Minerva McGonagall--DD's Right-Hand Woman or Truly a Secondary Character?

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 115483


--- Jen wrote:
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 And unlike  most of the other characters, even Dumbledore, she is 
a "by-the- book" person living in a world that is decidedly chaotic 
and  ambiguous when it comes to following rules. Even the resident 
> bureaucrats who appear to adhere to MOM regulations are apallingly 
> subjective and occasionally corrupt in their rule-enforcement. 
> McGonagall stands out as someone who consistently and fairly 
applies  rules for the safety and education of the students. And 
that doesn't happen often at Hogwarts.

Potioncat:
Good point.  I've wondered if she interacts at with the Trio vrs 
Draco situations with any awareness of the Marauders vrs Severus 
situation.  It's impossible to know what the adults knew.

But it seemed to me that there was a small simularity between her 
perception that Harry had tricked Draco into looking for a dragon in 
the middle of the night (SS/PS) and the Whomping Willow incident 
(Prank) from years earlier. However, we don't know if she even knew 
about that. And the punishment was for being out of bounds at night, 
which all 4 suffered.  

Potioncat
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