Protection-Abuse / Patron-Client (was:re:Blood protection/ Dumbledore and Ha

[Tesha]

No: HPFGUIDX 158626

Betsy Hp:
> > > So Harry is not in rags, he's not overworked. I think there are
> > > *references* to Cinderella, but they're very, very mild.

Magpie:
> > But Cinderella wasn't beaten bloody either. She can't go to
> > the ball, she has to do chores when her step sisters don't, she
> > wears ugly clothes (Harry in broken glasses and Dudley's hand
> > me downs are the modern equivalent).

Betsy Hp:
> I guess where I see the Cinderella parallel breakdown is in the
> intensity.

etc, etc. etc.

Tesha:
The Cinderella Story is the only real and true Cinderella story -
If HP WAS The Cinderella Story it wouldn't be Harry Potter it would
be... wait for it... The Cinderella Story.

JKR used the Cinderella tool to craft Harry - had a wonderful life
ahead of him, terrible things happen, suddenly life is no longer rosy,
he grows up straight and tall anyway and he moves forward to meet his
destiny. She makes the replacement father an ignorant bully and the
mother replacement, well -- is complex a good word? We can't LIKE
them, some of us can't understand them - but all of us see them for
what they are, a crucible for Harry.