I don’t think an avatar of undiscriminating cynicism spends more than a decade pining for his crush that got away.
True, that doesn’t fit as well.
Its not quite an avatar, but his defining trait seems to be dramaticness, he shapes his life around his past mistakes. In contrast to Dumbledore who thinks in heroic tropes he thinks in tragic ones.
I don’t think an avatar of undiscriminating cynicism spends more than a decade pining for his crush that got away.
True, that doesn’t fit as well.
Its not quite an avatar, but his defining trait seems to be dramaticness, he shapes his life around his past mistakes. In contrast to Dumbledore who thinks in heroic tropes he thinks in tragic ones.