Pureblood attitudes and the word "racism" (Was: James...

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 106816

Batchevra wrote :
> Why did you snip the part that I used to show that Harry has 
> ambition, the sorting Hat says it, " and a nice thirst to prove 
> yourself,"

Del replies :
I snipped it for 2 reasons :
1. Because nobody ever described Harry as ambitious (except maybe Rita
Skeeter, I don't remember :-). 
2. Because Harry might have had a thirst to prove himself, but he
never had much ambition. He proved himself on the Quidditch pitch and
by fighting LV and he's satisfied with that (not that he shouldn't
be). He's not showing any kind of ambition, either in his studies or
in his projects for the future. He hopes to get good results at his
OWLs, and he fancies becoming an Auror. Not exactly *ambition* as I
see it.

Batchevra wrote :
> I have said that Percy is ambitious, but it is the way he is going 
> about his ambition, which is a choice he made, that I think is 
> wrong. 

Del replies :
Percy was *always* presented as being wrong for being so ambitious. It
was wrong for him to be so proud to be a Prefect and then Head Boy. It
was wrong that he studied so much and pushed others to do the same. It
was wrong that he was so strict about enforcing the rules. And so on.
It was *always* wrong for Percy to be so ambitious. And pompous, let's
not forget pompous, or rather let's not *forgive* pompous, should I
say ;-)

I mean, *honestly*, who *ever* thought that the Twins should leave
Percy alone ? Who ever disagreed with their opinion of him ? Hum ?
Which comes as rather ironic now, considering that we've discovered
that they are just as ambitious as he is, just not in the same way.

Del