Sympathy to the characters WAS: Respecting the Dursleys

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No: HPFGUIDX 159692

> >>Renee:
> This is an interesting issue! Is JKR deliberately challenging us, 
> or are we dealing with a difference in ethics? Or both? 

Betsy Hp:
I suspect it's both. <g>

> >>Renee:
> Many readers of the HP series probably don't have exactly the same 
> set of ethics that JKR has; there are bound to be differences.
> I bet some of our reactions are not at all what JKR intended.
> <snip> 
> But sometimes, there's just no way we can be sure until we've got 
> Book 7. Did Marietta deserve what she got in OotP, or not? If we   
> don't hear anything more about it in the last book (which,        
> frankly, wouldn't really surprise me), I think all those people   
> who condemn Hermione for cursing the parchment, may have an       
> ethical issue with JKR. Just like people who want Snape to        
> apologise to Harry, if that doesn't happen.

Betsy Hp:
I agree that there's no way JKR will please all of us. And the 
fallout will be interesting. <g>  At that point, I guess, the 
discussion will rest solely on questions of ethics rather than 
wondering what JKR thinks.  

I do think the Potter books have benefited (or been cursed, I 
suppose <g>) by the internet.  Have any other books been so 
discussed *while* the author is still writing them?   And I think 
JKR does encourage questioning things.  (Fake Moody is a perfect 
example of that, I think.)  I'm curious, though, as to how *much* 
she wants us to question.  It'll be interesting to find out.

Betsy Hp