Scary Characters

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> > This thread has been very interesting! Yes I do believe that
> > the Book6/Riddle was indeed scary ...
> <SNIP>
> > 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.


I can see your point in that perhaps it is a perverse response to
prejudice and I do agree there was provocation for Greyback's "revolting" (yes take that both ways) behavior, HOWEVER, I
still do not believe that it is justification or a viable excuse for
it. Mistreatment that one receives does not entitle one to mistreat
others.

Greyback CHOSE to terrorize and prey on the most helpless and
innocent ... ones that were absolutely no threat to him, ones that
were in no way responsible for his situation ... THAT is what I found
particularily heinous and indefensible. Choosing to prey on innocents.

Greyback is the remorseless "predator personality" (psychopath) that
in the muggle world would be a child abuser, animal abuser, sexual
molestor, serial murderer, etc.

So yes, I still see Greyback as being the most scary (from my POV)
because of his unbridled and deliberate cruelty.

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