Bozuit
June 8, 2012, 7:11pm
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Fenris:
The bigger problem (for me) is the utter douchebaggery Dumbledore shows in that scene.
Dumbledore: Harry, it would be great if YOU took the time turner back in time to set things right, even though < cough > if you get caught there’ll be…trouble.
(a Rational Harry): Why don’t you take it back then? I’m a 2nd year(? 3d year?) student. You’re the most powerful wizard in the world. Not only are you better equiped to handle the danger, but if I get caught, especially after the “Blow up my aunt” thing and the Dobby thing coming soon, I’m gonna lose my wand.
Craven, Douchebag Dumbledore: Oh, well…um…they’re expecting me back. I’ll…cover…for you. That’s it.
Rational Harry: Um–hey douchebag–it’s A TIME MACHINE. You can use it, spend a month in the past and come back 1 second after you left.
Dumbledork: I have to go now.
For me, since I loathe the character of Dumbledore and think the series reads better with him as an equally evil (but better with PR) wizard as Voldy, it’s not a problem–he’s trying to get his pawns to do something that he’ll grab credit for. Perfectly good villain action. But it’s still a huge plot-hole if you accept Dumbs as non-evil.
Perhaps Dumbledore just has less motivation to do it. Harry and co. desperately want to be heroes. Maybe Dumbledore is, quite reasonably, willing to help them do it but not do it himself. There’s also, of course, going to be far more of a scandal if Dumbledore gets caught interfering with the law.