Umbridge, detention, scars, and plotlines, oh my!.

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 125860


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "eggplant9998"
<eggplant9998 at y...> wrote:
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> I don't see why, Harry has already lost whatever trust he ever had in
> the adult world, more particularly he has lost his affection for Albus
> Dumbledore and for reasons far more profound than detention class. 
> Dumbledore was quite correct when he said it his fault his beloved
> godfather is dead.  There are many things the Wizarding World needs to
> apologize to Harry for, but The Quill is only number 422.
> 
>  Eggplant

Well, I can certainly agree with that.  Unfortunately, I really don't
think that is the line the narrative is going to take.  To wit, I
think we will see most of these things swept quite neatly under the
rug and none of the emotional/ethical/moral issues you raise here
explored.  In that sense, the issue of the quill is simply symbolic of
a lot of other issues.

I dwell on the issue of the quill merely because it is a concrete
instance that is well-encapsulated and easily grasped, and one for
which there is a physical manifestation in Harry's scars, however
faint they may be.  If JKR can't or won't deal with that relatively
simple issue then how can she hope to deal with the larger and vaguer
implications of Harry's relationship to the Wizarding World?

Indeed, I rather fear, given JKR's interview about Harry "mastering
his own feelings," that far from the people around Harry being faced
with their own serious failings, it is going to be Harry who is going
to have the moral burden placed on his shoulders.  The multiple issues
you raise will simply be dropped and not addressed.  Harry will
forgive DD relatively easily and resume his trust in all the other
adults with nary a ripple.  That would be a very foul turn, and not
one to JKR's credit as an author, but one I sense coming, unfortunately.


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