Good Muggles (was: choice over heritage/heirs)

[Anne]

No: HPFGUIDX 45962


GulPlum wrote:
> My main reasons to doubt the Heir of Gryffindor
> theory are meta-textual, 
> because JKR's "clues" are usually oblique, whilst
> more obvious "clues" tend 
> to be subverted.

Anne (me):
Okay, I think we agree on that point then: that though
what happens *to* you may greatly affect the course of
your life, it is your *choices* that make you who you
truly are.  In your original post, I thought you were
saying that you doubted Harry would turn out to be G's
Heir because that would work against the theme of
choice.

Anne in my last post:

> >This leads me to something within the books which I
> am really hoping JKR 
> >will take up eventually.  It is quite noticable
> that there are really no 
> >examples of
> >really good muggles anywhere.
<snip>
> > It is
> >so noticeable to me that I am wondering if *looking
> down on muggles* will 
> >be one of the prejudices taken up in the story
> eventually.

And Gulplum:
> 
> I suspect that won't happen. The Muggle world, apart
> from the Dursleys, is 
> (at this stage, at least) of no relevance to the
> story. 
<snip>
>In terms of the meta-textual message
> JKR is trying to 
> portray, the wizarding world parallels our every-day
> experiences, and thus 
> including "speaking parts" for Good Guy Muggles is
> unnecessary. In a way, 
> *we* are the Good Guy Muggles.
> 
Anne:

True. For the most part, I agree with you.  In most
ways, the muggle world is quite separated from the WW.
 However, it is so very much talked about in a
prejudicial way that it just begs to be addressed as
part of the "preconceived ideas/coming together" theme
that is becoming so prominent in the story that it is
being directly addressed by one of the characters
(Dumbledore); the theme itself (apart from the muggle
question) is no longer meta-textual.  To me, it makes
the idea of "good muggles" as relevant to the story
as, say, "French witches".  I just can't *help*
thinking about it, because we are constantly reminded.

I guess we will see, though, eventually.  Perhaps we
will both be right, and JKR will leave the question of
Muggle relations as merely a hint of what the WW might
take up next, after the defeat of Voldemort. 
Probably, as you say, there won't be any muggle heroes
(darn!), but maybe some indication of the WW beginning
to admit that muggles are people too! 

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