Dumbledore's Man: An Albus Dumbledore/Harry Potter Fanthread

[Traveler Albus Dumbledore]

"'I cared about you too much,' said Dumbledore simply, 'I cared more for your happiness than your knowing the truth, more for your peace of mind than my plan, more for your life than the lives that might be lost if the plan failed. In other words, I acted exactly as Voldemort expects we fools who love to act.'"
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, page 839

Albus Dumbledore has always been an icon of wisdom, power, and peace in the Harry Potter series. Even after Sirius fell victim to Dumbledore's mistake in judgment, even when he toppled dead from the edge of that tower, even when we discovered Dumbledore was once comrades with Grindelwald and planned the domination of Muggles for the "greater good." Many of us, like the Boy Who Lived, have remained Dumbledore's man, through and through.

But can any of us really understand how much Harry cared for Dumbledore? How much he trusted him? Do any of us besides the character himself, and perhaps the author who created him, know just how deep their bond went? When Harry felt grateful for Dumbledore's insightful explanations at the end of each school year – do we really know just how grateful he was? When Dumbledore seemed to read Harry's mind and answer accordingly – was it only a bit of Legilimency? When Harry raged at Dumbledore for his lack of attention, his lack of outward response, after Sirius's death – was it really just because he trusted Dumbledore as a teacher and wanted to know more? When Dumbledore claimed he acted like a fool because he loved Harry, was it all just for a little boy in glasses – or did he care for Harry in a way only the two of them understood? When Harry felt betrayed in Deathly Hallows, was it only the betrayal of a teacher and student?

"'Oh, yes,' says Skeeter, nodding briskly, 'I devote an entire chapter to the whole Potter-Dumbledore relationship. It's been called unhealthy, even sinister. Again, your readers will have to buy my book for the whole story, but there is no question that Dumbledore took an unnatural interest in Potter from the word go. Whether that was really in the boy’s best interests – well, we'll see. It's certainly an open secret that Potter had a most troubled adolescence.'"
. . . . . . .- as reported by Betty Braithwaite, The Daily Prophet

With perhaps more subtext than any other slash pairing in the Harry Potter fandom, Dumbledore/Harry rarely receives the attention it deserves – but no more! Rita wrote it, we support it: Dumbledore/Harry... theirloveissocanon.

[Auror Harry James Potter]

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[Auror Harry James Potter]

None. . . . .Keep it that way.

Flannel Lovin Kitty. . . . .Because it's been canon for like ever.. and it's grown since book one. It's consistent.

Nazi of Grammar. . . . .Because unlike a lot of pairings, Dumbledore/Harry is completely pure and loving -- they get along so well, and seemed to truly benefit from each other.

The God Cerridwen. . . . .Because I can't think of these two without smiling.

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[Auror Harry James Potter]

"He accused me of being 'Dumbledore's man through and through."
"How very rude of him."
"I told him I was."
(Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, page 357).

If there has been one consistency through out the Harry Potter novels, it has been Harry's ever-growing relationship with Albus Dumbledore. Since book one, the two have shared a bond... And it was in book six that this bond fully surfaces, bringing to light the possibility of a deeper relationship (if one chooses to see it that way, of course).

Half-Blood Prince features several key scenes, during which Harry and Dumbledore discuss Voldemort in a manner that goes well beyond the usual end-of-book resolution. It is a lecture that Harry normally receives – detailing the motives of the Dark Lord – but in a way that makes them equals, working together to defeat Voldemort:

"I may be close to finding another [horcrux]. There are hopeful signs."
"And if you do," said Harry quickly, "can I come with you and help get rid of it?"
Dumbledore looked at Harry very intently for a moment before saying, "Yes, I think so."
"I can?" said Harry, thoroughly taken aback.
"Oh, yes," said Dumbledore, smiling slightly. "I think you have earned that right."
Harry felt his heart lift. It was very good not to hear words of caution and protection for once.

(Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, page 507).

Several times, Dumbledore urges Harry towards an (inevitable) conclusion, and simply smiles when Harry reaches it himself. Case in point: Hufflepuff's teacup.

"The locket!" said Harry loudly. "Hufflepuff's Cup!"
"Yes," said Dumbledore, smiling.

(Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, page 505).

This is a new, interesting development: Dumbledore is no longer treating Harry as his student, but instead as an equal. As – if you want to go with a more romantic term – a partner. Allowing Harry to level with him, Harry acting in kind:

"But, sir," said Harry, making valiant efforts not to sound argumentative.

(Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, page 511).

A rather drastic change from the year before's screaming-and-smashing fit.

