Metathinking (was: Why Snape may know what he knows)

[Jackie]

No: HPFGUIDX 45143



> > Grey Wolf wrote:
> > 
> > > I have to disagree strongly here: *making* Harry
> the
> > > centre of all theories *just* because HP is a
> book 
> > >with his name and he's the one who almost always
> the 
> > >story centres in IS the most pure form of 
> > >metathinking. Read, for example, a similar book,
> the 
> > >Belgariad, were the main character IS the centre
> of 
> > >almost everything that goes on. And not even
> then, 
> > >since there are things that go around him that
> have 
> > >nothing to do with him. In a good fantasy world,
> the 
> > >universe shouldn't spin around whomever happens
> to 
> > >have his name in the cover. Because the real
> world is
> > 
> > >not like that, and a fantasy, to be enjoyable,
> must 
> > >be a reflection of our world, with a few changes
> to 
> > >the physical rules.
 
I agree with this thinking.  The book can be from
Harry's viewpoint, and Harry can be the catalyst
for many events, without being involved in everything.
In the same vein, though, this involves my theory on
Dumbledore not knowing for sure the effects of
Voldemort's spell.  Nowhere in cannon does it say
that Dumbledore played with dark potions.  He is
involved in alchemy with Flamel, but turning metal
into
gold does not sound like a dark potion to me.  It also
mentions that he came up with 12 uses for Dragon's
Blood, but the potion involved no dragon's blood(as
far as we know), it involved Nagini's venom.  If we
are to believe that Harry's world is governed by the
same general rules that ours is, it is not logical to
deny Harry omnipotence and at the same time give it to
Dumbledore.  He knows a lot, for sure, but he
can't know everything.  

Jaye


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