Minerva McGonagall Was: Re: HP Conventional Wisdom Watch II

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No: HPFGUIDX 127635


>Lupinlore:

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 MINERVA MCGONAGALL - mixed.  Essentially no change.  Her 
> reprehensible behavior early in OOTP was marked by heroic action at 
> the end.  We shall see.
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Alla:

Personally I hope that Minerva will rise even more. I like her a lot. 
To me she is the srict disciplinarian, which I can never call Snape.
:-)
I like her for at least trying to object to Dumbledore's decision to 
leave Harry with Dursleys. I like her for being strict with Trio ( 50 
points from each, anyone?) and still loving Quidditch so much that
she could not resist the temptation to get Harry on the team ( that 
is of course strictly my opinion that minerva was not as much playing 
favourites with Harry, but playing favourites with teams)

I adore her for being a professional enough who would not badmouth
her colleagues in front of the students.

I love her for promising Harry that she would help him become Auror, 
even if that would be the last thing she would do.

I love her if for nothing else in OOP, then for "it unscrews the
other way".

I love her for putting Snape in his place at the end and still being 
professional about it. 

I disagree that her behaviour in OOP was reprehensible. I think she
was honestly trying to keep Harry out of trouble. Was the advice she 
give an incorrect one? In my opinion, yes, I think that even if 
everybody tried to avoid Umbridge she would find a way to hurt Harry 
and other students. I think Umbridge had to be dealt with ASAP, 
because to me she is just as evil as Voldemort, but I don't think 
that McGonagall behaved reprehensibly. JMO, of course.

Alla,

who decided that Minerva needed a little bit of love from me. :--)