Characters inconsistencies (mostly Snape's) WAS :Re:What did you like

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No: HPFGUIDX 183837

> Magpie:
> For you to see it yourself, as in agree with it? Or hard for you to 
> understand the distinctions that somebody else is making?

Alla:

Actually, I guess it is the mixture of two parts that you wrote. I 
cannot **agree** with the distinctions that somebody else is making, 
I understand them, but I disagree with it.

Magpie:
<SNIP>
> But you've already gone far beyond the idea that they're both 
> Unforgivables and so that's all that matters. Molly kills somebody 
> too, but I'd judge that act differently than Snape's too.

Alla:

LOL, it is actually a little bit backwards. I was talking about POV 
that argues a) Harry performed Unforgiveable and that is all that 
matters, so it is horrible and and JKR was developing a theme that 
Unforgiveables are just bad, period, so she destroyed that theme by 
Harry performing Crucio and not making him agonising over it, etc.

So, if you or anybody else says that JKR destroyed that theme that 
all unforgiveables are bad by making Harry do crucio and not have him 
suffer and suffer over it, don't you think that Snape's unforgiveable 
deserves to be judged same way?

I mean, it is absolutely my view that there was no such a theme, I 
mean, I certainly thought that it was, I won't lie, but she showed to 
me in book 7 that indeed Unforgiveables should be judged based on all 
the totality of circumstances IMO. I have sero problem with it, 
really.

But if person says that Harry's unforgiveable is out of theme or 
whatever, it strikes me as inconsistent to say that Snape's AK is 
just fine.

Now if person says that he or she does not accept that it was fine in 
Harry's **individual circumstances**, but okay in Snape's 
circumstances, sure I judge circumstances differently, but I cannot 
argue with it.

And of course I will judge Molly's killing differently then Snape, 
that one was the easiest to me.

 
> Magpie:
<SNIP>
> Yes, Snape learned and changed. That doesn't mean as a character he 
> was inconsistent. 
>

Alla:

I thought I mentioned it - I am using inconsistencies as synonym to 
change in character.