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Harry Potter, the protagonist, was not Dumbledore’s puppet
Just like I did with another post, I decided to make my own bringing up the same points, because I think they’re relevant enough to stand on their own. So I genuinely don’t understand where this idea comes from —that Harry was manipulated by Dumbledore from the very beginning, that he should never have trusted him — and from these ideas, people somehow jump to the conclusion that Harry was Dumbledore’s puppet the entire time, caught in some political game between him and Voldemort, while ignoring Voldemort being Harry’s equal, something confirmed in the books:
“He chose the boy he thought most likely to be a danger to him,” said Dumbledore. “And notice this, Harry. He chose, not the pureblood (which, according to his creed, is the only kind of wizard worth being or knowing), but the half-blood, like himself. He saw himself in you before he had ever seen you
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Why did Voldemort pick Harry and not Neville?
JK Rowling: Dumbledore explains this in 'Order of the Phoenix'. Voldemort identified more with the half-blood boy and therefore decided he must be the greater risk.
Reinforced by the author herself.
‘The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches ... born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies... and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not... and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives ... the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies…’
And the quote above was even pointed out in an article on the official Harry Potter site that literally says: 7 times that Professor Trelawney actually got it right.
It’s worth noting that the same quote explicitly says “The one,” which refers to Harry himself, not to him as a tool for another character, or even for those who stood by him and helped him along the way. I’ve seen people try to lean on the idea of collectivity and the lesson on friendship of the series to argue otherwise, as if the core of the saga didn’t begin with Harry and Voldemort being marked as equals. It’s not about a collective standing above the individual and diluting the protagonist’s agency; it’s about how that very collective forms and organizes itself around him.
So, it doesn’t make sense for a series called Harry Potter to have its own protagonist reduced to being groomed into Dumbledore’s puppet. Harry didn’t even trust Dumbledore with everything, and he spent a good part of the series trying to hide things from him. Like in GoF, when he never told him about his dreams or the pain in his scar. In HBP, he fully disagrees with Dumbledore about Draco and Snape, proving he doesn’t always trust his judgments. He also sees Hermione as the one who trusts Dumbledore’s authority the most. Even if they share similar values, Harry literally grew up wary of Dumbledore’s secrecy, and he wasn’t one to be restrained when it came to pursuing things on his terms.
Harry has immense respect for him, not just because he believes in his intentions — in the cause behind them — but because there’s an almost paternal bond there. So why is that framed as blind trust? Their relationship is more complex than that!
It’s always about reducing things into easily digestible concepts— the same way people take the good vs evil framework, rendered as Harry (the hero) = pure and naive, Voldemort (the villain) = impure and heartless. And that’s the same logic here, because Dumbledore is a manipulative – “impure” – figure, Harry is then positioned against him, cast as the “pure” counterpart and automatically reduced to a passive lamb. All the nuance gets ignored, as if actions could only exist in a single, illogical dimension.
That kind of interpretation fails to account for Harry Potter himself.
Harry was a soldier— DA’s leader, carrying out a mission he believed in, just as much as Dumbledore did. And he had plenty of personal reasons for it; to end the war that had defined his entire life, and to make sure no one else had to die for something that was always meant to end with him. His sacrifice was a choice — one he had the courage and honor to make himself. Again, like a soldier, like a hero — not because he was being manipulated by Dumbledore.
Yes, Dumbledore is an extremely manipulative individual, but implying Harry’s choices were a product of that entirely misses the point of his character. The lack of actually reading the books— where the narration is centered on Harry— leads some people to come up with random theories that erase defining elements of the story.
Dumbledore almost always shows his emotions
I remember seeing a post some time ago from a Dumbledore fan(No shade intended of course!!) referencing Dumbledore's stoicism, and it made me think, stoicism really isn't something I attribute to Dumbledore's personality as a usual position for him in my opinion.
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