Suspension of disbelief -Idiots of War

[julie]

No: HPFGUIDX 182426


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> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn@> wrote:
> <SNIP of the whole post basically>
> It is just illogical in my books to assume that the ENTIRE
> wizard world sat back and sipped tea and did nothing.
> 
> Just one man's opinion.
> 
> Alla:
> 
> You are right. My argument has a logical flaw because it advances 
> unsupportable assumption. It is indeed hard to imagine that the whole 
> WW just sat back, watching Harry and his friends trying to bring down 
> Voldemort. They must have done something to help out, yes?
> 
> The only question remains  WHAT?
>

Julie:
Exactly. It only would have taken a couple of lines in DH
to say that Order members (including new recruits like some
Muggleborns, one would hope) were actively fighting the 
Death Eaters (who would likely have found some new recruits
too) in various battles. Yeah, Voldemort may be invulnerable,
but certainly his mostly dopey minions are not! Instead we
just hear about wizards on the run, Muggleborns begging on
the streets, and so on, as if no one can--or will even try--
to stand up to the dimwit hoodlums actually carrying out
Voldemort's dirty work.

As it is now we have to *assume* some people were fighting
back (using isolated examples like Neville and DA kids at
Hogwarts), but how much better would it have been if Harry's
struggle against Voldemort had been set against a background
of equal stuggle of the regular citizen good guys against
the DE bad guys, who were desperately doing their part to 
save their world while waiting for Harry to take down the
supreme leader instead of running and hiding? Much better,
methinks.

And again, just a few lines here and there would have set
this sort of active battle background in place.

Julie