Lockhart as Pullman?

[amanitamuscaria1]

No: HPFGUIDX 91157

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
> What I am intrigued by is Granger's contention that Gilderoy 
Lockhart 
> is likely patterned on Philip Pullman. 
>
AmanitaMuscaria writes: Pullman and JKR are writing from quite 
similar premises, in one sense - both are fervently for personal 
choice, and I believe JKR may be moving strongly against given 
authority - Harry's never been a respecter of persons, although until 
OotP, he's respected Dumbledore. I think he's now lost respect and 
trust in any adult - perhaps I mean he's lost unconditional respect - 
he will now have to relearn where it's possible and wise to give that 
trust, if he's to retain his humanity.
Pullman puts Lyra and Will through similar hoops, though I don't 
believe he does it as well or as subtly - Lyra's mother wishing to 
use her to get at her father, and Lyra's father using her to bring a 
person to him seemed to me to be putting polemic before fiction.
So Q1., maybe - I've seen a TV interview and read another where he 
seems to come across as not fully formed, perhaps.
Q2., I wouldn't have thought so - I believe he's got strong beliefs 
as to where organised religion has led us as opposed to one's innate 
spirituality or soul or whatever you wish to call it - but then, I 
think JKR is showing us imposed organisation versus an innate, naiive 
magic, she's just not couching it in quite such blatantly religious 
terms. 

Anyways, Pullman owns pugs. 
So he can't be all bad!
Cheers. AmanitaMuscaria