But despite this change, it isn't until the end of the book and after Dumbledore's death that this bond is really given its moment. In chapter twenty-six – The Cave, page 555 – Harry and Dumbledore leave Hogwarts to retrieve one of Voldemort's six Horcruxes. Harry's concern for Dumbledore is made clear when a sacrifice of blood is needed to be made in order to enter, and Harry attempts to stop Dumbledore from using his own blood:

"Yeah, but still, if you can avoid it..." said Harry, who had experienced enough pain and was not to be keen for more.
"Sometimes, however, it is unavoidable," said Dumbledore, shaking back the sleeve of his robes and exposing the forearm of his injured hand.
"Professor!" protested Harry, hurrying forward as Dumbledore raised his knife. "I'll do it, I'm –"
He did not know what he was going to say – younger, fitter? But Dumbledore merely smiled. There was a flash of silver, and a spurt of scarlet: the rock face was peppered with dark, glistening drops.
"You are very kind, Harry. [...] But your blood is worth more than mine."

(Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, page 560).

Throughout this, Dumbledore reminds Harry of his promise to obey his every order, deeming Harry's life vastly more important than his own.

"You remember," said Dumbledore, "the condition on which I brought you with me?"
Harry hesitated, looking into the blue eyes that had turned green in the reflected light of the basin.
"But what if – ?"
"You swore, did you not, to follow any command I gave you?"
"Yes, but – "
"I warned you, did I not, that there might be danger?"
"Yes," said Harry, "But – "
"Well, then," said Dumbledore, shaking his sleeves once more and raising the empty goblet, "you have my orders."
"Why can't I drink the potion instead?" asked Harry desperately.
"Because I am much older, much cleverer, and much less valuable," said Dumbledore.

(Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, page 570).

Might I also make a quick, subtext-oriented comparison as well? This "much older, much cleverer, and much less valuable" phrasing is also used a few chapters later in the book, when it becomes clear that Tonks has been pining after Lupin:

"And I've told you a million times," said Lupin, refusing to meet her eyes, staring at the floor, "That I am too old for you, too poor... too dangerous..."

(Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, page 624).

But, as we see in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and the subsequent marriage of Lupin and Tonks, such phrasing is usually a thinly veiled: "You can't do this because I love you too much." But, moving on...

This theme – Dumbledore's love and his desire to protect Harry – is also blatantly clear in both Deathly Hallows and Order of the Phoenix:

"Do you see, Harry? Do you see the flaw in my brilliant plan now? I had fallen into the trap I had foreseen, that I told myself I could avoid, that I must avoid."
"I don't – "
"I cared about you too much," said Dumbledore simply, "I cared more for your happiness than your knowing the truth, more for your peace of mind than my plan, more for your life than the lives that might be lost if the plan failed. In other words, I acted exactly as Voldemort expects we fools who love to act.
"Is there a defense? I defy anyone who has watched you as I have – and I watched you more closely than you could have imagined – not to want to save you more pain than you had already suffered. What did I care if numbers of nameless and faceless people and creatures were slaughtered in the vague future, if in the here and now you were alive, and well, and happy? I never dreamed that I would have such a person on my hands?"

(Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, page 839).

It should also be noted that, in the words of Rowling herself (in the fated Carnegie Hall interview revealing Dumbledore's homosexuality): "Falling in love can blind us to an extent." Like, perhaps, ignoring his beloved Grindelwald's drastic rise to power and their inevitable clash, "until it would have been too shameful to resist any longer. People were dying and he seemed unstoppable, and I had to do what I could." (HPDH, 718 ). Could this blatant ignoring of reason show Dumbledore's affections for both men?

Going back to Dumbledore's earnestness in protecting Harry: It was again stated blatantly in Deathly Hallows, this time by Hermione after Harry questions Dumbledore's motives, having read a passage in Rita Skeeter's book:

"Look what he asked from me, Hermione! Risk your life, Harry! And again! And don't expect me to explain everything, just trust me blindly, trust that I know what I'm doing, trust me even though I don't trust you! Never the whole truth! Never!"
His voice cracked with the strain, and they stood looking at each other in the whiteness and emptiness, and Harry felt they were as insignificant as insects beneath that wide sky.
"He loved you," Hermione whispered, "I know he loved you."

(Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, page 362).

