Scary Characters

[sartoris22]

No: HPFGUIDX 183688

> Cat
> This thread has been very interesting! Yes I do believe that
> the Book6/Riddle was indeed scary ...
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> But the character that I find truly terrifying is Greyback
> ... His deliberate, savage, cruel victimization of innocent,
> helpless children ... he maims them for life ... his
> deliberate cruelty is so completely unforgivable it makes
> me shudder.


Sartoris22:

I find Greyback an interesting choice, but he seems, perhaps, the
perverse response to prejudice. As Lupin informs us, Umbridge got a
law passed that makes it practically impossible for werewolves to
find employment. Clearly, the werewolves would eventually revolt, and
producing more werewolves would be one way to do it. The magic
community discriminated against so many others--elves, giants, and
goblins, to name a few--that it isn't surprising that some of them
might revolt, which is something both Hermione and Dumbledore warn
against in the books.