DH: Epilogue, Unforgivables and Other Quick Thoughts

[Lisa]

No: HPFGUIDX 172318

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, elfundeb <elfundeb at ...> wrote:
>
> In some corners there is disappointment because the defeat of 
Voldemort was
> not accompanied by changes in the WW.  The Statute of Secrecy is 
still
> there, the House system remains at Hogwarts

Lisa:

I think the Houses balance each other out well.  I would've liked to 
have seen Dumbledore's comment to Snape come to fruition and have the 
sorting come later in their school career -- perhaps in their 4th 
year, giving the 1st-3rd years some time to become comfortable in 
their new surroundings and allowing them to form friendships that 
would continue after sorting?

elfundeb:

> Too many Unforgivables were cast by Harry and co.  There may be 
concepts in
> Wizarding law of self-defense and heat-of-battle exceptions, but I 
found
> this unforgivable simply because JKR made them Unforgivable and 
used that
> very point to illustrate how little separated the Death Eaters and 
the
> Aurors under Barty Crouch Sr.

Lisa:

Weren't we told that during the last war, the bans were lifted on 
Unforgiveable Curses in order to effectively fight against the Death 
Eaters?

elfundeb:

Snape
> was not DDM because he liked DD's agenda, but for his own, personal
> reasons.  TEWW EWW (and the desire for personal redemption that 
fueled his
> loyalty to DD thereafter) is much more OFH! than DDM!, which I 
suspect is
> one reason why many Snapefans are more distraught at the outcome 
than those
> who were sure he was ESE!

Lisa:

Personally, I never cared "why" he was on the right side, I just knew 
that he was!