Lockhart - Gryffindor? /Hermione - liberal.

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 125567



Magda:
 
Well, which one do you want, reckless bravado or courage?  Because
they're not the same thing at all.

Alla:

OK, I thought that recklessness is the same as courage in a negative 
way. If it is not true, than I would like to see any examples of 
Lockhart courage in canon.


Magda: 
I would argue that Lockhart's entire public career is one long
example of reckless bravado.  He's always running the risk that
someone, somewhere will prove that he didn't do what he said he did
or that he was in actual fact in Birmingham when he claimed to be in
Burma fighting Dark Creatures.  

I can't think of anything he did that was really courageous unless
you want to count agreeing to let Snape be his duelling opponent.

Alla:

Oh, very interesting point about his entire career being example of 
reckless bravado, I never thought about it. Still, if we are saying 
that courage and recklessness are not the same , doesn't it mean 
that Lockhart has no courage?

Magda: 
Lockhart is the Gryffindor you get when someone with few brains and
fewer morals values courage.  And Lockhart DOES value it - in other
people.  

Alla:

I thought that Hat won't sort you in the House, unless YOU have 
quality which is quintessential for the said house. Am I wrong? If 
the person values cunninng and ambition in other people but not 
cunning and ambitious person himself, does it mean that such person 
will be sorted in Slytherin?



Eggplant:
"dumbledore11214" <dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
So, why doesn't "emotions run high" 
excuse apply to Snape in the pensieve scene? 
 

Eggplant:
Because Hermione had a excellent and logical reason for telling the
others in the Shack that Lupin was a werewolf, but Snape did not have
a valid reason to insult Lilly. For years everybody had been telling
Hermione that werewolfs were no good but she liked Lupin and figured 
they were wrong, so she covered for him. However for a brief time in
the Shack it seemed that Lupin was working for Voldemort; in that
instant she must have thought they were right after all and she was
wrong, an entirely understandable reaction. I would have done the 
same. 


Alla:

Eggplant, I liked your explanation, but I did NOT ask that question. 
That was Irene's.

Just my opinion,

Alla