For The Greater Good: The Life and Love of Albus Dumbledore

[ShiromiKuroiNekoChan]

*fav*

It is so great... The thing with the mirror wen directly to my heart. I cried.

[dragonfire1694]

this is amazing! the editing is so perfect and the story is clear and brilliantly portrayed. awesome job :)

[elixelifere]

"The assumption that Albus and Gellert were lovers is just a guess. I know Albus was in love with Gellert, and I think it makes it that much for tragic if Gellert reciprocated those feelings but still turned evil."

brilliant, my friend. this is the best part that should be written in HP7

[Dante87ve]

Ummm...I can't see the vid on the links you provided...^///^

[sugarcookie2012]

this is FREAKING AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrGrindelvald]

I LOVE YOU.

LIKE, WITH ALL MY HEART.

[LerouxFan]

Awesome. I can't get the original to load, but this one is very well done.

[appleXinkling]

W.o.w.

Amazing! You put the clips together so well! It's amazing how you could find footage which fitted the story so perfectly, with the characters looking just right (especially for when they were younger).

The fight scenes were awesome, and the Mirror of Erised bit went really great with the music.

[lukevskywalker]

This is perfect and a really great work!

Thank you for sharing.

[zlatickoxt]

Heartbreaking and beautiful. :)

[twilighthp]

That was excellent! I loved it! It is sad that Dumbledore never had someone to stay by his side forever! It's a shame that his only love (at least that's what I think) went bad. : ( But well done! : )

[roguefem]

That was amazing. You must have put so much work into it! It all fit so well to the story, and the Mirror of Erised scene made me tear up. Wonderful work!

[IndeedYouAre]

Nice music

[EGLchan]

The clips are from Merlin! :D

[LunaLast]

w...o...w the best dumbledorevideo i see, i love harry potter, the story was so fantastic...500*

[angelfire710]

That was epic!! xD

Loved the movie Merlin and i think Arthur was perfect for Grindelwald ;)

Your manips were amazing though the coloring was a bit distracting...

[werewolfsfan]

Still the best fan vid that I've ever seen!

[ashleylynne87]

One of the best fanmade videos I 've ever seen here...absolutely brilliant! :)

[MarieNC2]

Yay, I'm glad you reposted this elsewhere. It's really a wonderful video & you obviously devoted a lot of time to it.

[mystergirl121]

wow 0_0

[svetatimelady]

Oh my god, I love it!! Brilliantly done. =)

[NickEdwards000]

wow, this vid is really lame, and really poorly made.

[IrelandPunk]

heeheehee good ^_^

[ceres51892]

That's so sad... What is this 'Merlin' show? Never heard of it

[Yuri88ve]

do you have it post it on other page...here we dont have audio because says it has an copyrigth problem dear...and i will love to wacth it in his full glory since without sound its really great

[HarryPotterPerson]

Is there anywhere i could wtch this with audio. It said there was a copyright problem so audio was disabled

[HoneyLilac]

I'm just mesmerized. I absolutely respect you for you CARE to your storyline and attention to detail. Thats where meaning and depth come from. Hopefully you felt by the responses (the positive ones) that it was fully worth your effort. Brilliantly done! :D (nice title too ;) and the whole wizard prison irony... WOW, that is really clever and I never noticed it before...

[hphippogriff]

W..W..:O....that's all I can say,this video just amazed me.

[GarboFour]

Thanks a million for making this video! I see it must have taken you quite a long time to do this. In fact I watched the video before I read your long description, but I can understand it perfectly since I'm sooo familiar with Grindelwald/Dumbledore story ;) Thanks again, I love it! Bravo!!!

[veroqueen]

EXELENT!!!

[MarieNC2]

This was very well-done! All the clips flowed like a movie, & I liked the choice of music. Five stars!

[renagadelu]

the mirror kills me, and it was a wonderful touch. I love this version of merlin too, so all in all *perfection*

[JFranny91]

This is ridiculous.

[ihartjack]

As much as I don't care for this ship, this was beautifully done. Bravo

[hippogriffkeeper]

Oh for shame. I rated it a five, and didn't comment. I do not like the idea of this in the least, but it's just so... so beautiful. (Ah, yes, that is why I did not comment last time. Words failed me, as is the case at this moment)... Wonderful filming, and I bow down to your patience of making this perfect. I'm not patient at all, and I find this beyond my capabilities. ;]

[hechi22]

are they dumbledore and grindlewald?

