[HPforGrownups] You're reading the wrong book

[heiditandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 51093


PickleJimmy insisted that

> JK is writing a book in which we are *meant* to -
> 
> -Hate Malfoy and Love Harry
> -Cheer for Gryffindor and Boo Slytherin
> -Love Lupin, hate Snape, think Trelawney is an old crackpot and 
> cringe at Hermione's Lockhart crush
> -See a struggle of good over evil in which good will eventually 
> triumph
> -And understand that it is our choices above anything else that makes 
> us who we are.
> 
> So, if you Love Snape and think he was mis-treated, if you cheer when 
> Slytherin win, if Malfoy the bouncing ferret brought a tear to your 
> eye (and not from laughing - like mine was), if you're hoping that 
> Lupin/Black/Dumbledore/McGonagall/etc turn out to be Evil, then *you 
> are reading the wrong book*


I'm sorry, PickleJimmy, but when in Book 1 did you realise that you were
reading a book in which you were meant to think that Scabbers was a cute
pet? Did you like Hermione when we first met her, or did that only
happen later?

When in Book 2 did you realise that the helpful Tom Riddle was really
Voldemort (now, I admit to realising in the Diary Scene that he was Up
To Something, but I didn't know what)

When in Book 3 did you realise that you were reading a book in which you
were meant to know, clearly, that Sirius was a good guy, framed by his
former friend - the one everyone thought he'd killed?

When in Book 4 did you realise that Moody was a manipulative git - but
that every bit of dialogue he said was truthful, from a certain point of
view?

Good to know that *you* have never been misdirected by anything JKR's
put in her books. You're a lot more clever than I am.

Oh, and btw - I'm as bothered by Snape's mistreatment of Hermione as I
am by Crouch's mistreatment of Draco - I mean, we *know* that Barty's
committed at least one murder, so why should we overlook the abusive
punishment of a student?


heidi