Idle musings on Book Six

[Megan]

No: HPFGUIDX 27807

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., fourfuries at a... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Barb" <blpurdom at y...> wrote:
> > > ** The first truly evil female character makes her debut
> > 
> > This is interesting.  Either JKR changed her mind about including 
> > this character or making her female, or we have yet to find out how 
> > truly evil a female character introduced in GoF is (Fleur, anyone? 
> > Nah, me neither.)
> >  
> 
> 
> How 'bout Rita Skeeter?

Annoying?  Yes.  Should be completely stricken from GOF (IMO)?  Yes. 
A disgrace to witches and journalism?  Yes.
Evil?  No.

I don't think we can classify Rita under that category of "truly
evil".  If she's evil, then Dobby and Lockhart are too...because they
irritate me just as much.

I think she's just there as someone to hate and be annoyed with.  I
doubt she's even intelligent enough to be truly evil.

-Megan, who obviously has issues with the character of Rita Skeeter