Slytherins: selfish, not evil + Ariana raped?

[Sue]

No: HPFGUIDX 173778

Johana:
> 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?  <snip> I imagine JKR being extremely worried
> at people thinking she got a six-years old gang raped!


Sue says:

I agree that JKR would be horrified to learn even one person thought
that she'd meant Ariana had been raped by those muggle boys.  I
didn't see even a hint to suggest that she'd (Ariana) had received
anything other than an EXTREME beating that left her with a severe
brain injury.  We must remember, even though the series has gotten
darker, it is still eccentially a children's (to YOUNG adult) book.

Sue