Broken Dumbledore
(my comments on “Anger and Albus Dumbledore” by u/HorseLaw14)
I think he doesn’t understand emotions at all. Yes, I will say,
he knows nothing about love. And, no, I don’t care whether he is
gay or straight, there is absolutely no evidence anywhere for
Dumbledore/Minerva (or Dumbledore/Snape, if you wish) ships
anywhere close to the neighbourhood of the canon.
As a married man for more than a quarter of a century, I know
that love is much more than sex, and we have no evidence that
Dumbledore truly loved anybody after the age of fifteen. And
without regard to whether they loved each other (we don’t know
it, really) or whether they did the deed, they certainly had no
time for love to develop into something real. And, as I said,
love is much more than that, when thinking about it love is
sharing of life most of all. I don’t know if I have ever read it
somewhere, but the unit of love for measurement of it is one bit,
unit of information. And yes, I understand operational security,
but absolute isolation from everybody else, and complete secrecy
about his thoughts is not only ludicrous (because a bus factor of
the Order of Phoenix was essentially one) but it also testifies
to quite a dysfunctional personality. So, yes, for all his talks
about love being the biggest magic in the world, he was saying it
as somebody who knows love only from afar, not from his personal
experience.
Also, if you are telling me that he couldn’t be in love with
anybody because he was carrying a torch for Grindelwald all that
time, in the same manner, Snape was carrying the torch for Lily,
I don’t believe you. I don’t trust that one either (it seems
quite obsessive and unhealthy not to be able to grieve through
that loss in eleven years at least to the level that one is not
bullying a son of your former lover), but at least Snape’s love
I can rationalize. Carrying a torch for the equivalent of Hitler
or Putin for ninety years is a sign of a seriously disturbed
personality, in my opinion. Love is not sickness, and when your
crush turns out to be a horrible monster, a normal person grieves
for a while mostly for the lost hope and goes on with his life.
Not keeping flame for another ninety years.
So, I am not into evil!Dumbledore or the manipulative!Dumbledore,
just into his rather a flawed personality. Not morally, but
psychologically.
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Soul bonds and arranged marriages
Comment on the Reddit thread “Soul bonding fics with depth?”
by ZappyFence discussing “Error of Soul” by Materia-Blade)
> Can you elaborate? As someone who read it, I'm still not sure
> what people mean when they say this.
In the end every soul-bond fanfiction story is a story of
imposed/unintended …
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Papež a válka
Jinak obecně. Myslím, že kromě Ruské federace a Putina je zatím
největším poraženým z Ukrajinské války Církev. My všichni
křesťané jsme velvyslanci Boží a nositelé imago Dei a nejlepším
obrazem Božím, který nevěřící kolem nás mohou spatřit, my všichni
se modlíme „posvěť se Jméno Tvé“ (snažím se tady zreprodukovat
křesťanskou …
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On Technology of Horcrux creation
(my comments on “Diary Horcrux Murder” by berkeleyjake)
It may be possible that the result of the ritual sacrifice can be
somehow stored and the ritual creating Horcrux can be done later.
What’s more important is this:
“Well, you split your soul, you see,” said Slughorn, “and
hide part …
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Nemohl jsem lhát
(moje odpověď k citované poznámce Radka Žižlavského na Facebooku)
No já bych to cítil jinak. Láska má přednost před předpisem,
napovídat spolužákům a neudávat (nemyslím vraždu nebo loupež)
je projevem právě toho, že určité bratrství (společenství,
podpora, věrnost - nevím jak to nazvat přesně) v kolektivu
existuje a to je moc …
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HP fanfiction as sci-fi
(my comments on the Reddit thread “What if there's no magic gene?” by 15_Redstones)
Concerning your thoughts about “The magic system is so whimsical,
I don’t think it should be susceptible to manipulation by
scientists.”, I am a bit torn. The one thing I really like about
the HP …
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Návrh zákona o Miloši Zemanovi
Parlament se v tradici zákonů 22/1930 Sb., 117/1990 Sb., 292/2004
Sb. a 94/2012 Sb. usnesl na tomto zákoně České republiky:
§ 1
Miloš Zeman poškodil republiku a její ústavní systém.
§ 2
Jméno Miloše Zemana nebude více zmiňováno. Pokud kdykoli
v budoucnu bude potřeba zmiňovat jeho osobu, budiž …
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Křesťan a politika (k článku Otakara Vožeha)
(Dan Drápal napsal reakci na článek Otakara Vožeha, já jsem měl
zapotřebí to také okomentovat).
Pokud se jedná o stručné rozhodnutí ano/ne k článku bratra Otakar
Vožeh -a tak nikdy nechci říci výraznější “ne”. Pokud tomu článku
dobře rozumím, tak bych měl zavrhnout nejenom misii bratra
Williama Wilbeforcea ale …
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Why to drop fanfiction story immediately
pink-pipes asked on Reddit
What Tropes or Scenes Have Made You Drop a Fic Immediately?
