evil too 😭

[blue--ingenue]

the way Albus physically recoils every time Harry raises his voice makes me want to throw up

[alwayshinny]

James Sirius and Albus Severus Potter

[hexcurors]

why do u make albus suffer so much? 😡I'm going to block you!!!! I'm kiddin but you make me cryv 😭 

Because I like hurt/comfort

[wraith-caller]

Albus as an Ancient Assyrian soldier for the September Fashion challenge! Thank you to everyone who participated, and hope to see you for the October challenge soon :]

[i-gave-all-my-stds-to-charity]

Okay, Albus telling Harry that Scorpius was the most important person in his life was obviously like really romantic and a big deal BUT!!! What hits harder for me is "He might ALWAYS be the most important."

Because like, when you're 14, your best friend being the most important person in your life makes sense and isn't inherently romantic. But as an adult?? A lot of the time when people get older the most important people in their life are their nuclear families. LIKE YOUR SPOUSE😱😱😱. (Unless you are not interested in romance or marriage of course)

So like...?? He's basically saying he's gonna marry Scorpius one day lmao, so gay, live laugh love it

"Scorpius is my boyfriend...he might ALWAYS be my boyfriend" was what he was saying in his head- source: trust me bro🤓☝️

[fafodill]

THE SAFEST PLACE ON EARTH

I swear to god I laughed so much at the absence of common sense and logic in the Chamber of Secrets. If a monster was roaming the castle and the teachers (full grown and competent witches and wizards, including DUMBLEDORK HIMSELF) couldn't find it, I would be quacking in my boots and wanting to get the fuck home immediately. Special thanks to my friend Morgan, with whom I discussed this nonsense that brought us to the conclusion that Dumbledore wanted to keep his headmaster position so bad he prohibited the news to get out of the castle

[apicelladonna]

"I wasn't 'trauma dumping' I was just telling you my lore."

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore subtext exhibit 7

exhibit 1 | exhibit 2 | exhibit 3 | exhibit 4 | exhibit 5 | exhibit 6

[juniperpyre]

Harry & Dumbledore & Love

chapter 37 takes place immediately after harry returns from fighting death eaters and resisting voldemort's possession in the ministry. it takes place immediately after sirius black falls through the veil.

dumbledore finally decides to tell harry the truth of the prophecy and explain the reasoning behind his actions of the last fifteen years. why did he leave harry with his aunt and uncle, to ten years of abuse? he explains:

dumbledore is speaking, of course, of love. love is the ancient magic that lily invokes to save harry, that petunia and dumbledore invoke to protect him after lily's death.

this magic is powerful, perhaps the most powerful, and voldemort's fatal flaw is that he routinely underestimates the power of love. this brings his downfall.

as dumbledore explains his plan to harry, he points out his own missteps, his own flaws.

he cared for harry. he loved harry, and in doing so he acted in a way voldemort could predict and thwart. this is said just a page or two after dumbledore points out that voldemort's flaw is underestimating the power of love. and yet dumbledore's flaw is loving harry too much? is there such a thing as too much love, when lily's unending love for harry protects him fourteen years after her death? is this not dumbledore underestimating love, and using it in half measures, relegating it to the weakness that voldemort expects?

near the end of the chapter dumbledore returns to explaining the power of love:

love is the most powerful force in the world, according to dumbledore, but also his flaw. is this not a contradiction? does dumbledore fear love because it's out of his own control, beyond human intelligence, wonderful and terrible?

like voldemort, dumbledore trusts few people. he speaks to the power of love, yes, but like voldemort he underestimates it's power through being unwilling to wield it himself. dumbledore and voldemort's plans and machinations are interrupted more than once by lily and harry's ability to love. they underestimate lily and harry's powers, draws in on themselves, and trust no one, and they fail.

dumbledore cannot break himself of his fear of love and inability to trust others until his death. i wonder who besides harry may have survived if he could have