Rita - Luna and the Qubbler

[Charles Walker Jr]

No: HPFGUIDX 169585

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Marion Ros" <mros at ...> wrote:

> Marion:
> Yes, but the point I think sistermagpie was making is that if Rita
had printed pure bollocks, and insulting, damaging and vicious
bollocks at that, about, say, the Malfoys, then Harry and co would've
loved Rita Skeeter. Rita would be seen as an ally and a friend and the
fact that she prints lies for profit and political ends would not
matter to Harry and Hermione in the slightest.
<snip>

Charles:

Excuse me? We have already seen that Harry defends even those who have
hurt him. Including Draco Malfoy. In COS, when Malfoy is being accused
of being Slytherin's heir, and Harry is asked whether he thinks it is
possible, he responds with a resounding no. Hell, Harry could have
killed two birds with one stone on a certain night in Little Whinging
just by not sending his patronus after the dementor attacking Dudley.
Dudley would have been out of his hair for good, and there would have
been proof that Harry had been attacked by dementors. Harry most
decidedly would not have been on the side of Rita Skeeter.

Look at the attitude that Harry has when he reads the Quibbler for the
first time. He feels that the most sensible thing in the magazine is
the article about Sirius, and that the article on Fudge, who has
already become his enemy, is ridiculous. No lauding the Quibbler for
telling lies, no feeling of being allied with it. When Hermione
decides to get Harry's side of things published in the Quibbler, he is
hesitant. His thoughts are, and I quote "[...]it would confirm a lot
of people in the view that he was completely insane, not least because
his story would be appearing alongside utter rubbish about
Crumple-Horned Snorkacks." (OOTP) Doesn't seem like too strong of an
alliance to me.

Charles, consistently surprised at how many people think Snape is
undeniably good and Harry is undeniably evil.