Who is the adult (Was: Who's to blame for Occlumency?)

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 100834

Melacros 

 
> The trouble is, you see, that the author of these books continues 
to turn this concept on its head throughout the series. Who's the bad 
> guy in PoA? Sirius Black. Until the last few chapters, that is.
 

Wrong. Sirius Black was never the bad guy. He just was waiting for 
proof that he wasn't. False comparison.

Sirius never changed sides. He didn't undergo a character change. 
More facts came in and we learned more about him. Pettigrew never 
changed. Neither did Crouch Jr. We just learned more about him.

And if McGonagall, Lupin or someone else turns out to be a traitor, 
that character won't have change. We'll just have learned all the 
facts.

So, using this to somehow show that people can change is not right.

If information comes out in books 6 or 7 explaining Snape, revealing 
the existence of another Slytherin mole, or some such, then of course 
we will deal with that information as it comes.

> If you choose to read only the surface story of the books, and you 
> enjoy that, then more power to you. But your utter disregard for 
and  unwillingness to try to understand anyone who chooses to dig 
deeper is more telling of you than of anyone else.
 
I don't define "digging deeper" as making a moral equivalency between 
Harry's rule-breaking (done almost always in the name of a greater 
good) and Draco's rule-breaking (done almost always to torture, 
bully, or even attempt to maim and murder.)

I define that as attempting to drag down the hero for reasons unknown.

I don't define "digging deeper" as apologizing for one character 
while magnifying other character's flaws. Snape and Harry are not 
equals. One is older, wiser, in a position of power and one is a 
teenager who has been marked for death. Expecting them to behave 
equally is ridiculous.

I see words like "I hate Harry" or "I hate Sirius" and I don't define 
that as getting something deeper or more meaningful out of the books. 
They are just getting something that fits their own worldview.

Please, don't elevate contrariness to some form of insight.

Darrin