Bang + Angst = Bangst ? (WAS Re: You Guys *Want* Hagrid To Die

[Dicentra spectabilis]

No: HPFGUIDX 57139

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Cindy C." <cindysphynx at c...> wrote:
> Hmmm.  But there are lots of examples of Bang without Angst, which 
> shows JKR might not be a "Bangsta" after all.
> 
> In the Shrieking Shack, Lupin and Sirius almost execute Pettigrew, 
> to the point of raising their wands and saying goodbye.  They seem 
> not the least bit troubled by this.
> 
> Harry throws a badge and hits Ron in the forehead, but doesn't seem 
> the least bit remorseful or angst-ridden.
> 
Well, that's because now we're running into Real Wizards Don't
Apologize territory, which you yourself staked out with your own flag
Back In The Day, March 14, 2002, Message 36556.

"Sirius never
apologizes to Snape, Ron, or Lupin. Snape never apologizes to Harry,
Lupin, or Sirius. Ron never apologizes to Harry for being a prat in
GoF or paying off a debt with vanishing gold; Harry never apologizes
to Ron for bopping him in the head with a badge. Lupin never
apologizes to Dumbledore for the werewolf adventures or for his
hideous errors in judgment throughout PoA. McGonagall doesn't
apologize for letting Crouch Jr.'s soul get away from her. Don't
even get me started on Hagrid."

So if there's no apology, it's because there's no angst to begin with.
 Can't have one without the other.

--Dicentra