[HPforGrownups] Re: Hermione attempted murder!

[Kae *]

No: HPFGUIDX 69297



Me:
D.G. wrote:

>Y'know, this reminds me:  at risk of finding myself accused of being
>the grumpiest thing since a garden gnome with a toothache:   this is
>the second time [by my count] that Harry and/or his buddies have been
>rescued in the Forest by a "deus ex machina"-type happenstance [and I
>HOPE I spelled that Latin right!] -- the other being the time the
>feral car that used to belong to the Weasleys came along just in time
>to rescue Harry from the giant spiders.
>
>Lots of lit-crits will tell you that when an author relies on
>something like this, instead of an actual act on the part of a
>conscious protagonist, he or she has run out of steam (at least for
>the time being).  I was disappointed when the car saved Harry -- it
>seemed like kind of a cheap and easy solution to his predicament (for
>that matter, those talking spiders were a bit over-the-top, even for
>PotterWorld, in my opinion, as well).  Likewise, when Grawp showed up
>at just the right time, I sighed and said, "Oh well, here's one thing
>that Wizard ingenuity WON'T get us out of!"
>

Me:

Though I actually agree with you, I just wanted to play devil's advocate.

Harry DOES have a prophecy hanging over his head about him and LV saying 
"either must die at the hand of the other". So maybe until that's fufilled, 
fate is going to keep on getting Harry out of these sticky situations. Handy 
out for JKR's plot holes, isn't it?

Laik

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