At the end of The Cave (Half-Blood Prince, you'll recall, is what we were originally discussing), Harry all but drags Dumbledore from the cave and out of reach of the Inferi, reassuring him in his weakened state that he is going to be fine, and not to worry, as "I'll get us back.. lean on me, sir..." (HPHBP, 577). This is minutes after crying "no, you're not dead, you said it wasn't poison, wake up, wake up – " to a seemingly dead Dumbledore, attempting to use Dumbledore's words, which Harry trusted, against him to prove he cannot possibly die and leave Harry alone (HPHBP, 574). After continued assurances, chapter ends with this:

"...Don't worry..."
"I am not worried, Harry," said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the freezing water, "I am with you."

(Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, page 578 ).

Upon their arrival at Hogwarts, Harry plays helpless witness to Dumbledore's death at the hands of Severus Snape. Harry's chases thoughtlessly after Snape, even as he struggles to believe it (first "It had not happened... it could not have happened..." on HPHBP 597, then "Not Hagrid... not Hagrid too..." on 601). His only goal is now to kill "the man he now hated as much as he hated Voldemort himself." (HPHBP 603).

Harry's subsequent failure to capture Snape and coming upon Dumbledore's fallen body at the base of the Astronomy Tower (HPHBP 605 and 608 ), leads Harry to his first real tears since the death of his godfather:

Harry crumpled the parchment in his hand, and his eyes burned with tears as behind him Fang began to howl.

(Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, page 610).

During the funeral, Harry thinks on Dumbledore and has to suppress a laugh at recalling Dumbledore's words from the Arrival Feast in his first year – "He suddenly remembered Dumbledore's idea of a few words, 'nitwit,' 'oddment,' 'blubber,' and 'tweak' and again had to suppressed a grin... What was the matter with him?" (HPHBP 644). Shortly after, he realizes with startling clarity that Dumbledore is indeed "dead, gone" (HPHBP 644) and cannot help but dwell on things that he will never be able to ask him – and once again Harry is brought to tears.

The book ends with one final, powerful moment before Harry goes to Ron and Hermione. Rufus Scrimgeour attempts to speak with him once again about putting his support with the Ministry:

"I've been hoping to have a word... do you mind if I walk a little way with you?"
"No," said Harry indifferently, and set off again.
"Harry, this was a dreadful tragedy," said Scrimgeour quietly. "I cannot tell you how appalled I was to hear of it. Dumbledore was a very great wizard. We had our disagreements, as you know, but no one knows better than I – "
"What do you want?" asked Harry flatly.

(Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, page 648 ).

However, it is Scrimgeour's mention of the "bond" between Harry and Dumbledore has Harry truly reacting to his words:

"You are, of course, devastated," he said. "I know that you were very close to Dumbledore. I think you may have been his favorite pupil ever. The bond between the two of you – "
"What do you want?" Harry repeated, coming to a halt.

(Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, page 648 ).

Harry even goes on to defend Dumbledore –

"But Dumbledore is gone, Harry. He's gone."
"He will only be gone from the school when there are none here loyal to him," said Harry, smiling in spite of himself.

(Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, page 648 ).

– ending with a final declaration that carries on until the end of the novels, where Harry bestows upon his son the name of the beloved headmaster. Because, as we see through all the books, he's "Dumbledore's man, through and through. That's right." (HPDH 648 ).

[Traveler Albus Dumbledore]

"He was often described as the greatest wizard of the age, but what wasn't why Harry respected him. You couldn't help trusting Albus Dumbledore, and as Harry watched him beaming around at the students, he felt really calm for the first time since the dementor had entered the train compartment."

. . . . . . . Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, page 91

"Harry stared up into the grave face and felt as though the ground beneath him were falling sharply away. He had grown used to the idea that Dumbledore could solve anything."

. . . . . . . Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, page 393

"Harry looked up at him. Dumbledore wouldn't laugh -- he could tell Dumbledore...

'I thought it was my dad who'd conjured my Patronus. I mean, when I saw myself across the lake... I thought I was seeing him.'

"An easy mistake to make," said Dumbledore softly. "I expect you'll tire of hearing it, but you do look extraordinarily like James. Except for the eyes... you have you mother's eyes.'"

. . . . . . . Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, page 427

"Then a pair of hands seized him roughly and turned him over.

'Harry! Harry!'

He opened his eyes.

He was looking up at the starry sky, and Albus Dumbledore was crouched over him....

Harry let go of the cup, but he clutched Cedric to him even more tightly. He raised his free hand and seized Dumbledore's wrist while Dumbledore's face swam in and out of focus."

. . . . . . . Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, page 671

"'He wanted me to to bring him back,' Harry muttered -- it seemed important to explain this. 'He wanted me to bring him back to his parents...'

'That's right, Harry... just let go now...'

Dumbledore bent down, and with extraordinary strength for a man so old and thin, raised Harry from the ground and set him on his feet."

. . . . . . . Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, page 672

[Auror Harry James Potter]

Here are a couple of Dumbledore/Harry-ish screenshops from the Harry Potter movies. Snagged from Mugglenet.

[Traveler Albus Dumbledore]

What are your favorite Dumbledore/Harry quotes from the books?
From the movies?

When did you first get into the pairing?

When reading OOTP, did you feel that Dumbledore's speech to Harry was slashy, or was it a typical teacher-student discussion?

How do feel Dumbledore's manipulation affected his relationship with Harry?

What do you think about the Half-Blood Prince essay above?

The sixth movie is already being filmed - do you think it will do the pairing as much justice as the book seemed to?

Do you think Dumbledore and Harry could have carried on a relationship while Harry attended Hogwarts?

Do you think the upcoming theme park will have professional cosplayers depicting the pair?

What would you have liked Dumbledore and Harry to have discussed before Dumbledore's death?

If Dumbledore had survived, where would the series have gone? What would their life together be like?

[Auror Harry James Potter]

Dumbledore is too old for Harry.

I find that to be a rather weak argument against the pairing actually. Unless you've never noted Harry's (unusually detailed) observations on Dumbledore's appearance:

Professor Dumbledore, though very old, always gave an impression of great energy.
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, page 91

There in the doorway stood a tall, thin man with waist-length silver hair and a beard.
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, page 45

"He wanted me to bring him back," Harry muttered -- it seemed important to explain this. He wanted me to bring him back to his parents."
"That's right, Harry... just let go now..."
Dumbledore bent down, and with extraordinary strength for a man so old and thin, raised Harry from the ground and set him on his feet.
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry's descriptions of Dumbledore usually lack the use of "old" – unless making note (such as the above PoA quote) to how, despite his looks, he was still very active for someone of his many years. In addition to this, Dumbledore shows great strength when lifting the hysterical Harry from Cedric's body – would a man too old to get it up really be able to lift a sobbing fourteen year old boy with such ease?

Like my Gram used to say -- you're only as old as you let yourself feel.

Dumbledore isn't a *****]

I find it amusing that everyone is so quick to compare teacher/student relationships that of child molester/victim situations. It was stated time and time again that wizards "come of age" at 17:

"Ah," said Dumbledore pleasantly, "but in the Wizarding world, we come of age at seventeen."
Uncle Vernon muttered, "Preposterous," but Dumbledore ignored him.
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood prince, page 54

There is no written rule that Dumbledore/Harry had to be sexual in any way, or happen before Harry's seventeenth birthday – there are such things as Alternate Universe fanfictions, in which Dumbledore does not die, or comes back to life. Lord knows there was enough "proof" to prove Dumbledore didn't die at all in Half-Blood Prince (though such interpretations were thwarted by Rowling herself some time ago).

Dumbledore isn't gay.

Yes, he is.

Harry isn't gay, he married Ginny.

define: bisexual
"A person who is emotionally and/or sexually oriented towards both sexes. Once viewed primarily as a phase of gay or lesbian development, bisexuality is now regarded as a valid, independent sexual identity."
- LGBTIQ Definitions.

define: fanon
"Popularly accepted information or characterization that comes from the imagination of the fans rather than from canon. Fanon usually originates in fan fiction."
- Glossary of Fannish Terms

Dumbledore was with Grindelwald.

This is debatable – I've heard the word "unrequited" used in more news reports on the subject than not, but I suppose until more information is revealed on the topic, we'll chalk it up as (POSSIBLY) bad reporting to save ourselves a big fight with Dumbles/Naziboy junkies.

Instead, I would like to raise attention to the fact that Dumbledore's affections for Grindelwald were in his youth – Harry was not. Harry comes into Dumbledore's life many decades later, stubborn as a bull and full of possibility.

"Dumbledore thinks very highly of you, as I'm sure you know," he [a portrait in Dumbledore's office] said comfortably. "Oh yes. Holds you in great esteem."
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, page 822

I would also like to bring up the point that Dumbledore's supposed (and probably nonexistent) affair with Grindelwald would have spanned over a much sorter period of time than his growing relationship with Harry:

"Two months of insanity, of cruel dreams, and neglect of the only two members of my family left to me."
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, page 717

And, in addition, despite the romantic notions of the usual Dumbles/Naziboy fan, it does not seem that Dumbledore cared for Gellert as dearly as has become the popular belief:

"Grindelwald was looking for [the Hallows] too?" he asked.
Dumbledore closed his eyes for a moment and nodded.
"It was the thing, above all, that drew us together," he said quietly.
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, page 714

