Dumbledore's Biggest MISTAKES in Harry Potter

[@sitroom8922]

It was not an error for Dumbledore to plan a trip after graduation. By that ligic he had no right to make any plans for his life until his brother and sister got out of school. Oh wait she had a condition so of course he had to suppend his life for her benefit. I'm not even sure it was his responsibly to care for 2 minor children at the age of 17. What does it say that he felt it was essential to give up his life to take care of his siblings. To fend off some anger of that harshness on my part. I would have done so (did something similar) because my siblings well-being was more important. But to require that of someone is moraly wrong.

[@Bavio]

To be fair, Snape WAS the best choice for Occlumancy. He had tricked Voldemort for YEARS because of his own skill in the subject... However, knowing how he feels about Harry, someone else would probably have been a better choice until he at least had a grasp on the subject.

[@crazzyjjj1]

If he was teaching anyone else other than Harry

[@richewilson6394]

Dumbledore knew that Quirrel was up to something and had Snape watching him.

[@josefboroff3966]

You forgot how he allowed Draco Malfoy to go around the school plotting and scheming unhindered in The Half-Blood Prince. He knew Draco had willingly become a Death Eater and was trying to assassinate him on orders from Voldemort, and he made no effort to stop him from carrying these orders out. I understand he wanted to know exactly what Draco planned and he wanted to "save Draco's soul", but he should have put his foot down after Draco nearly murdered Katie Bell with the cursed necklace because Draco had clearly become a danger to the other students at that point. Instead he allows Draco to nearly kill two other people, Ron Weasley with the poisoned mead and Harry (allegedly Dumbledore's favorite student) by violently attacking him, with complete impunity. He even allowed Harry to be unjustly punished for defending himself from Draco's assault, while Draco doesn't even get a slap on the wrist. To the surprise of no one with common sense, Draco lets the Death Eaters into the school and a massive battle breaks out. Dumbledore allowed alot of easily avoidable pain and suffering to occur just to protect Draco from the consequences of his actions.

[@TheElectricSheep]

Leaving Harry with the Dursleys accomplished 2 things- it made it so that Harry wasn't a celebrity, allowing him to be humble and like everyone + it protected Harry every summer because of Lily's sacrifice

[@andylee6022]

Also made him more than willing to trust a conniving old man who wanted Harry to die. Trust me I know everything. No really.

[@RobertLydonReviews]

Remove the magical aspect of Dumbledore’s decision to leave Harry with the Dursleys and look at it on a human level. Harry was abused by his family and Albus knew they were horrible

[@jakejohnson2334]

The fedalious charm was used to protect harry constantly, before downfall, and after rise, so what is this magical protection doing that the other can't/isn't? He still gets his blood protection after he breaks the home charm?...your point about a celebrity is valid, but and find a couple that won't spoil him, but not leave him neglected, keep secrets but not leave him clueless, and keep him loved but maybe a touch lonely for friends + some other magical protection. Dumbledore secret keeper, harry on an island with some guardians.

[@ghostsoap6681]

The blood protection obviously doesn't require him to live with the dursley's to work and he suffered for nothing

[@Catherine.Dorian.]

@@RobertLydonReviewsYes but anywhere else and Harry may have been killed before he ever reached 11

[@VonOutlaw]

So in the movies yes there is a lot of discrepancies but if you go by the book know so Hagrid actually never dropped Harry off at Kings Cross he took Harry to get his supplies, then he took him back to his aunt and uncle's it was his aunt and uncle's that then took him to the train station roughly about a month later and chuckled that there was no Platform 9 and 3/4 and they left him there. The time trainers were actually destroyed in book 5 so that's why they could not go back and do anything because they destroyed them when they entered the ministry of magic and trying to find serious black

[@matthewpatrick7263]

Reread the book. Hagrid simply put him on a train to go back home from London. You're of course correct that Vernon took Harry to the station a month later, but Hagrid did leave Harry, an abused 10-year-old who just found out he had a ton of money, to go back home. The fact he actually did return to Privet Drive is one of the hardest-to-believe parts of that book.

[@VonOutlaw]

You're right I'm sorry I misspoke what I was trying to get at though is he didn't leave them at the train station and didn't tell him how to get to Platform 9 3/4 because it wasn't time for the board Platform 9 and 3/4 ​@@matthewpatrick7263

[@katholmes7112]

Dumbledore was a goddawful headmaster. He allowed the Marauders to quite literally get away with attempted murder, he let a thirteen year old control time just to take extra classes, he hired THE worst teachers. Binns included, he allowed the dangerous Triwizard tournament at all, he let Ron and his older brother Percy break the school rules when it came to bringing a pet to school, he overworked Filch, he trusted Hagrid with school secrets and student safety, and he allowed Harry on the school team his first year again in defiance of school rules. Not to mention his blatant favoritism of Gryffindor and bias of Slytherin. In the real world he'd have been fired and probably criminally prosecuted for a lot of what he pulled.

