The Dullest Redemption Subplot Ever (Tiny TBAY, hardly enough to notice)

[marinafrants <rusalka@ix.netcom.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 51631

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Cindy C. <cindysphynx at c...>" 
<cindysphynx at c...> wrote:
> But you raise an interesting question.  If redemption requires 
> atonement, then redemption *can't* involve crimes such as rape, 
> torture or murder, can it?  By their very nature, it is impossible 
> to mitigate or undo such offenses, right?  So in fact, if someone 
is 
> evil to that extent -- if they reach the rape, torture or murder 
> level -- their atonement doesn't really count for much, does it?  
> Like you said, Talk Is Cheap, especially when things Cannot Be 
Fixed.
> 

Does redemption actually require atonement, though?  Or does it 
instead require repentance?  Now, as a result of repentance you 
might decide to atone, or to do penance, but it's the repentance 
that matters, right?  If you apologize to somebody without actually 
meaning it, you're not redeemed, are you?

Also, if you kill or torture somebody, it's true you can't really 
atone to the victim, but perhaps you can atone to the universe at 
large, so to speak, by saving other people or doing some other form 
of major good.  Karmic atonement rather than personal atonement.

As for Draco's redemption subplot, the only thing that might make it 
interesting would be the potential conflict between him and Lucius.  
But HRH would have to be directly involved in it somehow, otherwise 
it would all play out off-stage somewhere, which would be very dull 
indeed.

Marina
rusalka at ix.netcom.com