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People in the fandom seem to mean "morally grey" as in not a good person but also not evil.

Good people can still be flawed. You can be good without being a saint. Perhaps it is this part that the fandom has trouble understanding?

And when you view Dumbledore as a war leader instead of as a fairy godmother, it's absurd to not call him a good person.

Let's compare him to actual historical leaders, cause it is easy to be a "good person" when you don't have to constantly make hard decisions where the fate of the world is at stake.

I am going to be honest, If I was a wizard I would absolutely not care whether Dumbledore planned to sacrifice Harry (with his consent and with a very high chance he would survive!) or not as long as the man saved us from Voldemort.

I lied Dumbledore isn't morally grey. Albus Dumbledore is a good man with a heart of gold, who made mistakes like a normal human being. A great leader who had to make sacrifices like all leaders and whose strategic genius defeated Voldemort. A humble man who continuously rejected power and even imprisoned the love of his life to protect the world. You all don't deserve him.

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The Grindeldore brainrot is too immense I fear.

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I lied Dumbledore isn't morally grey. Albus Dumbledore is a good man with a heart of gold, who made mistakes like a normal human being. A great leader who had to make sacrifices like all leaders and whose strategic genius defeated Voldemort. A humble man who continuously rejected power and even imprisoned the love of his life to protect the world. You all don't deserve him.

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How do you think this affects his relationship with Albus? There is discrepancy where he thinks Albus like him is the greatest of their kinds but also halfbloods are polluted. I wouldn't be shocked if he considers Albus with his godlike powers to be above these distinctions?

(I doubt this kind of bigotry was a side of him he showcased in 1899. On that topic Gellert was either more radicalized with time or he was hiding some of his uglier beliefs from Albus that summer. In Albus' letter to Gellert it is clear Albus wishes to rule over over muggles as benevolent overlords and this what him and Gellert agreed on. But fast forward to FB and Gellert feels no benevolence towards muggles and sees them as vermins to be crushed under his boots. This is also how Gellert conducts himself in the FB movies, he was all about love and acceptance in his speech in CoG and drew Queenie to his cause but SoD showed all that love and acceptance was just a play, he found Queenie and Jacob's love to be repugnant.)

I wonder how gellert would went addressing this in a world he won. Would he discriminate against muggleborns?

Honestly I wish the movies built more on Gellert's ideology. I don't want him to be too much like Voldemort with his pureblood mania but I also see your point this is the logical end of Gellert's muggle hate.

i know people complain about grindelwalds bigotry in SoD also extending to wizards but i will always argue that that always was gonna be the 'logical' conclusion of his anti-muggle bigotry; if you think one group of people are lesser, i find it hard to believe you wouldn't too start to value people differently depending on how far removed they are from the lesser group

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Dumbledore and Regulus not having one canon interaction 😭

You can always trust marauders stans to come up with imaginary beef between HP characters and Dumbledore.

Now this might come shocking -absolutely shocking- but the reason Regulus is at the bottom of the lake might be (whispers):

Voldemort...

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Two songs that make me think of Albus and Gellert's tragic romance:

How could I deny it, diamond in the rough You let me in your world until you had enough You knew that I wanted you to bend the rules How did I believe I had a hold on you?

Well, I walked into your dagger for the last time It's like trying to start a fire with matches in the snow Where you can't seem to hold me, can't seem to let me go So I can't find surrender and I can't keep control

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"And I swear I'm only cryptic and Machiavellian 'cause I care"

is such an Albus Dumbledore lyric.

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I wish we knew more about Kendra and Albus' relationship.

I knew my brother, Potter. He learned secrecy at our mother's knee. Secrets and lies, that's how we grew up...

Although Aberforth doesn't exactly paint a healthy family picture, he does seem to think Albus and Kendra was somewhat close. (Even though his opinions are very biased and coloured with bitterness)

Kendra used secrets and lies to protect her family. While Aberforth resented this Albus embraced that philosophy until the end of his life.

Maybe they didn't exactly have a lovey dovey relationship ( I always imagine Percival was the more affectionate parent) but I think Albus respected her and her resilience in the face of tragedies.

Which brings us to the question how did her death affect Albus?

Passing of a parent who has strong presence usually leaves people lost, unsure. This would be heightened with the fact Albus was left in charge of his two siblings. His own future falling into ambiguiuty beside his new responsibilities.

How much of this grief played into Albus' relationship with Grindelwald?

I have always found it incredulous how quickly the Albus Gellert romance moved. (They have known each other for like a month and they made a pact conjoining their souls.)

Dumbledore's life was turned upside down at the beginning of that summer. And I think he desperately clung into their love, their dreams and to this wondrous boy who told him they could do anything they set their minds to.

Summer of of 1899 is so bittersweet cause it's a fever dream brimming with tragedy.

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Grindeldore is so funny for the way both sides think the other abandoned them.

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Married and hot™️.