I think Draco was essentially an emotionally abused and yet also incredibly spoiled child. I cut him some slack simply because we see his parents in action, and he's so young when the books begin.
This--sure, he's a jerk, and never perfect, but he's still a kid. I mean, lord knows how much I changed from 17 to even just 21, and I didn't have parents that warped me as much as his. I never had as much sympathy for Snape as I did Draco, because there was a certain amount of "You're a freakin adult, get over it, or at least mope on your own time and don't take it out on the kids!"
Well, everyone does, more or less.
That's true, but she was subject to a lot more scrutiny than most very early in her career. Knut had at least two completed novels before he published his first one.
the world she created is enormous and complex, and she held it all together pretty damn well.
I concur. It's amazing when you go back and reread the first book and see that Grindelwald is right there in Harry's first scene with Ron.
Knut had at least two completed novels before he published his first one.
But the scrutiny is part of how you learn.
Knut got scrutiny. ::polishes nails::
I meant the kind of public scrutiny David mentioned.
The thing that struck me as the books progressed is how Harry is really fighting his parents' war, not his own. Everything that happens at Hogwarts is the result of the maneuvering of previous generations.
Everything that happens at Hogwarts is the result of the maneuvering of previous generations.
More precisely, the mistakes of previous generations. Or so I interpret it: they screwed up with Tom Riddle, and again with the Marauders' generation (or why else would there be so many Death Eaters willing to follow Voldemort), and they continue to screw up now they're in positions of authority. They can't protect Harry or even give him the education he really needs (Lupin's the only decent DADA teacher he gets, and the poor guy only gets a year in the job), and all the institutions of the Wizarding world appear corrupt, or corruptible, at the core.
Which does, I fear, make me wonder how the epilogue to Book 7 can possibly be so optimistic.
(Lupin's the only decent DADA teacher he gets, and the poor guy only gets a year in the job)
Untrue, the fake Mad Eye Moody (Barty Crouch, Jr.) teaches Harry quite a bit so that he can successfully compete in the Triwizard tourney.
I stand corrected!
I do recall that in the movie, the actual Barty Crouch Jr. is played by David Tennant.
I do recall that in the movie, the actual Barty Crouch Jr. is played by David Tennant.
Yeah, whatever happened to that guy? He's like the cute Brit who played Tom Riddle in Chamber of Secrets.
