UJoan Rowling wanquma ukwembula ukuqondiswa komhlaba wonke weDumbledore emuva ngo-2007, kepha ngemuva kweminyaka eyi-10, udaba lwabaphikisi bezintambo luhlala bukhali - akubona bonke abalandeli bombumbi kaHarry abakuthandile ukuqashelwa okungalindelekile kombhali. UJude Lowe, nokho, uthi umhlaba "ongenakuliwe" uDumbledore usukulungele - futhi uma ungalungile, kusho ukuthi kusho ukuthi uphuthume futhi ulungele:
"Umhlaba usukulungele ukuvalwa kwezitabane, futhi uma engakulungele, ngakho-ke uyakudinga, silungiselelwe."
Ochungechungeni oluphambili lwamafilimu aphathelene noHarry Potter, asibonanga lolu hlangothi lwe-Dumbledore, ngoba, sizoba inhloso, okuthandwa ngumthakathi akuthinti isakhiwo samaPoreriya nganoma iyiphi indlela. Umthetho kaJude ugcizelela ukuthi ukuqondiswa okungaqondile kwe-rumbledore akusho ukuthi "uchaze," ungubani nokuthi uyini.
Engxoxweni neNew York Times, umlingisi washo lokhu okulandelayo: "Ake sikusho lokhu: Le filimu ayisho ngokuqanjwa kweDumbledore, futhi hhayi ukuqondisisa kwakhe okunquma ukuthi ungubani. Kodwa-ke, lobu budlelwano bumbethe ngokuphelele, akulona elinye lezinto ezichazayo - akaveli kulabo abanikeza izinhliziyo zabo noma umphefumulo abaningi abantu. Kwakuyimiphumela yalobu budlelwano nenhliziyo yakhe, futhi emva kokuba kwakungekho muntu, obezoqedwa ngokuphelele. "