Healing Themes (WAS Re: LID!Snape rides again)

[houyhnhnm102]

No: HPFGUIDX 149960

Sydney:

> A lot of how I see the series turning out is because 
> it seems to me that this isn't a "Lord of the Rings" 
> style epic of warrior heroes;  it feels a lot closer 
> to "The Secret Garden" or "Little White Horse" or even 
> "Great Expectations"-- a darker, more elaborate version 
> of the child healer story.

houyhnhnm:  

I've found myself thinking about _Great Expectations_ a lot since
being magicked into the Potterverse.  Not really noting similarities
with regard to character or plot, just thinking about the book more
frequently than I had in, say, the last twenty years.  I've also found
myself thinking about _Silas Marner_, the quintessential child healer
story.