Coming of Age in the Potterverse was Re: Dumbledore as shameless

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> Harry himself is inconsistent.  
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> I think Harry's inconsistency, the inconsistency of the good guys in general, is what's subversive about the books.  Voldemort is consistently bad, but there's no character who is infallibly good, much as we might have hoped our favorites would qualify by the end. 
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Nikkalmati

JKR goes out of her way to show each of the good guys doing something wrong.  It can't be just a coincidence.  We see that James and Sirius were bullies.  She paints Lupin as a coward for going along with his friends and then in DH she has Harry berate Lupin for trying to abandon his family.  She shows DD has made mistakes as a youth through arrogance, but also that he creates a serious problem by putting on the ring which is the resurrection stone.  He is unable to resist it despite knowing it might be cursed.  He also states he could never allow himself to exercise the powere of the ministry.  Ron abandons his friends.  Hermione's bad acts have been discussed at length.  Now even Harry and McGonnagal cast Unforgivables.  I must assume she wants us to see that making bad choices and doing wrong things are part of human nature - no one is immune.

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