Wizards and Wickedness

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The next chapters will be short. Short but powerful.

I think everyone can agree that Gandalf and Dumbledore are essentially the same character. Even ardent Harry Potter fans would find that difficult to deny. They are both wizards; father figures to the main character; extremely powerful; they both die and then reappear in the story; both wear grey robes and look the same, etc. Both characters disappear for a while to go on side quests that are very dangerous and mysterious or remain distant from the main character to protect them. Both are used as devices to start the main character on their quest. It could go on forever. They are the same character. However, brace yourselves, for the similarities stretch even beyond the obvious. One difference is surely indisputed: the names. Phew, right? How can 'Dumbledore' possibly be related to 'Gandalf'? Oh, yes it can, my friends.

You will all remember that Gandalf, on more than one occasion has talked to moths. He knows their language and can use them to summon the help of the eagles. The most memorable occasion was when imprisoned by Saruman atop Orthanc. Therefore, one can see a connection between the character and the animal. J. R. R. Tolkien, being the, albeit slightly obsessive, genius that he was wrote accounts of the indigenous flora and fauna of Middle-Earth. The name of the species of Moth at the time of the Second Age?

Dumbledores! 

Of course it was. Could that be a coincidence, I hear you scream? Think about it. Think about all of it. Think about what this shows. Think on her sins...

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