[HPforGrownups] Hagrid not brave? (was Re: Hagrid, Keeper of the Keys

[Laura Huntley]

No: HPFGUIDX 36931

Uncmark said:
>Hagrid is a rare being, caring and accepting of everyone. He is 
>rarely selfish and never petty. Would you allow Draco and his buddies 
>to act out without following the Snape Model and taking off points?

Mmm...but what about in GoF, when Hagrid tells Harry to stay away from Krum and basically tells him that foreign wizards were scum and not-like-us?  Granted, he was still smarting from Madame Maxime's behavior during the Yule Ball, but still.  I think Hagrid is more of an animal person than a people person (obviously).  He may have infinite acceptance for beasts, but with humans, he's not so patient.  Remember his assertion in PS/SS that *all* Slytherins were bad and not *one* bad wizard hadn't been in Slytherin?

Furthermore, as with the whole elf rights thing, he doesn't seem to think much for himself.  Many may have been impressed by his speech to the trio about V's rise at the end of GoF, but I believe his lack of fright/disbelief is less due to his own thought processes, and more due to Dumbledore's attitude toward the whole thing.  Hagrid idolizes Dumbledore, and if D. says V. is back and we're going to fight him, well -- that's that for ole Rubeus.
*wonders if this will ever have significance in the plot*  Say, what if Dumbledore was going to let Harry put himself in danger (because Harry *has* to put himself in danger in order to save the world or whatever) and Hagrid disagrees -- wants to help Harry, protect him, that sort of thing.  I wonder who Hagrid is more loyal to.

hum.

laura

do ya worry that you're not liked
how long till you break?
you're happy cause you smile
but how much can you take?
ordinary boy
ordinary life
well ordinary's just not good enough today
OLP (I probably mangled this song to death -- forgive me.)



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