[@bdemovic13]

​@ameliaw.1500Students were only allowed to bring owls, cats and toads as pets

[@Takeawayjustin]

​@@bdemovic13not even dogs

[@Spawned-uy8ip]

This.

[@rhondacrosswhite8048]

It's easy to look back at the decisions we made at 17-18 years old when we are now a mature man or woman and shake our heads at how wrong we were. I remember believing that I knew it all and that my parents were just party-poopers who knew nothing. We were 10 feet tall and bulletproof at that age. Well, I have travelled the entire circuit from young graduate to young adult and then to the parent of a young graduate. Now that my children's children are graduating I find myself back to the mindset of a new graduate again. I've done what I intended and no one died as I raised my family. I have no f**ks left to give and, again, the only person I'm responsible is myself. I'm trying to relate all of my own past and see how it pertains to Dumbledore. Is it really fair to ask a 17 year old young man to be responsible for a f'ed up family that consists of a wayward brother and a disabled sister? To give up all his hopes and dreams to manage a situation that he had no part in creating? I feel more sorry for young Albus than accusing.

[@mecahhannah]

Agreed

[@Spawned-uy8ip]

YOU may have felt invincible. Some of us had to reach adulthood a lot sooner than that.

[@crabbuckets7506]

This is why they called him DUMBledore..

[@grokeffer6226]

My impression was that Dumbledore had to feign incompetence to some degree. Also, he anticipated that at some point a lot of people would be getting their minds read by Voldemort, so that if a lot of people knew too much about his tactical plan, the whole scheme would be ruined. Also, Dumbledore suspected a lot, but actually knew for certain a lot less. It all came down to Voldemort having to kill Harry, so that the Horcrux that Voldemort wasn't aware of would be destroyed and he'd at last be vulnerable. Sadly, all other considerations were secondary.

[@JirouLierge]

Half the things in my opinion weren't mistakes in his eyes. He planed for just about everything in Harrys life. He let/set up the potters to be killed. He knew Sirius was innocent. But couldn't let him be free, him being free meant he'd get custody of Harry. Dumbles didn't want that. He put Harry with his relatives because he knew they'd abuse him. That's what he was hoping for. He put the stone in the school as a trap for Voldy and a test for Harry. He knew of the chamber, maybe not exactly where it was. But he was well aware. Like the stone, he left it for Harry to figure out. He was 100% aware of the fake moody. But like before, ignored it because it worked well for his plans. I could go on.

[@matthewpatrick7263]

If he didn't know where the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets was, then Dumbledore was a complete fool. All he had to do was talk to Moaning Myrtle, the ghost of the girl who was killed by Slytherin's monster, once she was forced by the Ministry to stay at Hogwarts (she'd at first haunted the girl who'd insulted her, leading to her presence in the bathroom when Tom called the basilisk).

[@JirouLierge]

@@matthewpatrick7263 Moaning Myrtle was a muggle born, so Dumbles didn't give two shits about how she died.

[@matthewpatrick7263]

@@JirouLierge But she is the one Hagrid was expelled for killing. If he cared about Hagrid or the mystery of the Chamber of Secrets, he’d have question Myrtle once he learned that she was a ghost. He would’ve, at the very least, found out about her when the Ministry banished her to the castle.

[@JirouLierge]

@@matthewpatrick7263 He let hagrid get arrested to, and NEVER did anything to clear his name. So Dumbles is a dark-ish lord.

[@matthewpatrick7263]

@@JirouLierge I know. Voldemort only wanted to kill baby Harry, nice, quick and painless. Dumbledore arranged for Harry to be tortured in Durzkaban for years. I wasn't saying Dumbledore wasn't dark. I was just saying that there's no reason he wouldn't have known exactly where the Chamber of Secrets entrance was. By the way, Dumbledore said he didn't become Minister of Magic because he didn't trust himself with power, while being the head of the Wizengamot (Wizard Parliament) and head of the International Confederation of Wizards (their UN), in addition to his job as headmaster of Hogwarts (where he influences literally every magical in the United Kingdom). I think he just didn't want to be the one who got blamed for everything that goes wrong in the country.

