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[cosmic_llin]

'So it's come to this, has it, Albus?' Minerva asked, slowly drawing her wand from the pocket up her sleeve.
'I'm afraid so, Minerva,' he said, sadly. 'I'm going to have to kill you.'
'We'll see about that,' she said, raising an eyebrow.

Eee, McG made it to the final!!!
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And yes, *guilty face* I voted McG. See the comments for my reasoning and see if you don't agree :P

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[cosmic-llin.livejournal.com]

OK, since this will be a controversial one, here's my reasoning for voting McG:

1) Verbal - she would totally win. she would PWN him at witty put-downs any day.

2) Physical - OK, this one's trickier. She is half his age, but he's still pretty fit and healthy, so it could go either way. But she could always transform into a cat and get those claws into play, and scratch his goddamn eyes out!!!!

3) Magical - OK. Yes. Albus Dumbledore is the greatest wizard who ever lived. And at the end of OOTP he kicked Voldy's ass without even breaking a sweat. But McG has some pretty powerful magic too. And I figure the only way they'd ever face off is if Dumbledore went crazy and tried to kill everyone and she had to take him down. So, she would be really determined to beat him, and he would have lost all his Yoda-like focus. Plus, she knows him the best, so she would be the only person with a chance of defeating him.

[cosmic-llin.livejournal.com]

Ooh, plus, he almost certainly taught her Transfiguration while she was at school, and it is implied that he's been kind of a mentor to her, and everyone knows that the student eventually surpasses the master, because it's just poetic that way.

[deccaboo.livejournal.com]

However, Dumbledore said in HBP that he taught Tom Riddle and knew his style. I'm sure if Min was his star pupil (as she must have been) her style would be even more obvious to him?

I love McG to bits, but Dumbledore would so win!

[cosmic-llin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but by this time wouldn't she know his style just as well?

[deccaboo.livejournal.com]

No matter how much he trusted McG, there are still things he'd never have told her, like all the stuff he shares with Harry about Voldemort in HBP. I'm sure Dumbledore had plenty up his sleeve that she had never even seen or heard about, Grizelda Marchbanks said she saw him do things with a wand she'd never seen before...I don't think Dumbledore would ever tip his hand completely. There's also the fact that he's so eccentric as well, you'd never be able to tell what he'd do next.

Plus, JKR said he has no equal in the WW, he's very alone in power as well as intellect. McG would suffer from the teacher effect if she had to turn on him, she'd be full of awe and no where near objective enough.

[cosmic-llin.livejournal.com]

Grizelda Marchbanks said she saw him do things with a wand she'd never seen before
I think there's something dodgy going on there...

she'd be full of awe and no where near objective enough.
Yeah, she really respects him and stuff, but she's no wide-eyed fangirl. If she had to fight him, she would, and she'd give it her best shot too.

[deccaboo.livejournal.com]

Lol, I always thought that was a bit dodgy, myself, but apparently she was referring to his Transfiguration NEWT exam.

I don't know whether she would try her hardest against him in a straight battle, with no extenuating circumstances. He is her mentor and her superior and unless it was one of those cliched 'handing over power to the deputy' battles, I don't think she'd win.

[cadiliniel.livejournal.com]

McG, duh. For all the reasons you said, because you've obviously thought it over far more than I have *g*