The intended murder of Pettigrew (sorry, OT)

[cat_kind]

No: HPFGUIDX 116497


catkind:  How about: Lupin in this scene slipped through the lines 
> of
> > print to join Sirius in an entirely different and more primitive 
> genre
> > of fiction.  
> > 
> > Think LotR.  Think Alexandre Dumas. This rat has betrayed our 
> friend,
> > causing his death. He has to die! In either of those settings it 
> would
> > seem perfectly normal.  
 
 
Renee:
> No, don't think LotR, please.
> <quote> 
> Frodo: "What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature 
> [Gollum], when he had a chance."
> Gandalf: "Pity? It was Pity that stayed his hand. Pity, and Mercy: 
> not a strike without need. (...) Many that live deserve death. And 
> some that die deserve life. Can you give it to him?"</unquote>
> 
> It seems to me LotR and Harry Potter very much belong in the same 
> camp.

catkind:
What an apt quote! But none of us are agonising about how Frodo could
be so evil as to suggest stabbing the critter, and I never noticed
anyone in LotR capture enemies for fair trial at a later date. I admit
I was thinking of the more warlike characters - Sirius, for one, is no
hobbit.

catkind, who is no LotR fan and should maybe have chosen a different
example