Huh. I didn't think Dumbledore was un-Dumbledore, but then...bear's loathing of him has rubbed off on me, so. Heh. Actually, in a way I was kinda glad he was pissy, as I felt kinda lonely being one of the only people around who didn't loathe Dumbledore ;)
(though my own private fanon theory is that he was in love with Regulus, and Regulus told him that Voldemort was up to something and he was going out to try to stop him, and then Regulus died horribly, and Snape went over to Dumbledore) ::dissolving:: See, I'm trying to imagine what that whacked-out mom who keeps trying to ban the books would do if that actually happened in canon, and whether she would finally cave and actually read that one, and then what if she discovered she was actually an avid slasher at heart, and oh the anguish and oh the guilt and oh the humanity...
::wiping eyes:: OK, got that little fantasy under control now. Ahem.
He was humiliated, and lashed out at the one person he didn't want to see him like that. And it does explain the intensity of his hatred for Harry, all right. Yeah, no kidding. Ouch.
I've heard that also used as a partial explanation for Petunia's treatment of him. Mm, yeah, maybe. Actually, I kinda hope it's got nothing to do with either one. Like, maybe they really are Lily's eyes. Literally. Wouldn't that be cool?!
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Heh. Actually, in a way I was kinda glad he was pissy, as I felt kinda lonely being one of the only people around who didn't loathe Dumbledore ;)
(though my own private fanon theory is that he was in love with Regulus, and Regulus told him that Voldemort was up to something and he was going out to try to stop him, and then Regulus died horribly, and Snape went over to Dumbledore)
::dissolving:: See, I'm trying to imagine what that whacked-out mom who keeps trying to ban the books would do if that actually happened in canon, and whether she would finally cave and actually read that one, and then what if she discovered she was actually an avid slasher at heart, and oh the anguish and oh the guilt and oh the humanity...
::wiping eyes:: OK, got that little fantasy under control now. Ahem.
He was humiliated, and lashed out at the one person he didn't want to see him like that. And it does explain the intensity of his hatred for Harry, all right.
Yeah, no kidding. Ouch.
I've heard that also used as a partial explanation for Petunia's treatment of him.
Mm, yeah, maybe. Actually, I kinda hope it's got nothing to do with either one. Like, maybe they really are Lily's eyes. Literally. Wouldn't that be cool?!
And also, ew.