Link to short story that JKR wrote for charity is now on Leaky

[sistermagpie]

> Magpie:
> Given how James starts out, that's not a change. James was always the 
> way he was while also hating Dark Magic. Either he didn't really need 
> to be redeemed or he wasn't, imo, because he was always the same, 
> personality-wise. 
> 
> -m (Who didn't think James needed to be redeemed particularly, which 
> is lucky for him because iho the Potterverse is the Land that 
> Redemption Forgot.)

Magpie:
Adding--that if you are using just the "bought out of slavery" 
definition some characters could certainly be said to have done that, 
but that doesn't make it a redemption story as that's usually 
described. They're more redeemed like Mowgli in the Jungle Books who's 
bought by a bull so he can live--he's redeemed by the bull, but it's 
not a redemption story.

-m