* What's it with Rowling and the comparisons of people with animals? Rats, lions, toads and now the Minister is like a crab.
Go figure. It used to be shorthand for characterization. In popular stereotype rats are treacherous and toads disgusting, so Pettigrew's a rat and Umbridge looks like a toad. But what's the stereotype of a crab, and when did Harry ever see one, under a rock or otherwise?
* Ahahaa, Dumbledore had elbow-length hair even as a teenager. I can so imagine him grooming his hair, looking for split ends. With his fancy clothes and his fancy hair, Dumbledore is quite vain a wizard.
* OMG, is that what JKR thinks gay people are?
I wouldn't put it past her, but otoh she's made such a point of wizards' freaky dress sense that Dumbledore doesn't stand out in any way. Whatever she intended it comes across like he's just one more conceited wizard who likes attention.
Btw, elbow-length red hair? Seriously? Maybe the Ron-is-Dumbledore theorists gave up too soon. They should have been looking closer at Ginny.
I don't buy red hair dancing in the wind (with or without hard blazing looks) for either Ginny or Dumbledore. Red hair tends to be stiffer than the softly wafting blond hair one normally associates with the dancing bit.
No, it was probably in a severe bun, hidden under his balaclava. As Grindelwald was the owner of the Elder wand that JKR insists was infallible that means Dumbles couldn't win in a duel. Therefore he must have snuck up on him, and hexed him in the back. What a guy!
Go figure. It used to be shorthand for characterization. In popular stereotype rats are treacherous and toads disgusting, so Pettigrew's a rat and Umbridge looks like a toad. But what's the stereotype of a crab, and when did Harry ever see one, under a rock or otherwise?
* Ahahaa, Dumbledore had elbow-length hair even as a teenager. I can so imagine him grooming his hair, looking for split ends. With his fancy clothes and his fancy hair, Dumbledore is quite vain a wizard.
* OMG, is that what JKR thinks gay people are?
I wouldn't put it past her, but otoh she's made such a point of wizards' freaky dress sense that Dumbledore doesn't stand out in any way. Whatever she intended it comes across like he's just one more conceited wizard who likes attention.
Btw, elbow-length red hair? Seriously? Maybe the Ron-is-Dumbledore theorists gave up too soon. They should have been looking closer at Ginny.
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