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Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore (albusdumbledore) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2013-06-27 11:48:00

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Special, as a word, I've always thought, can be just as positive or negative as most words -- and perhaps most of all, the word unique. To exist above, beyond or outside the norm is never an option, rarely a desire. To be special is to be hated, it is to disappoint, it is to persevere for change and enlightenment, it is to teach, to learn and to lie.

William Carlos Williams once said that poets 'are damned but they are not blind, they see with the eyes of angels.' and I believe that this is true for anyone who is extraordinary. It is a gift as it is a curse, you may exceed all expectations but your own -- or none.

I think that's why I've always liked knitting.

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	elodin 2013-06-27 04:00 pm UTC (link)
	It's a special sort of foolishness that makes a man tell others how extraordinary he is. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	albusdumbledore 2013-06-27 04:02 pm UTC (link)
	Though I am rather fond of my knitting patterns. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	elodin 2013-06-27 04:06 pm UTC (link)
	I never could pick up the habit. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	albusdumbledore 2013-06-27 04:11 pm UTC (link)
	Truth be told, it fell upon my lap. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	elodin 2013-06-27 04:26 pm UTC (link)
	As long as you aren't clamoring to be the exception to the rule. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	aphotic_auror 2013-06-27 04:11 pm UTC (link)
	~~Gosh, you sound familiar somehow...~~ I'd love to learn to knit, myself, though... I've never had the time or the patience for it -- possibly even both have been lacking in me, rather...! Heh! But now I'm seem to be on a permanent holiday here... maybe I COULD learn...! I'm Parnel Jugson, sir... And you are...? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	albusdumbledore 2013-06-27 04:12 pm UTC (link)
	Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore. Hello! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphotic_auror 2013-06-27 04:17 pm UTC (link)
	[....] Sir... Just... WOW! I'm sorry, sir, but - you look so much younger than the last time I saw you...! I mean, hallo to you too, sir...! Heh... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	albusdumbledore 2013-06-27 04:19 pm UTC (link)
	And how do you do? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphotic_auror 2013-06-27 04:23 pm UTC (link)
	I'm well, sir, thanks very much...! And...how are you faring, sir? I mean, other than at least fifty years younger than when I last saw you...? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	righttorule 2013-06-27 04:20 pm UTC (link)
	'Special' is a word so vague as to be useless. Men have characteristics that are valuable to variable degrees. Some combinations are more useful; others, less. You are valuable. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	albusdumbledore 2013-06-27 04:25 pm UTC (link)
	Good of you to say. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	righttorule 2013-06-27 04:28 pm UTC (link)
	Say rather, accurate. "Good" gets more than its due. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	aphotic_auror 2013-06-27 04:26 pm UTC (link)
	Of course he is, sir...! I doubt anyone in Britain or greater Europe would doubt that, after all he's done for them! Even he himself would be loath to doubt his own self-worth with all the good he's wrought... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	righttorule 2013-06-27 04:31 pm UTC (link)
	People have an infinite capacity for underestimating the services they've been rendered, but no doubt you are correct. He is only occasionally given to wasting his time on modesty. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

((Ooc: Sorry, i couldn't RESIST the urge, even though *I* know who she's talking to...! X-D))

aphotic_auror
2013-06-27 04:36 pm UTC (link)

Oh, indeed, I don't doubt That sir...! I mean, just with the war alone... Well, both wars, really... The one against Grindelwald, and the one against Lord Vold-- er, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named...! I mean, Dumbledore should have been able to bloody well retire on his laurels, after all that... but still, last I heard, he was still protecting Hogwarts for all our children... ~~Well, not MY children, given that I don't HAVE any yet, but...~~

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	living_history 2013-06-27 04:21 pm UTC (link)
	That's an odd way to close out. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	aphotic_auror 2013-06-27 04:25 pm UTC (link)
	Indeed, ma'am, but -- well, Professor Dumbledore is a very odd man, after all...! heh! Sorry... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	albusdumbledore 2013-06-27 04:25 pm UTC (link)
	Oh? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	living_history 2013-06-27 04:30 pm UTC (link)
	Well, usually when someone's going on about some profound topic or another they don't usually close out their article or post with such an abrupt change of subject. Unless you're trying to tie knitting into people's expectations and being above, beyond or outside the norm? It's still abrupt but at least it would make sense, kind of. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	albusdumbledore 2013-06-27 05:11 pm UTC (link)
	I've tied it in knots, really. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	tonystark 2013-06-27 04:58 pm UTC (link)
	Spoken like a man who is frequently expected to do six impossible things before breakfast. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	albusdumbledore 2013-06-27 04:59 pm UTC (link)
	Only on Thursdays. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tonystark 2013-06-27 05:01 pm UTC (link)
	You know, my official consulting hours are between eight and five every other Thursday. But damned if anyone ever payed attention to the schedule. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	albusdumbledore 2013-06-27 05:03 pm UTC (link)
	I've never been very good at keeping to a schedule, too absent-minded for it I believe. It's one of Gellert's complaints, at least. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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