There it goes again! Objectivity out the window.

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 175263

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "va32h" <va32h at ...> wrote:
>

> 
> va32h: Is Sirius hiding in 12GP, drinking and being depressed 
because 
> that's his choice? Or is he stuck in 12GP because his status as a 
> wrongly accused and falsely condemned murderer makes it impossible 
> for him to contribute to the Order outside of 12GP?
> 
> Do you really think so little of anyone but Snape that you don't 
> think Sirius would be out there, risking his life, if he had the 
> freedom to do so?
> 

Let us not forget Lupin, barred from employment and driven into 
poverty, facing prejudice on all sides while trying to act as an 
envoy to hostile werewolves.  Or Hagrid facing a journey to see 
violent giants.  Or Tonks and Shacklebolt, trying to operate within 
an ever-more-hostile and dangerous ministry, as is Arthur.  And all 
without stooping to abusive cruelty a la Snapey-poo.  And, by and 
large, with the arguable exception of Sirius, without the driving 
force of a creepy and stomach-turning obsession.

For that matter, let us remember a little matter of three kids who 
manage to face and fight off dangers much greater than any these 
bumbling adults (and yes, I include Snapey-poo in that number) could 
deal with successfully.  Oh yes, there are many other people at work 
than Sevviekins.

> va32h, who had this wacky notion that the series was about a boy 
> called Harry Potter, not The Canonization of Severus Snape with a 
> cameo appearance by Harry Potter.

Oh dear, I had that impression, too!  I think so did JKR!  Ah, well.  
I guess when she does her revised editions she can correct the titles 
to "Saint Severus Snape and the ...... with a cameo appearance by a 
certain unworthy and ungrateful brat who deserves all the cruelty and 
abuse he gets."  Then again, I doubt the people who do the dust 
jackets would go for it.


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