[IsodiaSilvertongue]

like Dumbledore, I hate him for what he did to Snape.

Also, I loooove this version of Merlin, I need to watch it again I think. Mordred as Aberforth is just genius!

[IsodiaSilvertongue]

Oops, that posted too soon, here's what I MEANT to say.

I thought that this was absolutely incredible, really very very good. The bit just before the end, the mirror, pretty much killed me and I don't even like Dumbledore, I hate him for what he did to Snape.

Also, I loooove this version of Merlin, I need to watch it again I think. Mordred as Aberforth is just genius!

[xuzumakixrasenganx]

Albus' history is heartbreaking :(

He's such an amazing character...

[skolastika56]

pretty...Where are the scenes with Ariana from? 2 songs are from Pride&prejudice,arent they?

[ColKizumi]

-burst into tears-

I love you so much for making this video. I am obsessed with Albus and his history. Seeing this made my life so much better in so many ways. To actually be able to see what I have been studying and what I have been writing about for so long... It's more then I could ask for. Thank you so much!

[StrangerToEarth]

Oh. My. God.

I really did think that people like you didn't exist. Spending months on creating a little youtube flick of the gay love story between two old men characters in a children's fantasy novel? (the novels are good...but what baffles me is how you can be PROUD of such a ridiculous little project!!) I laughed for about 10 minutes straight when I read your careful little explanation. I think you should be gassed, dipshit. As that's not going to happen, I'll just laugh a bit more...

[samanthablack13]

Just because you do not posses the brain capacity to make a video, let alone create this beautifully done movie about love caught in evil and tragedy, dont take it out on the person who made this. And in all honesty, youre the dip shit, honestly, who wastes their time writing a comment to a video they hate? If you dont like it, why did you watch it, thats what baffles me.

[StrangerToEarth]

A friend showed this to me for a laugh, Samantha. I watched about 30 seconds before I couldn't continue, in interests of keeping my blood level normal and not bursting any arteries. Brain capacity..I'm sorry, since when have a few pc skills made people intelligent? I'm sorry I don't spend days squinting at a computer screen and scraping together a Gay Fantasy video. I'm sure it's all very well done, but that's not my point, is it? It's okay. No harm done. Block your eyes!

[mushubashi]

What is you problem? Go play your online war game and vent off some of that steam. Other people just happen to LIKE fanfic and I think this one was really well made. Will you be posting ANOTHER angry comment in a months time? Jeezz... I thought people like YOU didn't exist..

[StrangerToEarth]

What is YOU problem, mushubashihashufashi?

You thought people like me didn't exist.

self-explanatory: you and your chummies actually think that most decent people spend hours writing horrid poetry and 'fanfics' and making gay Harry Potter videos. This is the actual world you inhabit, where a life spent doing these things is considered a pretty great life.

This goes above anger, or even disbelief. It's more like on the laugh-until-you-cry level.

[Kiaminta]

And you're meant to be a nice person ? It doesn't make a difference whether nice people write poetry or whatever, atleast it's better then slagging off what others have done. If you think it's so bad then don't watch it, simple.

[StrangerToEarth]

1. Who says I'm meant to be a nice person? With what you or anyone else knows about me while on the internet i could be anything from a serial killer to a monster in a Stephen King book.

2. Everyone.says.that. I stumbled upon this video in a mind-blank, and repented seconds later by hurriedly clicking the little red button, before hastily sprinkling myself with holy water and doing a hundred Hail Mary's.

Try and write something that hasn't come out of 20 people's mouths in the last minute. BYE!

[unicornandrose91]

Wow, this is so good! How did you make this?

[Any4vi]

MUCH better than my own AlbusxGellert one and not only because of more slash scenes =) The editing, the music, the story... You're incredible, I wish you were a film director :))

[padfootsgurl8179]

That was really well done. That obviously took a lot of effort. I bow down to you. I don't have the patience.

[ThyraSnape]

Fantastic video, very good job, everything fits well. Sam Neil as Dumbledore is great. And I ever wanted to see a Grindelwald-video, I like both characters very much.

[Bobert680]

Merlin had only slightly less Win than Dumbledore, but they were still forged from Awesome and Win. nice vid

[pumpkingsoup]

WOW!really GOD JOB!*O*

[OoAgapeoO]

WoW.

I'm in love with this video.

