Slytherins: selfish, not evil + Ariana raped?

[johanarincones]

No: HPFGUIDX 173750

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Goddlefrood" <gav_fiji at ...>
wrote:
>
> > > > Erin:
>
> > > > did anyone else read the Muggle torture of Ariana as rape?
> > > > Or do I just like my backstories as twisted as possible?
>
> Goddlefrood:
>
> The answer to the first is no, it read as what it was, an attack
> that made poor Ariana fail to adjust to her newly found magical
> moments. The fear of the unknown expressed in the attack by the
> three muggle boys on her is about all I took from it.
>
Finally!
I was getting scared at the amount of people that read that scene as
rape. It was creeping me out!
The girl was only 6 years old, at that age a bad beating/humiliation
associated to her ability to do magic would be more than enough to
create a block, or at least a huge feeling of guilt from being able
to perform magic. Weren't any of you bullied at a young age?  Just a
push and a few laughs can get you down for a while. No rape necessary
to make a lasting impression!
I imagine JKR being extremely worried at people thinking she got a
six-years old gang raped!
On the whole I liked the book a lot. I loved it that she was able to
get horcrux Harry without killing Harry. I thought it would have been
better without the epilogue, though. If she'd just made clear that
Harry found happiness, that was good enough for me.
My best to you all,
Johana