JKR messed up........ no/yes

[prep0strus]

No: HPFGUIDX 178411

A recent posting of mine appears to have disappeared into the ether...
it may have been related to that deleted post, because that could have
been the post I was responding to.  In any event, if you are receiving
a post very similar to one you just received, I apologize.  I do wish
I had saved what I had written the first time...

I think the recent poster who quoted how Dumbledore would feel about
Lupin and Tonks' wedding had it right - happy to have more love in the
world.  This seems to be a message JKR continues to echo in her recent
interviews.  For a series that was so much about prejudice, and about
love, it makes a lot of sense that these ideas should be combined.

And I think it really can inform a lot about the story, if you want it
to.  It can also be totally irrelevant - Dumbledore, the eccentric,
brilliant wizard who never married... none of the professors we get to
know appear to have much of a personal life.  You can choose to reject
that Neville got married also - I think I assumed he didn't when he
became the herbology professor.  It seems to be a Hogwarts thing.

But if you do accept it, there is a lot to look into, layers to unfold
and examine.  I thought DD's great temptation was power - and I think
that's still true.  But in giving up his quest for power, could this
also mean he gave up love?  And yet, throughout his life he maintains
his belief in love, encourages love in others, spreads love and the
idea of the power of love to everyone.  A man with what seems to have
been a tragic life, spreading humor and love to those around him. 
That those around him would refer to him as one who would be glad to
see more love in the world after he was gone speaks of a powerful legacy.

And if you really can't get past the news?  If it irrevocably changes
things?  Well, all I can think of is the idea of some teen, or other
person, who feels isolated, alone, without someone to identify with,
thinking that the feelings they're having are shameful, need to be
hidden, covered up.  And if they know what she has said, and can find
some hope, someone to identify with - someone good, and powerful, and
beloved - and that helps them?  That's a good thing.  And I'd trade
that for every person out there who is so unable to get past their own
stuff that they can no longer enjoy these books.

If the presence of one thing that you disagree with or don't
understand is enough to keep you from wanting to see, hear, or
participate in something... there is a lot in this world you will miss
out on.  Because the rest of us will continue to create, to interact,
to be a part of humanity and all of its differences.  And the world
will pass you by. And you'll miss out on a lot of wonderful things.

These books have been about prejudice and love from the beginning.  I
think it's rather fitting that those ideas should intersect.  Even if
the sad fact is that it divides the people who have come together in
enjoyment of them.  I think JKR has certainly achieved relevancy.

Really, I want to know when we can get back to doing what this group
is really about - debating who is better, Sirius or Severus, and
finding the 'good Slytherin'!

~Adam(Prep0strus), who was originally responding to something
offensive that may no longer exist, but he didn't quote it anyway
because he was too offended by it.  And who apologizes for not being
able to find the post with the precise quote of how Dumbledore loves
love and wants more of it in the world.