[Dungbats]

You can't relaly call it the life of Albus Dumbledore because it only shows part of his life, if you made a sequal though, that would be so awesome!

[MaferP0tter]

I believe it is called "The Life of Albus Dumbledore" because of Rita Skeeter's book, with she called "The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore"...

[IronMask57]

Wow. That was so awesome. Great work!

[LeafHurricane16]

damn, inow the vid's fake but is this what really happened in dumbledore's early years?

[riatha89]

WOW. This is really, really good.

You've done a fantastic job mixing all the images and with the music. Really liked.

(Albus/Gellert OTP)

[Cheshirik]

I'm not a fan of such things. But you did really great job.

[katisawriter]

Wow. I am in awe at how much work you put into this. bravo!

[BeWaReoFCLaRe]

sorry but this sucks.

dumbledore and grindlewald didnt hook up/make LOVE?? r u kidding me? Dumbledore had a crush. Grindlewald probs wasn't even GAY.

DUMBLEDORE AND GRINDLEWALD WERE NOT LOVERS

DUMBLEDORE HAD A CRUSH ON HIM

[KarliMeaghan]

I said in my summary that it was just an assumption I had, I didn't say it was canon, just DD's crush on him was canon.

[littledustball]

sorry, but you've got to calm down. it's whatever she wants it to be, since it's a fan thing she's putting up here (it's not like she's representing JKRowling), and if you think it sucks, you shouldn't be so rude as to put it that way.

[Voldie78]

I agree,besides,who couldn't love young DD I mean,he is a GOD

[lunaefloris]

omg so awesome great job

[Borusia333]

Im a heartbreaker ... this sucks ... soz

[7acertijo]

Este es el mejor video que he visto de Dumbledore y Gellert!

eres una genio, definitivamente!

manejaste las escenas, las situaciones, todo! de una manera brillante

te felicito!!!

es que wooooooooow, me encantó

veré sin dudas tus otros videos!

[sunmoonstarangel]

Wow! You did a fantastic job!

[xAlmostLoverx]

This was brilliant. I mean, how did you manage this? I mean wow, I am actually amazed. This is beautful, amazing ,incredible...wow.

[Trekkie1450]

Nice editing; the only problem is that I'm still not comfortable seeing two men kissing.

[NetherLady]

Oooohmygod, how beautiful is this.

Seriously, fucking heart breaker. Love it. So, so much.

[shiningangel01]

The popcorn in this place is dam expensive, but great movie!

[kawkaw14]

hey, that was bloody brilliant o my god , absolutely briliant are you director or something ? becaus ohh my good i cried the last part with the mirror of neregeb !!! that was soo good !!

[alezia]

it was fuckin awesome

[puppylove91]

This is one of the best videos I have ever seen. The editing is brilliant and you know exactly what is going on. It' very sad and I almost cried at the end. Well done!

[SeverusSnapehasmyhea]

Oh I love this, i adore watching it over and over (and over) ^_^

[Shaitanah]

This video is brilliant! The editing makes believe it's all taken fron one movie and the characters from Merlin chosen to represent Albus and Gellert are the best! Better than HP casting agents would find))))

[paradise78]

very amazing job!Your Albus and Gellert are simply perfect!

[shutterflie]

that, my friend, was beyond brilliant. :) I like to think that Grindelwald reciprocated Dumbledore's feelings too.

Ahh! So sad.

[transfiguredbunny]

this is amazing! The editing is fantastic.

[jaa5387]

omg... this was great.

[OhShizNit91]

That was great! I really, really loved that!

Although, I've seen Merlin before (it's one of my favorite movies) and I must say that it was very disturbing to watch Merlin and Arthur kiss. Very disturbing indeed.

Haha...and at one point you can clearly see Gellert/Arthur yell "Camelot". I thought that was funny.

Anyhoo, it was a GREAT video!

*faves*

[KarliMeaghan]

Lol, yeah, I tried to disengage myself from the plot of "Merlin" while I was making it. That's also why I told people they had to read the summary if they'd seen "Merlin" or else they'd be very very confused. ;)

[xxPoynterxJonesxx]

until the end, i beleived that all the clips were from only two movies - merlin and harry potter! this was fantastic - just like all of your vids! kudos!!

[moony911]

Wonderful, wonderful job on this! The editing is astounding, and the entire thing is just absolutely incredible!

