What is poetic justice? WAS: Re: Snape-the Hero -- Snape-the Abuser

[krista7]

No: HPFGUIDX 143584


> Potioncat:
> > My personal speculation is that Eileen was expelled from Hogwarts 
> and 
> > was unable to do most magic, therefore was at a angry Muggle's 
> mercy 
> > in that scene.

I'm quoting this here as a substitute for the real message I want to quote--
one that indicated Eileen couldn't have been an abuse victim, because, as 
a witch, she would've been able to blast her abuser into Kingdom-Come. 
Potioncat's idea that maybe Eileen had lost her magic somehow, making 
her vulnerable to abuse, is of the same thought: that a magical person 
(with awareness of his/her power) can't be abused by a muggle, 
because of the obvious power differential.

I don't think we need to create elaborate backstories in order to explain this scenario. 
Unfortunately, there are countless women worldwide living in situations they know 
to be abusive--not just the most benighted women, but women with families, 
with jobs, with income, with brains, with every reason to know they don't have to 
live in such a situation, with every reason to believe that they deserve *better*
 than to live in such a situation. If because of psychological abuse
 they can't see their "powers," would it be any surprise at all that a 
magical woman couldn't see *hers*? 

Krista