Thoughts on OOP (SPOILERS)

[pegruppel]

No: HPFGUIDX 67197

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "tarisuprapto" 
<tarisuprapto at h...> wrote:
> Having read a number of OOP-related posts after finishing OOP, 
> thought I'd put my two cents/pence in. I'm puting in spoiler-space 
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Tari
> Dumbledore is certainly human as well --as evidenced in the last 
> pages of OOP.  Whether are not there are other plans at work, that 
> remains to be seen; it's been a lot of fun reading other people's 
> speculations and analyses.  Sirius is human - he has family issues 
> and he has carrying the burden of feeling guilty for Harry's 
parents' 
> death.  He is action-oriented and hence the restlessness he feels, 
> and he probably is proud to a fault.  

Me:

I would add that I think this book has sent the MAGIC DISHWASHER 
(better see the archives if you don't know that one!) to the depths 
of TBAY.  That's sad, but it also makes DD more human.  His great 
age, power, and apparent wisdom made us all forget that he's a 
person, not an icon.  

I suspect that so much of the disappointment that some posters have 
had is the great disillusionment with DD.  He's just a man, and we 
all wanted him to be so much more.  We wanted the ultimate Daddy, and 
we got a human being instead.  That's something we have to deal with 
in real life, and it just doesn't seem fair to have to deal with it 
in a work of fiction.

Tari:
> It is a tense and dark time for the WW, so no wonder that the 
> characters are tense and JKR's talent is how she conveys, projects, 
> and has us feel that tension.  

Me:

I'll second that.  I'd feel really let down if the war with Voldemort 
was set up as a backstory to the "real life" of Hogwarts.  That would 
be at complete odds with the overall storyline.  After all, this is 
Harry's story, his memoirs, and he is at the center of the changes in 
his world.  If the story were told from the point of view of, say, 
the Creevey brothers, the darkness wouldn't be nearly so deep.

Tari:
> I'll end by saying that I am loving McGonagall more and more.  Her 
> arguments with Umbridge were priceless and the subtle egging on of 
> Peeves ("it unscrews the other way") is just too precious for 
words. 

Me:
I've loved McGonagall from the beginning of the series.  I always 
knew, from the episode in PS/SS when she was willing to "rearrange" 
the rules so that Harry could play Quidditch, that she wasn't *quite* 
as stuffy as she made herself out to be.  And her episodes of getting 
teary-eyed over other people's disasters told me that she was a real 
softy.  More power to McGonagall!

Peg