#in my version of events dumbledore is at least investigating the origins of the vaults behind the scenes with lane cromwell's help

[carewyncromwell]

[HPHM] Albus Dumbledore Playlist

suggested by @aceyanaheim // featuring Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore

    “Little Lies” ~ Fleetwood Mac

“Eva” ~ Nightwish

“Behind Blue Eyes” ~ The Who

“Main Theme” ~ To Kill a Mockingbird

“Underground” ~ David Bowie

“Oh Capablanca” ~ Juga

“The Power of Love” ~ Huey Louis and the News

“History Has Its Eyes on You” ~ Hamilton the musical

“My Way” ~ Frank Sinatra

In life, Albus Dumbledore was considered the most powerful wizard in the world. Most of his students greatly esteemed the amiable, wise Headmaster, including Harry Potter, who Dumbledore personally mentored during his time at school. For Carewyn Cromwell, however, the man inspires less fond memories. As amiable as he was, he was still the man who expelled her older brother Jacob, which only pushed him more into the manipulative claws of R. And when Carewyn herself was at school, Dumbledore was oddly all right with her dealing with the Cursed Vaults until she reached her fourth year and it became clear that there were more people interested in the Vaults than just Carewyn and Dumbledore’s Cursebreaker associate, Patricia Rakepick. As much as Carewyn never thought Dumbledore meant to be unhelpful, his lack of involvement with the Vaults frustrated her all the same, since she would’ve been much more willing to listen to him as a young girl and not go after the Vaults if he could’ve efficiently broken their curses on his own with his vastly superior magic and resources. It was only at the very end of Carewyn’s journey that she found out that Dumbledore was doing his own investigation of the Cursed Vaults behind the scenes, but it still resulted in him only being of much use at the end when she could’ve used that help a lot sooner. Dumbledore himself always felt some fondness for Carewyn, but truthfully just couldn’t relate to her the same way he could Harry, because as much as Carewyn had gone through her fair share of pain as a child and strove to do good in the world despite it, she’d never seemed in much need for guidance or mentoring. She didn’t share her emotions with anyone or lean on anyone else for emotional support. And as much as Dumbledore could sense through his own Legilimency how turbulent the young paragon’s emotions were, he also could tell it was a sea that he would not be able to tame and give direction. This was a soldier he could never hope to command as a general -- a chess piece that he couldn’t direct in such a way that kept her out of harm’s way -- and yet she was such a loving, noble person all the same. More than a few times, Dumbledore discussed Carewyn with her Head of House, Severus Snape, and once when Snape expressed disbelief that someone like Carewyn wasn’t in Gryffindor instead, Dumbledore couldn’t help but chuckle and say that Carewyn was most certainly not a Gryffindor -- for if she was, he wouldn’t be so baffled about how she could be so noble and yet only pursue the Vaults for the sake of her brother, rather than for the well-being of Hogwarts itself. (Answer: Jacob being in trouble and reaching out to her for help gave Carewyn an emotional stake in getting involved herself -- otherwise, she would’ve been more willing and able to let the more experienced teachers handle the situation. Classic Slytherin thought process, to be more about protecting one’s inner-circle and achieving one’s ends than doing good deeds for the sake of chivalry and honor.) When Voldemort returned and the Order of the Phoenix was reassembled, Carewyn declined Dumbledore’s invitation to join, but nonetheless provided the Order some aid by silently sabotaging Fudge and smuggling intelligence to Order members like Nymphadora Tonks. When Carewyn received the news of Dumbledore’s death at Snape’s hands, she admittedly was more distraught at who had committed the crime than Dumbledore’s death itself, but she did still pay her respects by attending Dumbledore’s funeral briefly and taking a moment by his tomb. For all of his mistakes and for as much as she herself had disliked about him, he was still a man who earned a lot more love and respect in his life than hatred or resentment...and that, at least, could be commended.

#hphm #hogwarts mystery #albus dumbledore #playlist #this was HARD! whew! #some of these songs were second-nature but others really took a while #'my way' is actually a song jo rowling said she could've imagined being played at old dumble's funeral #carewyn is a bit more cynical about dumbledore than I am but that's largely because I factor in his treatment of harry #and yeah he definitely was a manipulative bugger with him too but he actually HELPED now and again! #unlike in hogwarts mystery where all dumbledore does is tell mc to stay away from the vaults and give vague advice #in the books dumbledore helps harry and hermione save sirius #he sends fawkes to help harry in the chamber of secrets #he saves harry from quirrell and barty crouch jr. AND voldemort!! #in my version of events dumbledore is at least investigating the origins of the vaults behind the scenes with lane cromwell's help #but in the actual game? nuh-uh #the man does NOTHING! #like snape I see dumbledore as a very gray character rather than actively love or hate him #I certainly do prefer mcgonagall as headmistress #speaking of which...her playlist is next! :D