Which is a far cry from tragically romantic, unlike one of my most favorite Dumbledore/Harry quotes:

"I cared about you too much," said Dumbledore simply, "I cared more for your happiness than your knowing the truth, more for your peace of mind than my plan, more for your life than the lives that might be lost if the plan failed. In other words, I acted exactly as Voldemort expects we fools who love to act."
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, page 839

Continuing on that point, I would like to bring up two letters written by Dumbledore himself. One was sent to Gellert (Deathly Hallows, page 357) in which Dumbledore discusses the GREATER GOOD campaign, and the other was sent to Harry in regards to Dumbledore coming to fetch him in Half-Blood Prince. The letter to his beloved Naziboy is merely signed "Albus," but the letter to Harry is ended with:

"Hoping to see you this Friday,
I am, yours most sincerely,
Albus Dumbledore"
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, page 43

which is decidedly more intimate then a hastily scribbled first name.

Which also brings up the nature of Dumbledore's devotion – did he care more for Harry, or for Gellert? Just what was Albus willing to sacrifice for them? We see that Dumbledore was not willing to kill for the sake of he and Grindelwald's plans, but for Harry, indirect murder was perfectly acceptable:

"I defy anyone who has watched you as I have – and I watched you more closely than you could have imagined – not to want to save you more pain than you had already suffered. What did I care if numbers of nameless and faceless people and creatures were slaughtered in the vague future, if in the here and now you were alive, and well, and happy? I never dreamed that I would have such a person on my hands."
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, page 839

This is only the tip of the Dumbles/Naziboy versus Dumbledore/Harry argument – but if I sat here for the next three days, I would not only have spent three days far too long on one silly subject, but I would also be thwarting any room for debate.. which I truly am looking forward to. ;P

Harry wasn't interested in Dumbledore.

Even at fourteen, Harry seemed quite smitten with his headmaster:

Harry scanned the table more carefully. Tiny little Professor Flitwick, the Charms teacher, was sitting on a large pile of cushions beside Professor Sprout, the Herboloy teacher, whose hat was askew over her flyaway gray hair. She was talking to Professor Sinistra of the Astronomy department. On Professor Sinistra's other right was the sallow-faced, hook-nosed, greasy-haired Potions Master Snape – Harry's least favorite person at Hogwarts...
...in the very center of the table, sat Professor Dumbledore, the headmaster, his sweeping silver hair and beard shining in the candlelight, his magnificent deep green robes embroidered with many stars and moons. The tips of Dumbledore's long, thin fingers were together and he was resting his chin upon them, staring up at the ceiling through his half-moon spectacles as though lost in thought.
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, page 175

Very odd that Harry's description of Dumbledore covers the same number of lines as who he takes note of at the rest of the table. This, to me, shows that Harry was more interested in seeing Dumbledore than the rest of the staff – which is rather sweet, if you ask me. (Not to mention that at this point, Harry's probably started to take note of his own sexual urges; at fourteen, I took great notice of people's hands as well, cataloguing the information for later masturbation fantasies – hurhur).

Dumbledore was loads smarter than Harry – the two could never be on the same level as he and Gellert, who "inflamed" (DH, 716) Dumbledore with his ideas.

Pfft. Like Harry couldn't "inflame" Dumbledore in far more.. interesting ways. I don't find being "inflamed" by ideas of taking over the world very sexy. Being "inflamed" by Harry's honest smile, his stubborn ways, his sexy little arse in those too-tight uniform pants – ahem.

On a serious note, we see several times that Dumbledore, though most assuredly smarter than Harry, is often knocked down a few pegs by the younger male:

For the first time since Harry had met Dumbledore, he looked less than an old man, much less. He looked fleetingly like a small boy caught in wrongdoing.
"Can you forgive me?" he said. "Can you forgive me for not trusting you? [...] I crave your pardon, Harry. I have known, for some time now, that you are the better man."
"What are you talking about?" asked Harry, startled by Dumbledore's tone, by the sudden tears in his eyes.
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, page 713

It has been noted several times that Harry feels safe, protected around Dumbledore –

He was often described as the greatest wizard of the age, but what wasn't why Harry respected him. You couldn't help trusting Albus Dumbledore, and as Harry watched him beaming around at the students, he felt really calm for the first time since the dementor had entered the train compartment.

- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, page 91

- but Dumbledore takes just as much comfort from Harry's presence:

"...Don't worry..."
"I am not worried, Harry," said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the freezing water, "I am with you."
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, page 578

Alright. I think I've covered most of the basic arguments... I'll post more as they are addressed.

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