[HPforGrownups] Re: Our changing perception of characters

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 192312

> Nikkalmati
> snip
> I was disappointed in Lily after the last scene with Snape, because she had
> been perceived through the idealized membories of Hagrid, Lupin and Snape.
> I must add that although she seemed somewhat unfeeling under the
> circumstances, she alludes to other events which have influenced her
> decision, and I suspect she and Snape have had this conversation before.
> But, I was disappointed. (I also question whether one reason she ended up
> liking James was that he was wealthy.  I don't think she came from a
> well-to-do background and I know her sister Petunia wanted security more
> than anything else.)
> 
>
> Dumbledore was the big reveal, not because of his experiments as a young
> man, but because of the way he manipulated everone in the books (and of
> course because he seemed to fit the literary type of the wise helpful old
> man and because JKR called him the epitome of goodness in an interview). In
> fact, he did not trust anyone.  He saw people as being useful or not useful.   snip


Lynda:
Of course my feelings toward the characters changed as the series
revealed their characters! Unlike some others, I did not develop a
dislike for Lily, nor did I one time suspect that her love for James
was spurred by his family's wealth. I think she simply did not want to
be friends with a boy who called muggles mudbloods and did not accept
his non-magical parentage. As for Dumbledore's manipulativeness, I
figured that at near the beginning of SS, so there was no big reveal
there for me, other than how surprised so many people were about that.
The clues were all there as to that aspect of Dumbledore's character.