This is great!
Such an interesting premise, & Albus Sainted Dumbledore would see his actions as for the greater good.

You’re absolutely right, that would make sense!

What a great idea! Loved this

This makes SO MUCH SENSE! lol

I read you and Loten over on pointwand and had to pop over here to check this out. Brilliant!

Actually it would. Thanks for sharing this with us.

This is a fascinating idea!

Very interesting.

Hmm..this does seem to explain everything. You did a fantastic job! I would love to see this idea being explored on a larger scale..may I request a sequel, please?

"Wouldn't this explain so much?"

Oh yes. Yes, it would.

Good thinking, good writing.

That's a fun theory. Actually, I could very well see Dumbledore doing that kind of thing 'for the greater good'.

And how else can one explain some of the really weird and out-of-character actions of certain characters?

I think you were right to keep it short. The point is made. More would only weaken it and it's nice to leave something to the imagination.

*bug-eyed and hanging jaw*

Hey, this actually relates to your "Marvin"-post on wordpress. It hit home with me, so I just wanted to drop you a quick word here, in the hopes that you will read it.

So, I want to second Angie's comment very strongly. Don't abandon all hope! If coding-related work actually makes you need medication, this is most certainly not a helpful thing to continue.

At the end of June this year, I terminated a job I did for the last 2 years (my first job after graduation), for pretty similar reasons. I realized that I was going down a path that was no good.
I am now re-orienting myself, and have not found a solution yet. But I believe that there will be a way that is better. I am already better from not working in that old place any more. I am sleeping better. I am drinking less. I am less aggressive, less bitter and less full of contempt. I am feeling more human. I feel more able to have mercy with others again. I found a new place to live and met new people, which helps a lot. I am a chemical engineer and worked hard for my degree.

So, I don't claim to have a solution for you (or me, yet). But hopefully some of the following ideas might help a little?

Try to find people around you who are *not* miserable with their jobs, and ask them for advice! Not everybody is miserable, and neither should they be. (single bad days don't count...)
Miserable people are bound to give unhelpful tips - if they knew better, they would do better!

Yes, a job is not a hobby. You are renting out your time, and there will be aspects that aren't your ideal past-time. But neither should it make you sick! It should be a compromise you can live with.
I don't know the details of your life, but maybe one of these things might apply to you:
- you could use your degree (or parts of it) for a different line of work, that you prefer. Think of unconventional possibilites. Research the careers of people who are content with their jobs/have jobs you think you might enjoy. There is basically never only one thing one can do! Coding is not the only option! What about design/construction/planning, plant running, quality control, technical surveillance, sales, teaching, writing manuals, working for the patent office,... ? You might have to broaden your skills, but there might be a training on the job option! You are still relatively young and have not specialized in coding for decades. It is not unusual that engineers end up doing very different things than what they studied in the first place! Try and talk to some! Find friends of friends and listen to their storys (only if they are not too miserable!). Maybe there is still a way to make this profession work for you, and if it is somewhat tangentially, so what?
- you could also use other life skills for a job (hobbies, interests, experiences)
- you could try and mix some of your degree (aspects you don't hate) with other things you are good at, and try to find a field of work there. You must have had some reason to study it in the first place?! Yes, ignorance what it actually entails and all that, but some things must still be valid? Also, some things you learned about yourself, about life in the process?
- maybe check out your local library for career advice books? Some are actually helpful and inspiring! Richard N. Bolles' e.g. is a classic which I don't find half bad. It may not be ideal, but some inspiration is better than none at all...

Don't let yourself be pressured by any obligations (especially those that are mostly in your head, or other people's heads). Your first duty is to yourself: to protect yourself. Only if that is done, can you help others. Money, society, even family must come second. There is a difference between egoism and non-self-destruction. And: you alone can not save the world...

Also: Angie's advice to try and change something, anything at all, to give you new impulses, and hopefully new energy, is very good! It has helped me, too.
Maybe you can find a cheap room in a shared house, work at starbucks/... until you get a better idea. That might actually be better than living with (or depending on) your parents (if that is what you do, I realize that I don't know if you actually do that). The new people might give you new ideas!
Often a change of scene, a conversation with another person, has been helpful to me! Stewing in the same soup all the time is unhelpful. Try to get outside into nature as often as you can! Get some sunlight, some exercise, to feel human! Feel the wind, smell the air, feel your body.
That may not cure your problem, but it is certainly not harmful and it just might help a little!

Also, remember: There is always a choice! (Kind of my personal mantra). It might not be a choice between good and bad, but between degrees of bad. But if things are so bad that you need medication, there is bound to be a better way! People who say there is no choice simply haven't looked hard enough. There always are several options. Often unpleasant or hard ones, so people prefer not to see them...
Maybe you will have to take risks. Abandon some comfortable things you have now (if there are). But there will be a way!
Maybe you will have to change careers entirely, move to a different city, do with less prospective prestige/money, but there will be a way!

(Should you feel inclined to respond, you can do so on pointstick. I read it every now and then ;). But no problem, if you don't. I know this isn't the most light hearted of topics...)

Best wishes,
dorothy

::snort:: Oh, yesss. I agree with your other reviewers! Merlin, could you imagine what would have happened had Severus slipped that potion to Riddle? ::winces:: I'd call *that* proof he was on the Light's side. It's a shame he didn't take any himself, during that last year, though...

Actually, it would explain quite a lot, never thought about that possibility, Harry must have been high as a kite when trying to get the memories from Slughorn. Anyways, I read your other fics and you seem to have an uncanny ability to explain ' plot holes, she should have employed you to correct her books before publishing them ;P. If you're looking for a different job I suggest you become an editor!
Awesome job.

this is just a conspiracy theory,.

That totally explains it all! Very clever!