JKR's Messages (was Re: Hermione In Trouble?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 120994


> 
> Neri (previously):
> > A "reader"? A "character"? A "story"?? Oh, you mean this is all 
> > just fiction??? Well, in this case it's obvious that Percy is not 
> > as innately good as the trio. Why d'you think they are the heroes 
> > and he's just a secondary character?
> 
> SSSusan:
> You may mean this just to be rather a smart-ass remark [so hard to 
> read tone in e-format, you know], 

Neri:
No, it wasn't meant as a smart-ass remark (or not just, anyway). It
was an attempt to show by example what I obviously failed to explain
in the previous post. So I'll just explain it again: if you want to
argue about Free Will you need to do it from within the story, and
then we have to pretend that the Author and her authority don't exist.
By relying on JKR's authority here you put yourself outside the story,
and from this point-of-view no character has free will – they all do
what JKR makes them do. So from this point-of-view I have absolutely
no problem agreeing that the trio are "innately good", in the
strongest sense of this expression. They were definitely written as
the good heroes of the story.

> SSSusan:
> but I think it's part of what's 
> bugging me about this thread as well as the one about "double 
> standards."  When all is said and done, it's a pretty simple premise 
> for a story we have here.  
> 
> There's this kid, and he's Really Good.  And he's the WW's only hope 
> against this Evil guy, Lordy Voldythingy.
> 

Neri:
Yes, I was fully agreeing with this all along. From OUTSIDE the story,
it is that simple. But this doesn't necessarily mean it applies to
realty, either true or fictional. If you insist on claiming that Harry
et al are "innately good" as persons WITHIN the story, then it's
against the rules to rely on an observation the author had made
outside the books. 

Neri