ESE!McGonagall (not what you think)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 164639

Caspen:
> 
> As I wrote, Minerva is one of my favorite characters, but other than 
> ESE/enchanted Minerva there is certainly no denying (so far) that JKR 
> does seem content to leave her undevelopped. Maybe I just find the 
> idea of a deliberate disguise more palatible than (in Debbies's 
> words) "that McGonagall (like most of the other women in the story) 
> doesn't really have a narrative function except to serve as a 
> stereotype spinster schoolteacher.... She's a stock character in 
> fiction, the type who provides atmosphere -- she gets no action, no 
> mystery, and no growth." I don't know about anyone else's motives for 
> entertainig an ESE McGonagall or enchanted McGonagall theory, but I'm 
> beginning to suspect that one of mine is a powerful desire to repress 
> my own consciousness of deep and blatant (whether she, herself, is  
> conscious of it or not) sexism on JKR's part.

Pippin:
 JKRed ask us not to judge the 'witches only play traditional roles'
issue till we had all seven books. 

http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2000/1000-cbc-rogers.htm
But no, I don't think that's true. I've said this before. I sometimes feel 
frustrated in that I'm just over halfway through the series. It's like 
being interrupted halfway through a sentence and someone saying, 
"I know what you're going to say." No, you don't. When I've finished, 
then we can have this discussion, because at the end of book seven, 
then I can talk about everything in a full and frank way. 

--
But I doubt JKR would have placed McGonagall in such a difficult
position if she meant to leave the character undeveloped.

If  McGonagall continues as Head she will face huge challenges, 
even if, with Harry gone, Voldemort decides
to leave Hogwarts alone for awhile (fat chance, IMO.)

She has a number of staff positions to fill, not only DADA but
Transfiguration, Head of Gryffindor, and Deputy Head. Any
guesses whom she might pick, considering that JKR says we've
met all the important characters?

Pippin