~Megan

[cantalope7]

THAT WAS AMAZING! the editing was encredible. it was better than the movie!

[HBHO]

Insanely amazing =)

[Janiqua]

Very good editing. I'm impressed. You portrayed the story superbly. Man, it's so tragic...

[SkeletalFairy]

It's amazing how you made all these clips into an absolutely logical story, and the music was chosen very well, too.

[YoshihiroMikage]

This is one of the most fantastic videos I've ever seen. I rated it 5 and put it in my favorites. :)

[crookskank]

Wow, very believable. Folloed the story. Cassie from Buffy as the sister? Lol I didn't expect that.

[DoesItMakeSense]

very good, you should be working as a director :D

[archersangel1]

epic!

[bacardibreezer7]

Absolutely brilliant. I got all emotional! :) This is one of your best videos to date, if not the best.

[Tsuta86]

Wow, now this is a masterfull editing. I always loved the movie merlin (I first saw it a few years ago when rented it on a whim not knowing if I'd like it, then watched it twice the same evening lol), and now that I saw this, the characters in it so fit Albus and Gelert and even Aberforth and Arianna (The D. familly had a thing for the letter A, eh?). I especially liked the embrace after the fight, it was very emotional. A tragedy like that makes DD's character so much richer. Thank you JKR! ^_^

[PemaDolma]

Just as beautiful as always. Fantastic!

[lanaktty]

this video rocks! :)

[hXbradshaw]

Merlin wasn't gay in the mini-series though was he? Was that just awesome editing on your part?

[KarliMeaghan]

I guess awesome editing, cause he was very in love with Nimue (who was female). Thank you :D

[krazikrizteenah]

that was soooooo good!!!

omgosh i love you cuz you put songs from the atonement soundtrack on it too :DDD

[princesahokai7]

Wow!!! the video is so awesome. I love it. Very good job. All that work really worth it !!!

[moonlessnightforever]

Wow, this is a really good video. It's absolutely beautiful. Well done! I love it!!!

[Yuulz]

Oh that is really beautiful. You should damn well be proud of it! I'm really glad you shared it on grindledore LJ :D This is so heart-touching.

[MartinaOfSweden]

I loved the actors that you piced to play Dumbledore! Sam Neil is a favourite, and the boy really looked like a young Albus!

[cfm887]

Wow, that was an amazing video. I had heard (well who didn't) that Albus was gay, but I guess I didn't hear that he was in love with Gellert. Who knew? Anyway, great video

[xxhalfbloodprincessx]

LOVED this! I'm glad you decided to make it! I like how you set it up so it's in the style of an old black and white. I agree with akemi, you can tell you really put all your effort into this! I love all your movies! keep up the good work!

[akemi42]

Wow I can tell you put a lot of effort into this. Great job!

[PrincessNarcissa]

marvelous.

i especcially loved the newspaper scenes and how you worked with the music ..

♥

~lisa

[mschneider]

That was pretty much AMAZING. I just thought you should know.

[orbthesela]

Dammit... This vid is excellent. Seriously, well done, you can tell how much work has gone into it.

[Sake1987]

That is a really cool movie

[ilnevertell]

Omg. Stunning. I think I'm gonna cry..

[SunsetDawn20]

Simply amazing. Actually, you might have made me like Dumbledore - and let me tell you, that's an amazing achievement. :) Wonderful.

BTW, at 4:56, who is that girl? and from which movie is the clip? :)

[KarliMeaghan]

Thank you :D

I can't remember the actress' name, but she played young Nimue in the TV miniseries "Merlin".

[SunsetDawn20]

Thanks. :D:D

[Shikahan]

You chose the clips wonderfully, I watched the whole thing before reading your description and it still all made sense to me so don't worry about that. I think you did a great job at giving the story a clear plot without the use of dialog. :D

[trailerz1]

Great job at using the movie Merlin to show dumbeldore's life, very creative.

[ReaSilvia]

Very, very great job! Amazing!

[TruthUnleashed]

You got the emotional tone of the story perfect. This could hardly have been done better by a professional movie studio with big-budget equipment. Clearly you lived this journey in your heart, and you have the gift to take us all along with you.

[kaelynelle]

That was AMAZING. Like seriously, probably one of my favorite YouTube videos at the moment. LOVELY job hon, I'm sending this to all of my friends! ♥

[darkgreenprietess]

This is awesome!

