Another thing (was JKR, the female and facism)

[lealess]

No: HPFGUIDX 179135

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "montavilla47"
<montavilla47 at ...> wrote:
>
> I still don't get how breaking up with Ginny was supposed to protect
> her.  I guess it would keep her from potentially becoming Tonks with
> a big belly and no hubby around, since Harry *had* to go Horcrux 
> hunting.
> 
> But it seemed ridiculous to me that Harry and Ginny spent weeks 
> as the main topic of discussion in the rumor circles of Hogwarts and
> then he breaks up with her two minutes before everyone leaves for 
> the trains and *no one* mentions to Voldemort that Harry Potter's
> girlfriend is running around, just waiting to be used as bait?
> 
> Or heck, the Ministry for that matter.  They're trying to catch 
> Harry Potter, too, right?  Why not bring in Ginny and force Harry
> to come after her?
> 
> Montavilla47
>

Trelawney... we speculated for years about her being at Hogwarts as
Dumbledore's way of protecting her.  Then she's at Hogwarts under the
management of the Death Eaters for a whole school year, seemingly
untouched by them.  At the end, she's lobbing crystal balls at them
(are crystal balls that easy to find, and that incidental to her?  I
would have gone with full sherry bottles, myself).

I guess that Voldemort just dropped the idea of finding out the
contents of the Prophecy because he had a new obsession, which none of
his Death Eaters even had a clue about, even though they had the
wandmaker captive in the Malfoy dungeon for ... how long?

Sorry, I know this is a completely different topic, but your post
brought it to mind as one of those storylines that worked for one
purpose, maybe two, then got reduced in the last book to a mark on a
checklist.

lealess