Ginny VS Harry

[prep0strus]

No: HPFGUIDX 135080

"flyingmonkeypurple" <tab1669 at e...> wrote:

> "I see that being Dumbledore's favorite has given you a false sense 
> of security,Harry Potter. But Dumbledore won't always be there to 
> protect you. Harry looked mockingly all around the shop." Wow... 
> look at that...he's not here now! SO why not have a go? They might 
> be able to find you a double cell in Askaban with your loser of a 
> Husband! 
> That was way below the belt. That was really mean. That made Ginnys 
> line look like nothing. He had to rub it in that he is in jail.
> 
> flyingmonkeypurple

I agree that Ginny's line wasn't really that mean, and I certainly
don't get the 'offensive to women' part - I'll have to go back and
read some of those posts.  Yeha, she was snippy, but Hermione should
be able to take it - she knows how to dish it out sometimes.  And
they're kids, and they're under stress.

But I don't really think Harry's line was that bad either.  This was
the Harry I loved in this book - the Harry we saw with Scrimgeur. 
It's a Harry between the kind've whiny, petulant Harry we saw in 5 and
the hopefully confident adult Harry we'll see by the end of the book.
 Sure, he still doesn't have great judgement all the time, but he's
learning to channel his feelings and stand on his own.  It's
especially visible when he's telling Scrimgeur off for keeping Stan,
and for standing firm in his defense of Dumbledore - instead of hiding
behind Dumbledore, he uses him as an inner strength.  So much of this
book took place in Hogwarts (obviously) where I felt Harry was more
wrapped up with the silly teenage relationships and his heavily
restricted attempt to figure out what Draco and Snape were up to.

It's the times he got out of the castle that I think his wings really
got to break free.  Anyway, in relation to this line specifically, it
might be a little stupid, a little cheap, but she was threatening his
life!  When someone who's simply nasty to you, yeah, there are ways to
be nasty back without going for a low blow, like mentioning her
husband's prison sentence.  Except, we need to remember - she's not
just a nasty lady.  She was basically telling Harry he's gonna be
killed, and she's gonna be happy about it.  I don't think there's
really any blow that's too low to respond to that.  What's more, her
husband is in jail for attempting to kill Harry!  It's not some
embarassing mixup at a massage parlor or something - these are evil,
evil folks.  I'm not sure it was the most adult response in the world,
but she deserved it, and I definately was cheering for Harry in my
head for a well justified smack out at some people who need to be
taken down (taken down 'a peg', but also, taken down to Azkaban
themselves!)

~Prep0strus