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Originally Posted by Nelebh
I thought that too. Not sure where it did come that idea, but I was sure Rowling had swear off writing anymore Potter's books, as in these lines. But looking it up now [ 1][ 2] AnemicOak is right, she was careful to let open a possibility, she didn't say categorically no, I won't write anymore about Harry. I was under that impression though. |
Well, maybe that is the source of my confusion.
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Discovering that Dumbledore was less than the all-great, always right mage, pretty much shocked me when I was reading the seventh book. After six books, the change was dramatic, even more so with he dying. But I enjoyed it, because it made him more complex than simply a paternal figure that was always protecting Harry.
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Indeed it does.
When basically good people do the wrong things for the right reasons is when they become interesting as people.
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I disagree with all those Fanfiction authors who portray an evil Dumbledore, but some of them portray a very well-written flawed Dumbledore -- and illustrate some excellent justifications for the troublesome bits of canon, in a canon-compliant way. Not vindication, justification. as Dumbledore himself pointed out "In fact, being – forgive me – rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger."
A fact which JKR rarely seemed to consider, for some strange reason. Why doesn't the actual canon do a half-decent job of making him a complex person? All we ever get is some fragments more-or-less handwaved away, in the 7th book.