I love oddities !

Mar 10, 2009 22:15


All his life, White remained a wonderful eccentric; in Alderney he used to surprise his guests when, wearing a scarlet toweling dressing-gown like a monk’s habit, he welcomed them to this brightly red-painted kitchen, or when he gave them a meal each day in a different room so as to leave the washing-up behind or when he told them that he had only ( Read more... )

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anonymous March 10 2009, 21:46:23 UTC
I like him too !
That more the stories about his youth, his relationships with his lovers, his dogs... what a wonderful man !
(Yes he would really been a good model for Dumbledore, to all extends !)

Azou

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verowyn March 10 2009, 21:57:13 UTC
Well, the Dumby's model thing would make sense, you know, because White identify himself with Merlyn (his Merlyn, as a pedagogue, a scholar, and also an excentric), and we all know that Dumby is an avatar of Merlyn... So... ^^

Where do you find these smileys, by the way!?

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verowyn March 10 2009, 22:00:22 UTC
Oh, oh! I forget!
Homosexuality!
Yes, White is definitely the model of Dumbledore!

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anonymous March 10 2009, 22:24:56 UTC
Personally I first thought about the homosexuality before Merlin - maybe because I didn't have to think about Merlin: that was obvious !

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verowyn March 10 2009, 22:27:47 UTC
Yeah, well, I first think to the oddities, as a matter of fact, but the three things are relevant, I think!

Wait a minute, I will edit the entry, because I just find a new oddity!

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