IIM: The Fate of the Trio?

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No: HPFGUIDX 157130

As we enter the seventh book, the members of the trio will become
adults by the standards of the wizarding world.  There are some
obvious aspects to this -- being able to apparate legally, for
instance, or chosing to leave Hogwarts.  But how might adult status
affect the trio in other ways?

Will they, that is, become like the adults that surround them: namely
Incompetent Ignoble Morons (IIMs)?  Or will they set new standards of
actual sensitivity and competence for the WW?

I'm betting the latter, but they certainly have no models. 
Dumbledore's incompetence was wretched, particularly with regard to
Snape and the Dursleys.  McGonagall's handling of Neville in PoA and
Harry in OOTP was reprehensible and set a stirling standard of
emotional stupidity and insensitivity.  Lupin has failed time and
again to offer Harry any meaningful support, and it seems that none of
the adults even bothered to check up on Harry after promising to do so
at the end of OOTP.  The insensitivity, incompetence, failure to
provide support, and general wretched attitudes and practices are
astounding.

How will HRH be different than this?  Or will they?  Will they too
become insensitive, stupid, uncaring of abuse, and morally vile as
even the "good" adults seem to be?  One hopes not, but the WW does
seem rather poisonous, and certainly has a way of corrupting anyone
over the age of majority.


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