Except, of course, that Voldemort is no longer right the moment he takes the steps he's been taking - torture, murder, extortion, yadda yadda. Sorry - you've organized some no-brainer but frequently unspoken aspects of Voldemort's methods and possible motivations in a very eloquent way, but eh. Personally, I'm puzzled (and sometimes a little disturbed) by Potterfandom's penchant for extreme moral ambiguity/Death Eater sympathizing that goes hand in hand with "good guy" bashing (not that you're doing the latter, I just notice it a lot in general). Yes, all is not well in the default wizarding world, but that doesn't mean we all need to go and root for the bad guys, either. *shakes head*
When did he laugh off attempted murder? The Snape thing? I think the idea that Dumbledore didn't take the whole situation very seriously indeed is fanon, brought about by Snape's particularly dark (not that I blame him) view of the incident.
While I wouldn't say there's any evidence that he "laughed it off", so far as we know he didn't expel Sirius or do anything especially severe. After all, Hagrid was expelled and his wand broken after Myrtle's death - given that Sirius tried attempted murder, expulsion is at least a possibility for the fair-minded.
He could have been suspended, put in detention for the rest of his schooling career, or even been held back a year - Snape wouldn't consider any of that adequate penalty, really, and no one else is likely to want to talk about it. Now, I have no opinion one way or another on how Sirius was punished, except that I don't think Dumbledore did anything like "laughing it off."
makes you think of the fealty to a king in many ways doesn't it? and also when one considers the next book's title.. Harry Potter and the Halfblood Prince.
We have a ministry but we haven't seen a Royalty in the WW as yet, i'm interested in how literally prince is meant.
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We have a ministry but we haven't seen a Royalty in the WW as yet, i'm interested in how literally prince is meant.
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Oh, am I ever late to this party.
I have to agree with you there. That was just cruel.
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