Laticauda

You're treating that as a magic term that reflects all criticism. Being the main character doesn't mean he should be immune to any and all consequences of his actions without ever having to change and improve as a person.

Do you happen to remember who won that particular scuffle? And who had an enormous statue erected in memorial and is the most popular presidents in history? And whether slavery is in fact still legal or not?

I mean I'd also take him undergoing some actual improvement as a person, but sure that would be better than him constantly getting away with being a horrible person and it being hand-waved with "he's just too good to lose" never mind how badly he would tank the reputation of the hospital and would be more of a liability than an asset even with his talent.

There's a difference between being treated specially and having complete immunity, and I think you're a bit naive if you think talent alone is enough to protect someone's job even in the medical field. And yes, one singular talented doctor who makes 5 new enemies every time he opens his mouth would absolutely be replaceable. Do some people get treated specially in their jobs? Sure, though it's usually because of who they're friends with or who they're related to rather than their talent. But to the degree that House gets away with? He takes it to a cartoonish degree that would lead to so many lawsuits Cuddy's head would spin. Do you know how much hospital deans care about the reputation of their hospital? And no, House's success rate wouldn't prevent his patients from pursuing legal battles or tanking the hospital's reputation. House's behaviour would make him an active liability which would cancel out any benefits to gain from his talent and he wouldn't be worth giving any special treatment. But that's beside the point, I personally couldn't stand his guts and disliked how he never suffered any real consequences for his actions and that's why I stopped watching.

Yes I did, I read and reread them many times as a kid and I never saw enough evidence that he had enough limitations to prevent him from doing something like lobbying for legislation. The degree of influence he held in the Wizarding world was huge and none of the reasons given for why he would struggle with changing things convinced me that they were enough to combat the sheer volume of feats Dumbledore had achieved throughout his career, the number of friends he had in high places, or the fact that he, again, very publicly defeated Wizard Hitler 1.0. The 5th book actually showcased pretty strongly how far his influence had spread and how much it intimidated the ministry. He had inside men in both Voldemort's circle (Snape) and the ministry's circle (Kingsley), neither of which were ever suspected or discovered by the leaders of the organizations they'd infiltrated, and he even orchestrated an entire underground order of powerful and influential wizards and witches working in the shadows to fight against Voldemort right under the ministry's nose. It's not like Fudge was terrified of him aiming for Minister of Magic for no reason.

Oh no two whole paragraphs longer than 3 sentences. I didn't mean to frighten you with words.

A couple of other characters complaining means absolutely nothing when the main character is constantly rewarded for his behaviour by the narrative.

And yet House keeps his job and continues practicing despite his constant extremely inappropriate conduct.

Most episodes featuring queer people, to start. There's an episode that portrays asexuality as a medical problem that can be cured for example. The intersex episode is another one that leaves a very bad taste in the mouth for a variety of reasons.

Most of the time he didn't even have good intentions though. What motivated him more than anything was being right about everything. His ego always took precedence to anything else.

I stopped watching it cause I just couldn't stand House, who is never allowed to experience the consequences of his behaviour because he's just so amazing and special and always right that they can't afford to lose him, because of course no other doctors in the entire city can hold a candle to this one emotionally stunted asshole. I remember the extremely acephobic episode which was not my favourite thing to see as someone who is asexual 🙃. That was definitely the last straw for me.

That's like saying "Dumbledore had the biggest assault rifle of anyone, so he can do anything".

Except it's not, not even close. Having a gun is not the same as having authority and influence in an institution or government. He ran Hogwarts, for one thing, as you said. He could have very easily refused to have house elves at the school unless they were paid employees, and that alone would have made a very public statement, which would have meant a lot on a societal level coming from such an important, influential, public figure. There are other options for labour, so it's not like he had any excuse not to. He also had political influence and could have pushed for changes in legislation if he wanted. Part of why the ministry was so afraid of him was because of the influence he had. It wasn't because he was a string wizard and they thought he would come to the ministry one day and shoot up the place if he didn't get his way, Dumbledore could only do so much against an entire building full of powerful wizards, even he wouldn't be able to stand up to all of the ministry's aurors. He had friends, connections, a reputation, a history, control over one of the most influential schools in the world which produced a significant percentage of the world's licenced and trained Wizarding population, direct access to thousands of witches and wizards who could all potentially be the next minister of magic or the next Voldemort or hell the next Dumbledore. He absolutely could have leveraged that to change something societally but he only ever used it to maintain his own status quo when the ministry got too jumpy and tried to knock him down a few pegs.

If he goes with 1, he has to maintain favor.

You say that like it would be difficult. He was beloved by most of his students, many of which had influential parents or would become influential themselves. He had an untold number of connections from favours he'd provided over the years, people he'd helped, or even just friends in high places. He was close with many high ranking experts in their respective field including his professors and others outside of Hogwarts. He'd previously been the one to take down the first wizard Hitler, and had been instrumental in fighting the second wizard Hitler. Etc, etc. His favour only slipped with the ministry precisely because they were aware of the power he held politically and were afraid of him leveraging that, and thought his claims of Voldemort returning were part of a move to take over the ministry. That was the entire deal behind the Dumbledore's army conspiracy. Even when they managed to force him out of Hogwarts they had to basically play dirty and strong arm him out of the position because they knew they couldn't do it through any legitimate channels. Even then the school constantly pushed back against them taking over and it became a nightmare to deal with.

But it's not like he would have to stage a revolution to enact meaningful change. All he'd have to do is suggest a change in legislation to important figures who respected his opinion, openly advocate for said legislation to gain public support, y'know, regular everyday activism and political lobbying, and he'd undoubtedly get results.