Wizard of OZ ending?

[anne_t_squires]

No: HPFGUIDX 171384

Laura wrote:

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> I just watched Wizard of Oz twice this week - my kids will be in the
> play - and liked what happens to the witch.
> 
> Dorothy throws water on the witch out of her instinctual concern for
> her well being - call it love - but water is the one thing that kills
> her. So Dorothy's love is what kills the witch. If D and co. had
> stood there and said "burn baby burn" she might have survived through
> some black magic sort of thing.
> 
> How elegant it would be if something is threatening LV and Harry
> struggles with himself to let it happen or step in, and he fires off
> that saving spell which is the one thing LV cannot survive, just by
> chance, after all the horcruxes are taken care of, of course.
> 
> After all, Dorothy says she was only trying to help. Dorothy is not
> tainted by murder because of this. Harry would still be an innocent!

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Laura
 
> Kimberly wrote:
> I do like this theory and especially, if you think about it, what her 
> followers' reactions were.   They were glad to be rid of her, to be
free of 
> her ruling.   I do think that when LV is dead, his deatheaters will
be a bit 
> relieved.    When he was thought to be finished off at Godric's
Hollow, how 
> many of them went and looked for him or were even upset ?   Only a
few, the 
> LeStrange's & co.    I think the reaction of The Wicked Witch's
henchmen 
> will be somewhat the same.   I don't think they'll bow on one knee
saying, 
> "Hail to Harry !" but you know what I mean.   :-)
> 
> Kimberly
>


Anne Squires:

I also like this theory.  I was thinking earlier this week about the
ending that the "bad guy" gets in many Disney films.  My memory of
these things may be a bit off; but the way I remember it, many "bad
guys" fall to their deaths in the midst of an epic struggle and the
"good guy," who is usually just fighting for his life in self-defense,
is actually guiltless/blameless in the death of the baddie.

Snow White:  The Witch/Evil Stepmother/Evil Queen falls to her death
as she flees from woodland animals & the dwarfs.  It happens during a
most convenient thunder storm with lots of thunder and lightning that
add even more confusion to the situation.  Snow White & Prince
Charming are completely innocent of her death.

Beauty & The Beast:  Gaston falls to his death after attacking the
Beast.  If I remember correctly, a storm is raging at the same time. 
At any rate, his fall is an accident.  Belle is completely innocent. 
The Beast not as much, but the way I remember it, the Beast was
fighting in self-defense.

The Lion King:  Uncle Scar also falls to his death.  The Lion King
(sorry I don't recall his name--Simba maybe?) is fighting in
self-defense.  At one point I think he has the upper hand and tells
his uncle to flee and never return, then Uncle Scar attacks him from
the rear.  I remember thinking the battle between the two was exactly
the same as Gaston vs. the Beast with the exact same result.  I think
there is also a storm during this battle as well.

Cinderella:  The cat falls to his death after struggling with the dog
and the mice.  The mice are fighting for their lives.  Cinderella and
Prince Charming are completely innocent.

So, in these particular films "love" does not destroy the "bad guy;"
however, the "good guy" remains innocent, does not really do anything
wrong or immoral, and reaps the benefits of a destroyed "bad guy."

I have often wondered exactly what DD did to defeat Grindelwald?  Did
he actually kill Grindelwald?  Or did DD neutralize him in some other
way?  Was it in self-defense?   Did "the power of love" play any part?
 I know none of these books are entitled "Dumbledore and the Defeat of
Grindelwald;" but I'd still like to know.  I'd like to know how
"innocent" DD was of killing (if Grindelwald was, indeed, killed).  I
 feel Harry's actions will mirror whatever DD did.  

OMG, two weeks left.

Anne