"Pathetic" Muggle-borns

[slytherin_jenn]

No: HPFGUIDX 178547

 
> Magpie:
> I can see how it does sound like that, what with calling 
> Muggleborns "pathetic" but in reading the thread I think it's more just 
> about sloppy world-building, which I totally agree with. I tihnk JKR 
> felt like she had to write a sprawling story where the WW went under 
> like WWII, but she's really not interested or able to write a story
on that level.

Celoneth:
I think JKR put herself into an inextricable box when she decided to
make the books centered around the Hogwarts timeframe. The books have
to be wrapped up w/in Harry's 7 years at Hogwarts hence everything has
to be wrapped up when his last year is about to end. This approach has
to sacrifice a lot of realism and believability to work. I agree that
she tends to focus more on individuals rather then a larger schema
which also creates the same effect. Therefore we have a war suddenly
breaking out in full force, with too few DEs to make it believable
which requires that the rest of the WW be pathetic in order for the
DEs to be able to take over and for Harry to be able to save everyone
in a year's time. There just isn't space or time to build up a proper
war and a proper resistance which was one of my main problems w/ DH. I
found the first Voldemort war far more interesting - it was a drawn
out  war with decently matched factions and you could see it having a
huge impact on the WW as people had to adjust to living in such
situations.  With DH you immediately go from relative peace to all out
war w/ little or no build up, with the evil faction being led by an
increasingly insane and irrational Voldemort and no one on the other
side has the tactical ability to counter him - when many on that side
are professionally trained fighters and otherwise smart persons. 

As for the muggle-borns being "pathetic," I tend to agree - but they
have to be - otherwise the DEs would lose in an instant. Had they fled
 or refused to give up their wands and fought then the entire
desperate feeling of DH would disappear because the DEs, apart from a
handful, seem to be complete idiots. Had there been some build-up or
focus on the general WW instead of just Harry's PoV then it could be
better developed but it would change the entire book structure to do that.
Celoneth