Karmic justice in Potterverse again. WA blood bond between Snape and Dumbledore?

[pippin_999]

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> > Pippin:
> > I don't think she's *promoting* it any more than she's promoting 
> > a belief in magic. It's just the way her world works.
> 
> 
> Alla:
> 
> I am not sure it does at all. Yes, I think that people get what they 
> deserve or not, but all of them? And children suffering for the sins 
> of their fathers? I personally doubt it. 

Pippin:
Dudley gets a pig's tail because his father insulted Dumbledore. 
Petunia hates Harry because her parents favored Lily over her.
Those are among the first things we learn about the Potterverse.
They set the stage for finding out that Snape's hatred of Harry
is tied to James. It isn't *fair* that any of this happens. But it
happens, IMO, for exactly the same reasons that Umbridge's 
self-righteous demeanor gets her into trouble with the centaurs.

It seems to me you have to squint pretty hard to see nothing but 
virtue rewarded and evil punished. It's very gratifying, of course,
especially if the virtue  belongs to your favorite characters and the 
evil is other people's. But as art, it's cheap and
uninspired. There's a reason there's no muse for melodrama.

What did Cedric do to deserve death? Nothing. He was a brave
boy, kind and good. But then, what did House Elf babies do
to deserve being born into slavery? The whole wizarding 
world pays a price for that, and part of it is to see their
own innocent children die. Dumbledore is very clear about
that, IMO. Is it fair? No, it's just the way things are.

James and his friends took advantage of Snape, Snape in
turn takes advantage of Harry. You want to see someone take
advantage of Snape, but I  don't see any fairness in that,
only an endless cycle of offense and retribution. I'd like to
see Harry get off the merry-go-round, not give it another
spin.

I understand that you'd like it to be fair. You'd like to have
James be justified in his treatment of Snape, and Snape so
evil that he deserves everything that happens to him. I
just don't think Jo is going there.

Pippin