[HPforGrownups] Re: the Train Stomp -Fred & George as bullies

[Mary Shearer]

No: HPFGUIDX 34700


--- jklb66 <jklb66 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm going to go against the trend here and defend
> HRH, and even Fred 
> and George (despite their "adult" status), for
> hexing and then 
> stepping on Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle at the end of
> GoF.   I won't 
> excuse them because of the Slytherins insensitive
> comments about 
> Cedric (although that would have made me want to hex
> them too!) but 
> because the 3 Slytherins were standing there
> threatening the lives of 
> Harry, Hermione, and all of the Weasleys!
<snip passage quote>
> 
> This isn't an empty schoolboy threat.  The fathers
> of all 3 
> Slytherins in that doorway are DE's and will
> undoubtedly soon be 
> killing "Mudbloods and Muggle-lovers."

I'm glad someone else was brave enough to voice what
I'd been thinking all along. Malfoy soooo crossed the
line there.  Not a violent person by nature, I
nevertheless was oddly satisfied by this passage. 
These kids are crowing over the death of a classmate,
for heaven's sake! JKR's characters are nothing if not
human, and the emotional atmosphere is particularly
taut following recent events - especially for Harry
who's just come through Hell.  It stands to reason
that anger would get the better of Harry & Co. in this
instance - if it didn't, they would just be too good
to be true...but, of course, that is another
discussion thread. IMO, we cannot expect them to take
this one sitting down - it would be too out of
character.  This is not the first instance in which
our young friends have lost their tempers, and it will
be a mighty boring read if it is the last!  

-Mary, who thinks Draco is one-dimensional anyway, and
will probably not be hurt too badly by getting walked
on. As for hissing at Malcom, shame on you twins -
hope you didn't do it so he could could hear it.
> 
> 


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