echoes of LOTR was Dumbledore and the 'rules' of fiction

[Susan McGee]

No: HPFGUIDX 1203

And, as someone else
> pointed out, there are echos between the two books ("The pity of 
Bilbo may rule the fate of many") and certain characters 
(Wormtongue/Wormtail).
> 
> Peg

yes, I immediately thought of Gollum when Dumbledore told
Harry that it wasn't necessarily a mistake for him to have
spared Peter Pettigrew -- that saving a life created a bond
between those two wizards...

It reminded me of Frodo saying that Gollum deserved to die and
Gandalf saying that many deserved to live who had died - could Frodo 
give them life? and of course, it was Gollum who saved Frodo at the 
end....

I was thinking this morning about Boromir's betrayal, and wondering 
if in fact Ron will betray Harry

Susan