i know tom riddle turned out super evil and awful and monstrous etc etc but grown ass middle aged man albus dumbledore (a teacher!!!!!!! of children!!!!!!! like his job is to Mold Young Minds!!!!) meeting an 11 year old boy in an orphanage and introducing him to MAGIC and then “”“”“"getting a bad feeling”“”“”“ when this 11 YEAR OLD ORPHAN EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE IDEA OF NO LONGER BEING SAD & POWERLESS is peak rowling bullshit lmfao
“but it was because tom reminded him of grindelwald–”
ELEVEN YEARS OLD
ELEVEN !!!!
I WAS STILL SOMETIMES PLAYING DRESS UP WITH BARBIES WHEN I WAS ELEVEN ARE YOU FUCKING KID D ING ME
“and then he was sorted into slytherin–”
P E A K ROWLING BULLSHIT
ELEVEN YEAR OLDS WITH TRAGIC SHITTY CHILDHOODS ARE ALLOWED TO PRIORITIZE AMBITION AS A PERSONALITY TRAIT IF THEY WANT TO HOLY SHIT
“and he gravitated towards dark magic–”
E L E V E N
ELEVEN YEARS OLD
I LISTENED TO THAT ONE LINKIN PARK SONG THAT I NOW KNOW AS AN ADULT WAS ABOUT CRIPPLING DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE IDEATION ON REPEAT FOR LIKE SIX MONTHS WHEN I WAS ELEVEN
YOU’RE TELLING ME ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT AND POWERFUL TEACHERS AT HOGWARTS COULDN’T FINAGLE A FUN WAY TO GET AN ELEVEN YEAR OLD BOY INTERESTED IN FUCKING HERBOLOGY OR DRAGONS OR SOMETHING ARE YOU FOR REAL????? AR E YOU
anyway dumbledore was trash that’s it that’s the hot take here bye