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stillnotelf t1_jdgh6va wrote

Reply to comment by AutoModerator in [WP] Gandalf and Dumbledore switch places. Gandalf is now running Hogwarts, while Dumbledore is leading The Fellowship. by yax51

Gandalf strikes me as uninterested in education, although he'd curbstomp Voldemort.

Dumbledore canonically puts on cursed rings he ought not to.

This will not end well unless Gandalf trains Hogwarts as an army and leads them back to Middle Earth to confront a resurgent Sauron.

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TheDwiin t1_jdh3vk5 wrote

A resurgent sauron who has access to a Wizard as a Nazgul.

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oh3fiftyone t1_jdi79nm wrote

I feel like Gandalf in academia would be more of a researcher who found actually teaching to be an annoying necessity best foisted upon aides. He shows no reluctance whatsoever to dive into the books for literal years at the beginning of Fellowship to research the ring. I agree that he’d handle Voldemort in an afternoon, though.

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stillnotelf t1_jdi7ieu wrote

Uninterested in educating others, perhaps. We agree.

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FawksyBoxes t1_jditupp wrote

I could also Gandalf scoffing at the way other magical beings are treated. Wizarding society is kind of an asshole to any one who is not human. Only allowing humans to have wands, house elves are slaves, etc.

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