OoP -- Not all shades of gray are the same

[jenny_ravenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 65843

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "darrin_burnett" <bard7696 at a...> 
wrote:
 
> Look, I'm all for searching for the gray in every character, even 
Voldemort, but there is a difference between explaining what a 
character does and justifying what that character does.>

I say:
This is one of the things I loved about OoP - the gray came out in 
many characters (as well as the green, red, blue, purple and orange).  
The fact that Harry was angry, Sirius was immature, and Hermione was 
annoying (she was!) made all of them more real to me, and in fact, 
made me root for them all the more.

Darrin again: 
> Not everything is gray. There is black and white in this world. 
There is also light gray and dark gray.>

Absolutely.  I think people are actually being too hard on some of the 
characters in OoP, while, strangely, excusing others.  It is 
interesting to me that so many people are hell-bent on finding 
something redeemable in Draco, yet criticize Harry for being angry 
with Dumbledore.  People are tripping all over themselves to wipe the 
tears from Snape's eyes and yell "Schmuck!" at James.  Why are we so 
quick to find fault with the "good" characters when they do things 
that aren't so good?  I am uncomfortable with Harry trying the 
Cruciatus Curse on Bellatrix and squirimed a bit when Kingsley did a 
memory fix in Dumbledore's office, but again, these are tough times in 
the WW.  If the good characters were truly good all the time, evil 
would win, hands down.  We'll be seeing more questionable actions in 
books six and seven - I'm sure of it.

--jenny from ravenclaw ************************