Grawp

[Rebecca Stephens]

No: HPFGUIDX 69526


--- "D.G." <dgwhiteis at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 1.  Giants
> 
> It had always been my impression that giants were a
> relatively 
> intelligent and civilized species, even if somewhat
> warrior-like 
> and "primtive" (by Wizard standards) in the way they
> structured their 
> society.  Early on in OoP, this seems to be
> validated -- they have 
> chieftans who demand obeisance, they definitely have
> a strictly-
> established social order.  And, remember, they can
> be charming/sexy 
> enough that humans occasionally develop crushes on
> them and have 
> affairs (and/or marriages) with them.
> 
> Then along comes Grawp --a drooling,
> barely-articulate brute who 
> seems all too much like King Kong in chains.  Is
> THIS the kind of 
> thing that Hagrid's mother (and, unless I'm
> mis-remembering 
> something, Olympe's mother as well) actually
> MARRIED!?  Ewww!!!!!  
> Continuity problem here for JKR -- or am I missing
> something?


Am I the only one that thought Grawp might be retarded
when his too-big head was mentioned?


Rebecca

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