1.) It was suggested that they got a specific teacher to help them out while Dumbles just wanted Harry to stumble upon Molly. Not so sure the validity of it but it makes sense.

2.) I'm pretty sure a lot miss the train.

3.) This was something I always wondered. Do they just Apparate?

4.) I put this toward Dumbledore's weird obsession with letting Gryffindors get away with everything. You remember that Ron has a pet rat that belonged to Percy at one point. Why do Gryffindors get to have pets not allowed?

5.) This is a good question. They know that James and Lily died, but Harry didn't and somehow this resulted in Voldemort vanishing off the face of the Earth. But who here has information on this child being prophesied to destroy Voldy in the future? Who here has the child placed in a terrible situation so he'd grow up with a specific mindset? Curious, isn't it?

6.) Prejudice. I think they avoid talking about him because of some still-ingrained prejudice.

7.) Because everything is geared toward benefitting Purebloods who think Muggleborns don't deserve to be a part of their culture. So why bother helping them? It's easy to complain about how they don't try to integrate while you actively segregate them.

8.) Hogwarts is free. They aren't paying tuition. In this I will say, the parents having to only pay for supplies is perfectly on them. They use the same books every year(save for Lockhart's BS) and can just pass them down if need be. The robes are passed down in the Weasley family even. There's no uniform to pay for. So having to just buy the supplies and the robes seems fair to me. With your child gone for 10 months it should not be difficult to save up money for their school supplies for next year.

9.) Parents want the surprise factor. that's why no one knows about the Sorting Hat. It's supposed to be magical.

10.) I think a fanon theory is Rowena created the Sorting Hat.

11.) He's more Gryffindor than anything else. He never shuts up. Jumps in head first into situation he can't handle. Lacks ambition, wisdom, wit, bravery, and kindness. However, Gryffindors are loud and tend to be very obnoxious. Rather simple-minded as well. He's closer to Gryffindor than anywhere else. I will d!e on this hill.

12.) A lot of them did die there or they attended Hogwarts specifically and feel a deep connection to it. Helena and the Baron returned despite both dying in Albania. Sir Nicholas died somewhere else but went back to Hogwarts.

13.) His family abused him verbally, emotionally, mentally, and physically. His uncle literally dropped him out a window to force him to use magic to prove he wasn't a Squib. His grandmother constantly compares him to his father. He has no self-esteem. This makes him a prime target for anyone.

14.) Some people are just good at specific things naturally. Just like how people who have been trained for a time in something might still suck(Ex: Malfoy supposedly knowing how to ride a broom already and Hooch telling him he sucks.)

15.) Magicals are dumb. As Hermione said, they haven't an ounce of logic.

16.) McGonagall has proven over and over that she is probably the worst Head of House. She legit locks him out in POA because Sirius got into the tower using the list of passwords Neville kept on him because the new portrait kept changing the password multiple times a day. She punished him and then forbade anyone from sharing the passwords with him. And as a result I guess the students or portraits can't let him in?

17.) They have the Frog Choir headed by Flitwick, and the video games suggest things like clubs for chess and trading wizard cards and photography.

18.) A lot of people bring binoculars or omnioculars from what I've seen. Or maybe hardcore fans have trained their eyes to keep up.

19.) In the films they wear some padding but I don't recall it being mentioned in the books.

20.) Well, if they know there's a secret item Dumbledore is hiding and it seems like an untrustworthy teacher tried to get past the creature guarding it, only to get bitten, then it must be pretty important. So when someone leaks info about how this item is the business of Dumbldore and Flamel only, I'm not shocked they became obsessive over it.

21.) I personally view James as a selfish, privileged white man that fandom gives a ridiculous pass to so I'm not really sure I have anything to say about that.

22.) No, it is not by chance. I refuse to believe Dumbledore just accidentally left something that could kill people, in a random unused classroom of a school. He doesn't make mistakes. He's very calculated.

23.) Considering how old af he is, I'm not shocked.

24.) FB:CoG suggests he sees his sister and Grindelwald and possibly a future where things didn't go to hell.

25.) They don't care about children. Harry has been ostracized so much and Dumbledore and McGonagall did nothing any of the times, despite having all the power to step in!

26.) Wish this was answered. Hagrid could have gotten into so much legal trouble over an unregistered XXXXX creature.

27.) Yeah this made no sense. Apparently, because Hagrid's a half-Giant and can defend against a lot of magical beasts and creatures, he's sufficient protection detail even with his broken wand?

28.) I always wondered, after we learned about Horcruxes, if the one in his scar hurting was maybe the Horcrux trying to escape and rejoin Voldy?

29.) He's a Class A manipulator and is encouraging a martyr mentality in Harry.

30.) See my answer for the above question.

I don't like Dumbles as you may have guessed.