CHAPTER DISCUSSION: PS/SS 2, The Vanishing Glass

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No: HPFGUIDX 187769

Alla:
<SNIP>
 Do I think that their childhood somehow justifies or excuses
what they did to Harry? No, of course I do not. Does it make it more
understandable? No, I do not think so.

Zfshiruba: 
Understandable as in Excusable or Forgivable? Definitely not.
Understandable as in explains some of the psychological motivations that allow
the characters to justify themselves and reminds readers that no one is born
evil and that everyone thinks of themselves as the protagonist of their own
stories. Yeah, I do think that. <SNIP>


Alla:

Oh of course. I can totally go along with that, it is just as I wrote upthread while for Snape I can see it as a reason in the sense that you describe here, for Petunia I was initially truly having trouble figuring out even the reason which means what you describe here.

But I guess her jealousy of Lily being transferred to Harry counts as such, I was just having trouble seeing it.

I am sure Tom Riddle had plenty of justifications as to why he killed his father and I am sure all of them were valid in his head.

JMO,

Alla