MAGIC DISHWASHER (TBAY INTRO): Spying Game Philosophy - The Phoenix must die!

[grannybat84112]

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bluesqueak wrote:

<a mind-blowing piece of meta-analysis that culminated in
> 
> Voldemort must be beaten. But `merely taking your life' is not 
> enough. ...not only must 
> he  be defeated, but that what he stands for must be defeated. Must 
> believe it so wholeheartedly that they will eventually be prepared 
> to let their entire society be changed beyond recognition if only  
> it will defeat Voldemort.
> A phoenix is a symbol of rebirth. But what is often forgotten is 
> that before it is reborn, it dies in fire. 
>
> [A minor note: the plot of CoS revolves around attacks on 
>muggle-
> borns because of their blood. Dumbledore stands by and lets it 
> happen in the hope that the resulting battle can destroy the menace 
> of the basilisk for once and all. No wonder JKR said that CoS  
> nearly gives it all away]

I'm one of the thousands of deep-lurkers on HP4Gu who rarely 
surfaces. But I just had to come up from the depths to say...

Amazing.

This essay deserves immediate enshrinement in Fantastic Posts and 
Where to Find Them.

Suddenly everthing makes sense.

Bravo, Bluesqueak.

Dawn