[Sirrah78]

That was ... Well I have no words to describe how good that was!! The whole thing was perfect, your choice of music were wonderful! And that final scene Of Dumbledore looking in the mirror was heartbreaking!! Fived and faved!!

[truncatedslinky]

Wow, you did an incredibly good job with this video. I'm stunned. Especially at the end - the mirror? That gave me chills.

[fernibear]

wow that was really good i love the bit where ariana dies

[GrindelwaldGirl]

The editing was AWESOME!!

REALLY good job!!=D

The time you put into it was well worth it!!

5/5 + favourite and I'm gonna subscribe=D

[Nfiz]

Beautiful. It's such a sad story and you portrayed it very well. Great editing, you made this very believable (good use of different clips too!), and I loved the ending. So tragic, but argh... just beautiful. Thank you so much for your hard work, I really appreciate it. =) Well done.

[AnitaKM]

You really brought the words alive. This could be any real movie, just without soundclips, but that doesn't matter at all. Beautiful. What else can I say? Beautiful, really. My bad english doesn't allow me to tell you exactly how much I like this. You are talented. Honestly. :)

[AnitaKM]

You really brought the words alive. This could be any real movie, just without soundclips, but that doesn't matter at all. Beautiful. What else can I say? Beautiful, really. My bad english doesn't allow me to tell you exactly how much I like this. You are talented. Honestly. :)

[Nouf89]

WOW... WOW... WOW!!! You brought this whole story to life and I'm just... WOW! I'm really speechless. This could NOT have been done any better. The editing, the clips, and everything is just so perfect. PERFECT is the word for this video. I'm sorry that this review doesn't make sense, but this is the first D/G I've seen, and I am seriously blown away. WOW! lol.

[LittlebunnyakaPygmy]

This video is absolutely beautiful, It made me smile and cry! Welldone , the songs you chose were perfect and it is such a beautiful video , Kep up the brilliant work!!

Pygmypuff20

xx

[ReganSlash]

Flawless... erotic, romantic, tragic. Everything conveyed in an absolutely perfect way.

Thank you. There are no more words: Thank you :D!

[erienspice]

Wow, that was really powerful! I love Azura Sky. I didn't realize that you used clips from Angel. This was well worth the time and effort you put into it. I loved it.

Erin

[chickj0600]

Amazing! :D Fantastic work!

[kiten2cat12345]

wonderful! Absolutely brilliant!

I really really loved this video, you did so much work to it and it really paid off. Wow! It is accurate, moving, effective, and just plain awesome. But also sad at the end. :(

5 stars and 10 planets

[cazzykay23]

i love thsi video ti so cute

[cazzykay23]

i love thsi video ti so cool and sweet

[jacyevans]

This was absolutely amazing. The way you edited and blended the scenes was flawless, and the whole idea was just something I haven't really seen done before - FANTASTIC job.

[MysticSong]

I don't have enough words for how fabulous this is. Truly awesome!

[jreed17]

Absoultly AMAZING. I loved everything about it. The plot, the charecters u used as Dumbledore and Gellert(Merlin is one of my favorite movies) it was all wondreful. I can tell it took u a really long time, but its a long time well spent cause u have a extrodinary peice of work here. Great job and keep up the great work.

[Zomagotchi]

Wow, I started to tear when I saw this ;o; Job well done! And excellent choice of music, I listen to most of them all the time on my iPod :3

[jreed17]

WOW!!!!!!!! this was freaking amazing. I loved it alot. Great story. I love the movie "merlin" and i think it was a great idea to use the charecters in this vid great job.

[DuerreMathers2]

Oh, this was beautiful! I've never seen a more complete, more authentic Dumbledore vid! I especially love the Grindelwald parts - Dumbles/Grindelwald is my brand new OTP - and I love that you gave Grindelwald curly hair. Well done, you should be very proud of yourself!

[YuesWoman]

Whoa! Great work! Excellent use of Merlin clips. I've watched that film 100 times, but even I forgot that these were clips from Merlin and instead I was watching Albus's life! Great, great work.

[Athenea199]

It is so weird but I was watching Merlin on tv last night and was thinking what a good Dumbledore he would make! Great Job! Five Stars

[elphaba08457332233]

first veiw, yay! and i can see you REALLY took your time on this... at least writing the description! lol. great job! i dint really understand it, but i loved it. i'm sure i'll get it better after reading the description, but i dont have time to read the whole thing right now XD