Joan Rowling yahisemo guhishura icyerekezo cyisi cya Dumbledore mu 2007, ariko nyuma yimyaka 10, ikibazo cyibyifuzo byimyitozo gikomeza gutyaza - ntabwo abafana bose ba Harry bakunze kumenya neza umwanditsi. Yuda Lowe, ariko, avuga ko isi "idafite amakuru" yiteguye - kandi niba idakwiye, bivuze kwihuta no kwitegura:
"Isi yiteguye gufungura abaryamana bahuje ibitsina, kandi niba atari witeguye, bityo akeneye, yitegure."
Mu ruhererekane rw'ingenzi rwa firime zerekeye Harry Potter, ntabwo twabonye uruhande rwa Dumbledore, kuko, tuzagira intego, ibyo ukunda ku giti cye ntabwo bigira ingaruka kuri pisitani muburyo ubwo aribwo bwose. Amategeko ya Jude ashimangira ko icyerekezo kidasanzwe cya Dumbledore kidasobanura "kudasobanura," uwo ari we kandi ni iki.
Mu kiganiro na New York Times, umukinnyi yavuze ibi bikurikira: "Reka tuvuge ibi: Iyi filime ntabwo ijyanye no kwerekeza kuri Drimbledore, kandi ntabwo ari icyerekezo cye kigena uwo ari we. Ariko, iyo mibanire ni ukuri rwose, ni kuri we kimwe mubintu bisobanurira - ntabwo biva kubatanga imitima cyangwa ubugingo. Byari ingaruka zuyu mubano n'umutima we, kandi nyuma yuko nta muntu wavagaho byuzuye. "