[HPforGrownups] Re: Random Parseltongue questions

[Yis M Koslowitz]

No: HPFGUIDX 24345

One sentence rant - Anne McCafferey's dragons ARE NOT CUDDLY!
Robyn, who is Weyr bred. 
> Granted that dragons are certainly magical, but what is it that 
> makes 
> JKR's dragons seem "wise?" They seem to me to be thouroughly 
> reptilian, without higher communicative powers. Newt Scamander's FB 
> makes no mention of dragons having elevated linguistic abilities or 
> particular wisdom. JKR takes a thoroughly unsentimental view of 
> these 
> mythical creatures. The great humor of the Hagrid/Norbert 
> relationship is Hagrid treating this cold-blooded and rapidly 
> growing 
> agent of destruction as if it were some Anne McCaffrey plush toy. 
> 
> This could change in future books, but I currently see no evidence 
> of "Crouching" Dragons.
> 
>    - CMC
> 
> HARRY POTTER FILKS 
> http://home.att.net/~coriolan/hpfilks.htm 
> 
> 
>    - CMC
>  
> 
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