Post-Hogwarts PTSD (was re: marvin's fanfic)

[Ebony Elizabeth Thomas]

No: HPFGUIDX 10882

Naama wrote:

>Ebony, I think you're going a bit too far in "giving" all of them
>PTSD. After all, most people who have fought in wars do not get PTSD...

Will we ever agree on *anything*, Naama?  <vbg>

JKR has implied that the theme of her series is largely allegorical... most 
fantasy epics *are*.  Good versus evil.  Anyone who comes in contact with 
pure, unadulterated evil will be changed forever.

As for wide-scale trauma, it not only affects individuals, but entire 
nations and communities.  To give just one example out of many worldwide, 
I'd be willing to challenge *anyone* who disagrees with the fact that my own 
community in this country is still dealing with the aftershock of the 
transatlantic slave trade--half a millenium after it first began.

I can't sit up and argue theory on this issue.  For me, it's a gut feeling 
derived from my faith.  I strongly believe in generational links, patterns, 
and derivative implications.  Everything I've ever studied about the history 
of humankind ties into this belief.

We don't know what will happen in future books.  That leaves the door wide 
open for speculation.

BTW, Jim Ferer is the expert on this theory, not I.  :-)

--Ebony AKA AngieJ

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Ebony AKA AngieJ
(H/H Special Agent, First Class)

"'We start by recruiting members,' said Hermione happily.  'I thought two 
Sickles to join--that buys a badge--and the proceeds can fund our leaflet 
campaign.  You're treasurer, Ron--I've got you a collecting tin 
upstairs--and Harry, you're secretary, so you might want to write down 
everything I'm saying now, as a record of our first meeting.'

"There was a pause in which Hermione beamed at the pair of them, and Harry 
sat, torn between exasperation at Hermione and amusement at the look on 
Ron's face."

--from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, p. 225, 1st Amer. ed.

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