who is the hero? was DD and the rat (was:Re: Minerva McGonagall-/Dumbledore)

[potioncat]

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Kneasy wrote:
> Without the adults it'd be as mindless as a Disney (spit) 'young 
adult'  film, pandering to the limitless egos of idiotic adolescents 
who somehow always know more than any grown-up, resulting in a 
resolution that is facile, moronic and has all the credibility of a 
nine-bob note. 
> 
> Adults dismiss such stuff as the rubbish it is.
> Now if JKR goes along that route I shall be severely pissed - so 
also, I'd venture to say, would many on the site; this is after all, 
a site for grown-ups, not one for retarded teenagers with delusions 
of social adequacy and a yearning for the stereotypical resolutions 
reflecting the non-existent standards inherent in many a television-
induced intellect narcosis, often called popular programming. 
> 
> Expectations are high and I'm confident that she won't crash and 
burn 
> at the final bend. It's much too intricate, detailed and 
ambivalent for 
> that sort of let-down to be likely.

Potioncat:
But, face it, the series is about Harry Potter  It isn't "Severus 
Snape and the Unfortunate Events at Hogwarts."  It isn't "Albus 
Dumbledore: Puppetmaster of the Wizarding World."  It's "Harry 
Potter and the..."  Harry gets to be the Hero.  He may not like it, 
but he does. 
 
Where was Snape when the trio braved the enchantments and went after 
the stone?  Where was McGonagall when Harry went into the Chamber?  
Was anyone in the graveyard with Harry?  Snape's burst of glory, 
rescuing the trio in the Shrieking Shack, earns him a headache and a 
grand embarrassment.

Nope. It won't be the grownups that save the day...but I'm sure JKR 
can pull it off and we won't be disappointed.

Potioncat (typing as fast as she can before kids come home and 
requesting everyone to please ignore all typos and errors.)