[@seasickviking]

There was also the fact that Dumbledore never considered hiring Tom Riddle as a teacher in the first place, an act that would've prevented Tom from becoming Voldemort in the first place. It was that initial rejection that sent Tom on his rampage in the first place. Think about it, Crouch/Moody established that any curriculum pertaining to dark magic had to be cleared with the headmaster (I.E. the Unforgivables) which means Dumbledore could have pacified Riddle's dreams of teaching DAD yet completely controlling how much dark magic could actually be taught at the school. With Tom staying Riddle and NOT taking up the alias of Voldemort, that means there is no prophecy, either. Yes, a Horcruxes or two would be in play, but Riddle would basically function as another Nicholas Flamel instead of a Dark Lord. If that isn't one of the BIGGEST mistakes of the book, I don't know what is.

[@ozodbek_nazarbekovfan]

Was the prophecy made before Harry and Neville were born? Why didn't the evil lord kill the child at birth? When did Snape and Dumbledore meet, was it a few days after the child was born or a year later? Why did Dumbledore tell the Potters to use the loyalty spell two weeks before his death? After all, the prediction was made a year ago? Why didn't Voldermort kill the boy during the year when the devotion spell wasn't used?

[@c.k.mcknight8921]

My understanding from reading Lily's letter to Sirius was that she and James had been in hiding for a long time. It's possible that Lily gave birth to Harry while in hiding.

[@CallemJayNZ]

I never really started hating Dumbledore until i got hooked on Dumbledore/Ron bashing Harmony Fanfiction 😂

[@about7grams]

I can't imagine a place better to watch Quirrel than Hogwarts. With all the charms and how intricately Dumbledore is familiarized with the place and the people in it, in my opinion it would have been foolish to let him go anywhere else. If Quirrel wasn't bound to Hogwarts for fear of people finding out his secret, imagine the headstart Voldemort would have gotten. I feel as though, given the information he had and without trying to put an innocent man away, Dumbledore did what he had to and what was best

[@jeffbartlett8565]

And yet it seemed to work, the simple story with all its flaws never bothered me, unlike others

[@about7grams]

Him waiting to kill Grindelwald is not a mistake imo. Given hindsight yeah obviously it would have been amazing if he took him out immediately. But ask yourself, if your mother, father, sister, brother, lover, whoever, decided to turn evil as Grindelwald did, of course you're going to second guess killing them. You loved that person for most of your formative years. They're your whole world. If anything, I think this shows his strength. That he was able to take down the man he loved even though every emotion in his body told him not to. He did what he had to, and waiting is not a crime. I'm team Dumbledore with this one.

[@Morgyborgyblob]

Dumbledore placed Harry with the Dursleys for Harry's protection - while Harry called 4 Privet Drive home, Voldemort couldn't touch him there. It's made very clear in the books.

[@seasickviking]

Yes and no. By that logic, he should've never gone back after the Triwizard Tournament. After all, Voldemort now had Harry's blood, which rendered the protections useless. He kept sending Harry back because of one reason and one reason alone: HE WANTED HARRY TO DIE. He knew the Dursleys were abusive from the start and likely hoped they would eventually take it too far (doing his work for him) by killing said nephew by accident or simply get Harry to off himself, which he admittedly did later on. One Harry dies, the connection to Tom (Harry's horcrux) suddenly goes bye-bye, rendering Tom one step closer to being mortal.

[@bailatwerski2951]

I AGREE with You 💯%!!! Great Video 😊

[@mcdaddy69]

I get the aunt and uncle thing cause it would of protected him from anyone finding him o don't think anyone new she had a sister yea he could of took care of him cause voltermort was gone and he would of been able to take anyone else on so he would of been safe and the danger part i think he new harry could do it with Ron and Hermione and as of snape being defensive against arts he didn't want something bad to happen to him cause it was a curse i have a opinion on most of the ones u said but your not wrong about them

[@Spawned-uy8ip]

They could have just used the Fidelus charm. Dumbledore admitted he left Harry with the Dursleys because he didn't want some arrogant twat with a hero complex on his hands. Sounds as if he was referring to Harry's dad.

[@dietdrpepper15]

In all fairness, Dumbledore did LEARN from the Barty JR debacle. He tells order members to ask each other things only that person would know to verify that they are themselves.

[@DavidAltman-g1l]

I dont think it was his plan for harry to die only the horcrux in him. He knew early as the end of goblet of fire that harrys blood in voldemort would protect him. Thats why he told snape that it had to be voldemort that killed harry the blood protection was still effective

[@timmellor2599]

Surely leaving HP with his aunt and uncle was a GOOD thing. Not because they psychologically abused him, and neglected him, but through that neglect the HP we know in the stories is created. He's more humble than other half-blood/pure-blood witches and wizards of his age, and in other ways seems better equipped than he might have been had Sirius or someone else taken charge of HP's upbringing.

