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Tweak says, "Expecto Patronum!"

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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	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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	righttorule 2013-06-27 04:56 pm UTC (link)
	Well. I can hardly overstate my pleasure at learning he has such a distinguished career in front of him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphotic_auror 2013-06-27 05:06 pm UTC (link)
	Oh....! So... you're from the -- well, my past, at least, then, sir...? I'm Parnel Jugson, by the by, sir... and you are...? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	righttorule 2013-06-27 05:08 pm UTC (link)
	Gellert Grindelwald. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphotic_auror 2013-06-27 05:10 pm UTC (link)
	Oh...! ~~Oh my G-d...~~ I mean, sorry, sir...! Spoilers; I didn't mean to spoil you on your own future, after all... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	righttorule 2013-06-27 05:12 pm UTC (link)
	To be perfectly frank, that which you describe sounds entirely unlikely to play any part in the my future whatsoever - please, don't trouble yourself over such rubbish. Everyone makes mistakes. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphotic_auror 2013-06-27 05:16 pm UTC (link)
	[...] In-indeed... I suppose so...! Sorry for the misunderstanding, Herr Grindelwald, sir... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	albusdumbledore 2013-06-27 05:09 pm UTC (link)
	Do you have any idea what she's speaking about? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	righttorule 2013-06-27 05:11 pm UTC (link)
	Not a bit. It sounds preposterous. Not that I doubt your distinguished career. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	albusdumbledore 2013-06-27 05:12 pm UTC (link)
	I don't expect to go back to England in quite that capacity. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	righttorule 2013-06-27 05:14 pm UTC (link)
	Hogwarts would not be an inappropriate retirement position, of course. Ensuring proper oversight of such an institution from the very top levels is essential. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	albusdumbledore 2013-06-27 05:15 pm UTC (link)
	Can you imagine my attempt at a lesson plan? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	righttorule 2013-06-27 05:18 pm UTC (link)
	Your modus operandi of simply speaking and expecting everyone to keep up would perhaps have to be modified. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	albusdumbledore 2013-06-27 05:19 pm UTC (link)
	It isn't that I mean to... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	righttorule 2013-06-27 05:23 pm UTC (link)
	You needn't teach, in any case. Simply curate. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphotic_auror 2013-06-27 05:32 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, aye, in my time... well, my alternate universe it seems - he started as a teacher, but -- well... he eventually became Headmaster...! ~~And they wanted him to become Minister, as well, but he turned them DOWN-- because he's just crazy like that...!~~ (Reply to this) (Parent)

	albusdumbledore 2013-06-27 05:33 pm UTC (link)
	Gardening. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	righttorule 2013-06-27 05:34 pm UTC (link)
	You have such a gentle way with metaphor. Precisely: gardening. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	albusdumbledore 2013-06-27 05:46 pm UTC (link)
	It's a bit like what you do. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	righttorule 2013-06-27 05:50 pm UTC (link)
	Surely I'm more of a farmer. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	albusdumbledore 2013-06-27 05:52 pm UTC (link)
	Only gardening on a grander scale. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	righttorule 2013-06-27 05:54 pm UTC (link)
	And necessarily with rather less tenderness. But such things come later. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	albusdumbledore 2013-06-27 05:56 pm UTC (link)
	There is always care, even if there is not perhaps tenderness. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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