Intro pt 1: Umbridge/Grawp/Snape the betrayer

[sjlupin]

No: HPFGUIDX 70834

 Tasukibeth1 at c... wrote:

> 
> Umbridge's lack of comeuppance - 
> I was irate at the way Umbridge
> got off. 

Me:
Same here! She really deserved some serious butt kicking. I am re-
reading to my kids and we read the first detention scene last night 
and my blood pressure was rising all over again! She was absolutely 
HORRIBLE through the whole book with NO redeeming qualitites in my 
mind. I truly believe we will see her again and she will pay for what 
she has done in some way. It is, in my mind again, very un-JKRish to 
just let her slink into the darkness with no restitution. Anyone have 
ideas of what will become of her?


> The Grawp Thing-The whole Grawp thing made me very, VERY 
uncomfortable. I 
> hope Grawp
> was introduced for a reason -- otherwise, all I see is a new can of 
worms
> with an inevitably messy resolution.

Again, I agree. I actually thought the whole Grawp thing was, well, 
stupid. It just didn't seem to add much to the story and only showed 
me more incompitance on Hagrids' part. I like Hagrid and I appreciate 
his friendship to HRH and loyalty, but he certainly doesn't always 
use good judgement! Again, I trust JKR and am going on the assumption 
that Grawp was brought into the story for some reason.


> Snape as the ultimate betrayer - I hope and pray that Snape is a 
good guy.
> If he ended up being a betrayer, I would feel extremely let down. 
Someone
> said (I apologize, I don't remember who) that just because he is 
mean
> doesn't necessarily mean that he is evil. 

Umm, with you again. I like Snape's character and I truly do think he 
is on the 'good' side. He has tremendous personality flaws and some 
severe issues, but my gut tells me that he is going to do something 
big for the Order and for Harry. I really don't know what or how, but 
I am giddy with excitement to find out. His character is fascinating. 
And, I think JKR does a really good job of showing that the good guys 
aren't always in white and the bad guys in black. That is so true of 
real life and it has already given me oppotunites to discuss such 
things with my kids. 

sjlupin