Respecting the Dursleys( was:Re: Hi everyone -- banning the books)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 159606

Jen: 
> When have our sympathies been a reliable guide? Well, I'm willing to 
> bet my sympathy for Harry is right on the money. That my feeling of 
> compassion for the beleagured Order members, despite their flaws, 
> will not turn out to be a 'gotcha' by JKR. That believing in the 
> Weasley family will not steer me wrong. That agonizing with and 
> cheering for the Trio will not end up in a surprising twist. I've 
> already confirmed to my own satisfaction that Dumbledore was meant 
> to be essentially good after HBP.
> 
> Sympathy is a movable feast. I don't think JKR is toying with 
> readers so much as prioritizing her plot over her characterization 
> sometimes.

Pippin:
Maybe I should have said infallible, not reliable. Weren't we supposed
to feel sorry for p-poor, stuttering Professor Quirrell? For  poor but
brilliant, parentess but brave Tom Riddle? As for readers feeling they've
been toyed with,  of course that never happens, just ask any
H/H shipper <veg>. 

Some people think that because there haven't been any startling
reversals lately, JKR is all through with them. But then, the wizards
let themselves think that Voldemort was finished just because he'd
been quiet for a while. And IMO JKR's satirical purpose is to show
us that while we're happy to think we could be as brave and noble
as the Trio, we're more than likely to resemble her characters in
their faults as well.

Pippin