I have prepared this list:
- harem, Ménage à trois, polygamy, fluid sexuality, PWP
- adult/child + Death Eater/normal romantic relationships (yes,
I am certain there are some exceptions, but I have yet to find
truly …
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Letter to Dave: On the Death of the Church and the idol of success
(Dave Schmelzer asked in his monthly letter for thoughts on
the situation of the Church in America, so I have replied)
So, if you're game, I'd love to ask your thoughts on two
things. Do you believe that something has fundamentally gone
wrong with the American church? (I'm in forums …
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Kázání o smrti Církve
(kázání, silně krácené pronesené ve sboru ČCE Praha-Braník, 1.
srpna 2021)
Introit:
Ve jménu Boha Otce i Syna i Ducha svatého! / Amen
Oslavujte Hospodina, neboť je dobrý / neboť navěky milosrdenství jeho
Chvalte Hospodina, neboť je dobrý / neboť navěky milosrdenství jeho
Zpívejte Hospodinu, neboť je dobrý / neboť navěky milosrdenství jeho
Skrze …
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Jenkins on the Modus Moriendi of the Church
(my comments on the blog post “What if the Nones Really Do
Herald the Decline of Religion?” by Philip Jenkins)
It is unbelievable! I have been thinking for the last couple of
weeks exactly about this (preparing on preaching a sermon as
a guest in my old church). Here in …
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Historical Harry Potter stories
(my comments on the reddit thread “Fics like Starnlicht?” by
BallZealousideal2109)
It is strange how little fanfiction authors investigated the
whole area of the historical stories, a life of the magical
community outside (and before) the canonical storyline. Aside
from replants of the normal fanon stories to the past (“Prince …
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Horcruxes and Unhappy Dark Lord
Originally published as “Quest for Immortality by the Unhappy
Dark Lord” on Reddit.
I was thinking about this very unhappy adept for the Dark
Lordship, Tom Riddle:
- Hufflepuff’s Cup — while Tom Riddle was still travelling after
leaving Borgin and Burkes, and he considered dropping it into
The Mariana Trench …
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Overall post on “Breakfast in New York”
(cover letter for presenting my reviews of “Breakfast in New
York” by Radaslab; the first post and the second post)
I was rereading again “Breakfast in New York” by Radaslab and
I don’t know for certain why it aggravates me so much. Certainly
there is the conflict between generally …
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One more on “Breakfast in New York”
(second round of my comments on “Breakfast in New York” by
Radaslab; the first post)
There is this author’s note:
Eros Syndrome was not named or defined back then, but it was
there. Eros Syndrome was needed to explain certain things.
Namely, how could Hermione have let that happen …
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On Humanism
I have heard today yet another sermon where the preacher fought
against the great evil of humanism (fortunately, this was
a tangential comment, the main point of sermon was something else
and it was very good). It irked me again as it does anytime (most
often) American protestant pastor fights …
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Working class Snape?
(my post “All Our Kin: Snape and Evanses flight from the urban poverty of early 1980s”)
Discussing the character of Severus Snape in other thread, I was
made to think about the class structure behind the story. We know
that Severus Snape was a son of a jobless worker in …
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Good Petunia Stories
(my Reddit post “LF: Petunia is a witch afterall”)
I know about these:
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How not to use your character as a mouthpiece
(my contribution on the thread “Using your character as a mouth
piece” by Snoo)
If you are interested in the theory of writing, then I have to
suggest to you two very obscure and old books (yes, old books are
quite often better than the new ones): “The Mind of …
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Foundations of The Dark Magic
(my comments on “The Light and the Dark” by Uncommonality)
One of the many issues with the universe of the Harry Potter
books, which has never been fully resolved in the books by Ms
Rowling is the true nature of the Dark Magic. It is really not
explained. Dark Magic …
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On Vampires
(my comment regarding vampires on AO3)
Technical question of the day. Would the Homonum Revelius
spell reveal a hiding vampire? I figure it will reveal
a hiding werewolf but they’re still sort of human. Aren’t
vampires supposed to be “dead” and so would such a spell
reveal them …
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On Pelagianism
(my comments on “The Roots of Josh Hawley’s Rage” by Katherine
Stewart in The New York Times, 2021-01-11; letter to a friend who
raged against Senator Josh Hawley right after The Storming of US
Capitol)
OK, let me start by quoting Alan Cox, Welsh (he would killed me,
if …
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On Faith after Witch-hunts
(my comments on “Doesn't it make sense for wizards to be
Christian? A Historical Perspective” by u/PhantomKeeperQazs)
Of course, all Europeans almost without an exceptions were
Christians well into the 19th century. It was traditionally
unacceptable (or perhaps only unfashionable) not to be Christian
in Europe well into the …
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Werewolf stories
(my entry on “What are you reading? Weekly Post for 2021-01-06”)
After the discussion on other
thread,
I was given reference to three Harmony+werewolves stories (Lupin bites
somebody in the end of the third year). I found them surprisingly good:
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