> > I speculate that the intensity of the bond in those first months of > life is what has carried Harry through...and he remembers every other > bit of positive attention he has ever recieved as a child... > said that Harry has most definitely retained the love he received from > his parents while they were alive. Others say that Lily somehow > transferred even more love into Harry when she died, which resulted in > an unusual sense of confidence and strong sense of right and wrong in > Harry. > > > Some children with an abusive background however, turn into very > special people. As a mom I have to take a moment...Thinking about Harry being so neglected, abused...especially at a very young age...well, I just get very choked up thinking about 1 year old Harry trying to be cuddly or playful etc and just getting ignored or worse! I have an almost-3-year-old and to think about her being potty trained by that horrible Petunia...I can just hardly stand it! Some of you may be chuckling a bit, but it's really the hardest part of it all for me to think about. My oldest sister is a lot like Petunia, but I love her kids dearly and have really been an awesome aunt! But the thought of my sister raising my kids...ok, she's not as bad as Petunia and would probably dote over my little cuties, which makes it even harder to ponder Petunia's treatment of her nephew! He was a BABY! To think about all that he overcame with such awful treatment, he must truly have been touched in some special way by something! Ok, I'm crying now just thinking about the reality of there really being kids so mistreated. Has anyone ever talked to a child wgho has read these books talk about Harry's abuses? The only kids I know who've read them are my oldest sister's 10 & 11 year old boys who she doesn't know have read the books-she thinks they're evil (incidentally, I secretly bought them the books-*I'm* evil). So, I can't really discuss them with them! Does the abuses bother anyone as much as they do me? in GoF. Certain room: > > First, when the champions gather there for > > instructions immediately following the goblet's > > decision, and later when the families come to greet > > them before the third task. Bill Weasley looks around > > the room fondly - as though it is special to him - and > > says, "It's great being back here!" Then Violet, the > > fat lady's friend winks at him from her portrait on > > the wall. Why would he choose that room in which to > > wax nostalgic? Maybe it's a "makeout" room?! I mean really, they are teenagers and have to go somewhere! I bet Bill was in there with a young lady or two in his day. Yeah, Violet knows a hotty when she sees one, I bet she also remembers getting an eyeful of some action too! The Snape blasting the rosebushes during the Yule ball in GoF is definately one of my all time favorites! I'd be out there watching them all run. Yeah, I was kid once an remember the challenge of finding some place to go. But, hey, i'm grown up now (ugh)and have to have my fun too, right? > Wizard medicine doesn't seem to have kept up with Wizard cooking > and transportation. Mrs. Crouch died of cancer and Mrs Riddle died > in childbirth. You'd think a midwitch would have done an accio when > trouble started. (Yes, yes, not that simple, I know.) Seems a medical > version accio would also have taken care of Mrs. Crouch's cancers, > too. There has to be limits! If cancer is not diagnosed early enough, it's removal can be as life threatening as leaving it in! Didn't Mrs. Riddle give birth at a muggle orphanage? Maybe mixed "breeding" has special risks that magical medicine can only deal with? Along with this there has been some postings on cosmetic surgery & I can't seem to find the passages I wanted to site. In regard to Moody's scars etc, he strikes me as the type who could care less about the way he looks and wears the scars as a badge of honor. Makes me think of the scene in Jaws when the guys are sitting around comparing scars. As far as his leg goes, well maybe when it happened he was so far from magical medical care that it was to late to regrow/reattach anything by the time he could get care. Even in Scifi (Star Trek) they have to do it within a certain amount of time and have other favorable conditions! > Over the last few days, there have been several discussions about > whether the "good characters" did the right thing in the HP books. I think there are an awful lot of extenuating circumstances in going on th these books. Seems like Sirius was trying to *capture* Peter, not kill him. In the Shack, he knows 1st hand the fate that Peter faces and could actually be seen as being merciful by putting Peter out of his misery rather facing Azkaban or the Dementor's Kiss! Hey, I'm not saying I'ma proponent for Capital punishement, not saying I'm not, just saying...We also *don't* know the whole story about The Prank! Perhaps Sirius was planning to *save* Severus from the werewolf at the last minute putting Severus in his debt and getting him off their backs! Not saying it was a good plan, but hey, he was 17 and I like this option better than thinking about him having murderous intent! Kitty AKA Vicky Find the best deals on the web at AltaVista Shopping! http://www.shopping.altavista.com