Victims, Oppressors, and redress (was DD's sacrifice and Snape sacrifice)

[lagattalucianese]

No: HPFGUIDX 143757

> 
> LUPINLORE:
> 
> You are, of course, quite correct in a legal sense.  Under 
wizarding 
> law Harry and Snape are both adults -- or will be as soon as Harry 
> reaches his seventeenth birthday and becomes a licensed wizard.
> 
> But that does not alter the fact that Snape is a child abuser.  
Yes, 
> his abuse is not as bad as that perpetrated by some others, and he 
is 
> not the same as Voldemort.  But his abuse is one of the central 
facts 
> of the books.  Realization of legal equality does not restore 
actual 
> equality to such a relationship.  In order to do that serious 
redress 
> of emotional and social wrongs is required.  And I stand firmly by 
my 
> contention that if JKR waves her hands and dismisses this with "it 
> was all Dumbledore's plan" or "that's the way it is in the 
Wizarding 
> World" then it would be very poor writing.  And if she actually 
> proceeds to make a hero out of said child abuser, well it is beyond 
> poor writing.
> 
Since we seem to be on an abuse-and-its-impact-on-adult-life jag, I'd 
like to suggest an angle on why Snape dislikes Harry and hates the 
Marauders that I haven't seen mentioned either on the list or 
in "Fantastic Posts and Where to Find Them". (Which I take as further 
proof that adults never *do* notice until it's too late.) I won't 
drag it onto the list, because I think it might offend some people, 
but if you're interested, go to:

  www.katmac.cncdsl.com

and read "The Hallelujah Patrol" and "Sleeping Dogs". Scenario: It's 
post-WWII, Dumbledore *is* back at Hogwarts, as is Snape, Harry is a 
very junior professor having to learn to work with the latter, and 
Hogwarts is experimenting with Americans.

(And no, this isn't an attempt to get hordes of people to visit my 
Web site. The site isn't monetized, it doesn't even have a counter, 
and I invite only people I like to visit.)

--La Gatta