[HPforGrownups] Train stomp defence (was Chapter 13)

[Laura Ingalls Huntley]

No: HPFGUIDX 91904

> Laura wrote:
>> (Although JKR's defiant defense of the treatment Malfoy and Co. got
> on
>> the train at the end of GoF seems to suggest that author doesn't
> think
>> a little ruthlessness is a bad thing).

David:
> What defiant defence is that?  Has she spoken in an interview about
> that incident?
>
> Considering how various types of bullying behaviour figure so
> stringly in OOP, I think anything she says about that incident would
> be very interesting to know.

I'm sorry, that was very sloppy writing (and also a quite a bit of 
inference on my part).  I was referring to the fact that after all the 
complaining about the train stomp scene in GoF, she basically wrote the 
*same* kind of scene for the end of OotP (with the DA reducing Malfoy 
and Co. to puddles of mush).  Right after OotP came out, there was a 
great deal of speculation among listies as to what this could mean, and 
the general consensus seemed to be that it was JKR's defense of HRH and 
FG's treatment of MCG at the end of GoF (i.e. she was making no 
apologies and felt that none were needed).  Of course, this theory 
presupposes a lot of things, including that JKR even has a *clue* what 
we argue about over here.

Anyway, I'm sorry for any confusion I might have caused. *trips off to 
iron her hands*

Laura (who really ought to know by now that no one on this list is 
going to let her get away with lazy references.)