Heart-strings-tugging men - Why no trial? - Bones - Binns

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 23841

Various people have pointed out, astutely IMO, that Lupin, Sirius and Snape 
all appeal to the savior (otherwise known as the martyr, the mother, etc.) 
that lurks inside many women.  I think the *mix* of 
vulnerability/screwed-up-ness and strength is the key here.  Men who are 
completely self-sufficient leave that need-to-be-needed part of some of us 
(can't imagine who) unfulfilled, while men who are constantly on the verge 
of falling apart have little to give.

I know the appeal of Lupin for me is this combination.  He is an extremely 
capable, intelligent and powerful person, but he also needs some taking care 
of; he's been through a lot.  Add in that he's kind and sensitive to other 
people and . . . okay, I'm going to stop now before I talk myself into a 
swoon.

Aleks, good point on the difference between Sirius's crime (and treatment) 
and the DEs'.  I would add that he might have been a victim of the 
"Longbottom effect":  crimes committed after the fall of Voldemort were 
received even more bitterly by the wizarding community.  In Sirius's case, 
it was a matter of less than a day afterwards, and was the fallout from that 
final scene of the war proper (the Potter-Voldemort confrontation), but 
still, everyone is celebrating V's miraculous downfall and in the middle of 
it this man blows up 13 people.  The MOM probably felt more rage at that 
than at similar crimes committed in the preceding months.

It's also very possible that he was *not* treated differently from many 
other accused.  He says, "I wasn't the only one who was handed straight to 
the Dementors without trial."  (GoF 27)

Laura somethingorother (welcome, Laura!) wrote:

>D'you suppose Rowling actually ever thought of the connection between
>Suzie Bones and the victims before that question came up?

I really do.  Maybe she didn't work out that the victims were her 
grandparents, but I'm sure she intended for there to be a connection.  It's 
not a common name.

The Brighton flatmates would be funnier, though.

Kelly the Yarn Junkie wrote:

>Could Binns have been AKed while he slept and that's why he became a
>ghost?

By a formerly sane student who was driven over the edge by one too many 
stultifying lectures, perhaps?

Amy the On-again, Off-again Knitting Addict


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