Broken potionvial WAS: Re: Bad Writing? (was: JKR and the boys)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 163305

> Alla:
> 
> I do not remember the suggestion that everyday grades should be 
> eliminated for Hogwarts fifth years.

Pippin:
Harry didn't grade his DA class and didn't worry at all about
the failing grades he was getting from Umbridge.

> Alla:
> 
> I understood your argument that Harry craves Snape approval among 
> other males. So does he or does he not craves Snape approval, Pippin 
> or does he just want to be treated fairly by every teacher?
> 
Pippin:
When has he wanted to be treated fairly by anybody but
Snape? IIRC, he never thinks it's unfair that Lockhart chooses him for 
every demonstration, he doesn't  think it's unfair that Trelawney
keeps using him as an object, he only wishes that McGonagall
favored her own the way Snape does. (Of course the joke is on 
Harry, there. McGonagall does favor her own students, but as 
her favoritism takes the form of higher expectations, it doesn't 
make Harry's life any easier.)

Wow, if you think Harry is hung up on fairness rather than
approval, it's no wonder you don't understand his reconciliation
with Dumbledore. Once he finds he never lost Dumbledore's
approval, that it was all a colossal misunderstanding,  he's okay 
with Dumbledore again. Dumbledore's unfairness or toleration 
of unfairness in others was never the issue. 

 
> Pippin:
> > Is it a reasonable expectation that a Slytherin teacher would treat
> > anyone fairly? I wouldn't hold my breath. Life is unfair. People 
> are unfair, 
> > especially those who don't idealize fairness. 
> <SNIP>
> 
> Alla:
> 
> Wow, so are you saying that every non Slytherin student should come 
> to Hogwarts expecting that he or she would never get a fair grade 
> from Slytherin teacher?

Pippin:
Why be so general?  Slytherins aren't noted for fairness, that's all.
Harry knows that from what the Hat says in its first song. Ron warns 
him that Snape is said to favor his own students. Harry doesn't
know that he's going to be the special target of Snape's unfairness,
but he does know that the wizarding world tolerates unfairness
and Snape's in particular.

Pippin