rita skeeter + mathilda

[taivimbra]

No: HPFGUIDX 19449

Hi!
This is my first post and I'm Spanish, so I hope you'll be able to understand it - though I read the English version of GoF, I haven't written anything in English for a long time... Excuse my faults...

I want to say something about Rita Skeeter, cause I think that she fits perfectly in the plot for some reasons, I think she was meant to be from the beginning, and not invented after the hype...

1. Without her, Hagrid wouldn't have faced his giant heritage, he would still be ashamed of it and hiding it from his friends, afraid of what they would say... And now, Mme Maxine may see that there's no reason for keep saying she has big bones: if Hagrid recognizes it openly, why not her? 

2. Without her articles, Slytherins couldn't have laughed at Harry (well, at last, not so much), and I think it´s JK's will that he suffers more and more scorn  and slyness from his classmates in every book... (and I thought that after all that "you are the heir of Slytherin" it was all over... poor ingenuous me) to remember us how cruel schoolboys can be (and because this way, Harry won't become too conceited - after all, he's saving the world in almost every book...!!)

3. Without her, Hermione could't have shown once again that she can find anything in the library, and save their butts (remember the basilisk?) Well, in fact this is not essential to the plot, but liked it: I liked her getting her revenge against the beetle!!!

So, she's mean, she's conceited and she makes them unhappy, but, the book would't be the same without her!!! The same about Lockhart -without him fooling around and trying to show off, Harry wouldn't have learned to do the Expelliarmus spell (sure Snape wouldn't have taught him to use it!!)

This is only my point of view, I don't worry about how bad are they - hey, Voldemort is bad indeed, but without him, there wouldn't be story... it would be all like "we're so happy we are wizards and have broomsticks and all that... "

By the way, you've saved me with the shorthand : I won't ever ask myself what the hell does IMNSHO mean ...

And my 2nd.thounght of today:
Have you read Roald Dahl's "Mathilda"??  or seen the movie? Is Mathilda's family the Dursley family in a parallel universe?

hoping not to have forgotten all my English

Tai


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