Why do we get so het up about Harry Potter?

[angellslin]

No: HPFGUIDX 71147

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sueeeyqbong" <sue at s...> wrote:
 
> I really do feel that people are taking the books way too seriously 
> sometimes, (myself included) and forget that we originally read 
them 
> for fun. And when people get so easily offended, participating in 
> this discussion group stops being fun. 
> Recently I read a well though out and (I thought) fair post 
> criticising certain aspects of the HP books, and OoP in particular. 
> I never once felt that she was implying criticism of HP fans when 
> she was criticisng the books, though I think that some may have 
> taken her comments that way. It led me to wonder why people are so 
> quick to assume that because someone is criticising the HP books, 
> they are also criticising the many fans who love the books? I am 
one 
> of those people who finds much to criticise in the books, ...

Well, maybe that's because we have emotionally involved in HP books 
deeply. Harry has become one of our faithful friend. He's definitely 
not perfect, full of demerits, (as HP books are). We will counter 
him, challenge him, as Hermione did. But we love him and HP books so 
much that we will lose our self-control when some people criticise 
him and the books. It's much or less similar to Ron when he become 
raged when Darco or Snape sneered Hermione. 

Angel