Beedle the Bard SPOILERS The Warlock and his hairy heart

[a_svirn]

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> Alla:
> OOOOO, nice to see you.

a_svirn:
Thanks! Good to be back.

> Alla: 
> A_svirn:
> Babbity-rabbity, for
> instance, seems to be derivative from the "Emperor's clothes" – it's
> like Andersen set in the Potterverse.
> 
> Alla:
> 
> I don't know, does it? I mean, I thought of "A heart of stone" as I 
> said, when I read "Warlock", I really did not think of "Emperor's 
> clothes" when I read Babbity. I mean, come to think of it, of 
course 
> there are similarities, however it feels to me that Anderson was 
> taking much more satirical approach toward the King, who failed to 
> see his dress maker for what he was and towards the crowd. It feels 
> to me that JKR pities the king more than mocks him AND I am not 
sure 
> I know who is the analogue of the Babbity in Anderson's tale. 

a_svirn:
Well, of cause Babbity herself is purely Potteresque. But is there 
really anything more to it than mocking and gleefully exposing the 
stupid muggle (!) King? Rowling even put "cackling" into the title 
for crying (cackling) out loud. That's a sort of sound one makes 
while mocking others. 
a_svirn.