[@mecahhannah]

Awesome as always thanks

[@mcdaddy69]

I think he new about Barry croth jr but letting harry do tht was just crazy I just don't get tht part cause he let them bring him back

[@merlijnbal221]

reason he hired lockhart was to learn from a bad proffesor and what fame can do to a person he said that i believe in the books

[@macwelch8599]

Dumbledore’s biggest mistake in my opinion is being so damn manipulative and deceitful

[@King_of_Blue-Eyes]

He even (probably) “planned” Harry’s entire life, to raise him into a man who had powers the Dark Lord never had.

[@Spawned-uy8ip]

Just as his brother Albus said.

[@paulcowlishaw]

He hired Lockhart to expose him. Simple as that.

[@jkrause365]

Oh I quite agree with your assessment, all right. But to correct these shortcomings? That pretty much destroys the whole story, doesn't it?

[@matthewpatrick7263]

A lot of Dumbledore's mistakes during the books could've been avoided by having him simply be just a headmaster, and not have 3 other positions in the government. The first scene could've been him arguing with someone from the government, who's insisting on leaving Harry with the Dursleys. The official would end the conversation by reminding him that, "You're just a headmaster, and I forbid you to contact Harry until it's time for him to go to Hogwarts." He could've even been forbidden from visiting Sirius in Azkaban.

[@PipsKay432]

Actually Hagrid sent Harry back to the dursleys for a whole month before going to school in the first book which I never understood when they never wanted him to go to Hogwarts

[@davidaltman8831]

i think by then they knew not to argue the point

[@melaniemanning2462]

How do you know putting the ring on wasn't required to destroy it?

[@nisar8009]

It’s not Dumbledore that’s wrong. It’s JK Rowling who wrote the book. She’s the one that made the mistakes while writing the character. I’ve read the books every year since they were released and have found a few strange, what I would call, mistakes with different characters.

[@specteractual1]

I like your videos for a while but this one is definitely falling short I don't think I'm even going to finish watching as far as he knew serious is the only one that could have betrayed them. Going on vacation after graduating is not a mistake. Telling somebody that they should put their life on hold to help care for his little sister is bs. There are so many non magical people that successfully raised kids by themselves. Actually it's extremely selfish to say that he shouldn't have gone. Realistically his mother is responsible for her death. You know that the kids got problems suppressing her magic and having outbursts but nothing was done.

[@specteractual1]

And Peter pettigrew was one of James's friends that followed him around in school all the time also.

[@andylee6022]

Depending on godfather being real world equivalent or magically enforced then Sirius being alive even should have been a smack upside the head saying Albus was wrong and should look into it.

[@Mew_Mokuba_Akari]

I can't remember where I heard this. I think it was Super Carlin Brothers but I won't swear on it. The theory is that Lockhart was hired simply to teach Harry about letting ones ego get the best of him. This way when people fawn over the famous Harry Potter he won't let that go to his head.

[@matthewpatrick7263]

@@Mew_Mokuba_AkariIt was the SCB's. However, I don't believe that sacrificing all DADA education for all the students at Hogwarts so that one student (Harry Potter) could get a lesson on fame is a terrible decision for a headmaster. Then again, Dumbledore frequently used Hogwarts as a front for the Order of the Phoenix. I'm not sure if he was aware that students and their parents actually expected kids to be educated by competent instructors in a safe atmosphere conducive to learning.

[@Mew_Mokuba_Akari]

@matthewpatrick7263 Yeah Dumbledore could have a way to employ Lockhart in another way to teach the same lesson.

[@RayAkuma]

What? You say the subjugation of Muggles is wrong? Why? Muggles do this to themselves all the time.

[@about7grams]

I don't agree with so much of this. Take the invisibility cloak. It rightfully belonged to Harry, point blank. Dumbledore taking it and waiting to give it to him would be like a bank saying "hey we know your parents left you an enormous inheritance and you have zero prior record of any behavior that would prove us right but we're older than you so we're keeping what they left you until we deem you worthy" Hell no. You don't get to decide what heirlooms go to what family members just because it could potentially "get them into mischief". Stupid

[@alissaqueen7]

i appreciate most of your videos.. but i think you got some things wrong in this one & maybe you should read the books again actually anyone should cause they are a masterpiece, just read 5 now starting with half blood prince🦇

[@dietdrpepper15]

Rereading the series now, the over arching theme is most adults are trash.

[@NV..V]

And he always wore white after Labor Day....sheesh.

[@brandonbryan4905]

Some of these don’t make sense lol. bad takes. But I did enjoy the vid

[@reneebevere7590]

I feel like you haven't read any of the books. Because a lot of your analysis can be explained in The books.

[@kyleethekelt]

If you cannot understand the explanations which Dumbledore gives for many of these things, if you cannot understand the difference between leadership and wizsrding culture. I am unsubbing.

[@King_of_Blue-Eyes]

Wow 😮

[@melanievetter6211]

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