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1. Don’t then. Whatever floats your boat mate. Accept the fact that your knowledge will remain shallow and incomplete. Continue pointing out errors the author tried to rectify. Very mature. A lot of 1st novels of a series has errors that are sought out in later ones HP is not unique. You know what? Now you’ll say that “Harry still has amazing powers that are not fair” , but since you wouldn’t consider the circumstances, nor will I accept that the said skill is unfair lets drop this facet of the debate already. This ones a dead end.
4. EXACTLY. Harry was not a hero at all. He was ,as you say “just an everyday douchebag” and I say a normal kid, the wizarding world and the wizarding media tried to make him one. He loathed this did you even read my arguments? How did you miss the central point of Harry Potter? HE WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE A TYPICAL HERO AT ALL. That’s why a lot of people(obviously not you) can relate to him. No one becomes a hero for surviving . His later course of actions made him one. You call him a jerk, douchbag etc, do point out instances when he acted as one .. And wrong again Harry Didn’t have a minimum character strength he had a lot of it. You point out instances of him as a jerk, and then I too will point out instances of him having the said strength.
5. Draco acts as JKR’s mouthpiece to show us the dark side of her world. Him befriending Harry won’t be unique as you seem to think. There are a lot of Books, TV dealing with the newcomer befriending the rich, cool dark kid and when their interests clash, the newcomer stands up to the other one. Why do you want HP to be nothing else? If it went that way , a lot would still complain as to why Draco was’nt the antagonist from the get go. There’s no pleasing all, so quit whining. How would you feel if I tell you that instead of the points you are voicing start complaining about the witchcraft in HP, or how Harry should have ended up with Hermione, or how Dumbledore is a manipulative bastard lauded as a hero. What it is and what is should be is never a valid argument if what it is makes sense. Did you forget they both saved each others lives in the last book? And tell me – are these villains? Reeta Skeeter, aunt Muriel, Percy Weasley, Mundungus Fletcher, Amos Diggory, Scrimgeour , Ollivander, Mrs Malfoy and most importantly Severus Snape. Why don’t you understand all people are essentially different?
6. NOT THIS AGAIN . you cant get your head around this one can you? I have already shown that he was hardly abused. It was hard for him yes, but think about this, England is a civilized country, if Harry was abused that bad, Dursleys Would have to answer to the police, courtesy of the neighbors. His situation looked worse compared to Dudley’s, who was spoilt bad by his parents. Dumbledore says Harry was a lot better off that Dudley atleast (in HBP). So all your arguments regarding therapy, mental health etc are invalid. But yes this still affected his life. He had no Friends outside of Hogwarts, even at hogwarts he never approached people himself. He was friends with the people who approached him themselves. He so overwhelmingly accepted hogwarts as a home as he felt so sheltered there. You are insulting all orphans right now saying that all of them should have mental issues. Sorry for bringing my cause into this three ring circus of pain, but who are you to say I do not understand psychology, when you are the one who barely understood Harry’s life? Do site examples of HORRIBLE MENTAL/PHYSICAL abuse of Harry like I have sited of not .JKR ‘s road is’nt yours because you aren’t her. HP being worthless is your opinion, Why, I’d beg to differ. And what do you think of Luna? She was motherless too, and quite touched in the head right?
7. NO that’s again your opinion. Mine says Jkr created a character and the readers were free to see him as whatever they wanted to. His state of affairs called for him to do some typical save the day hero stuff , albeit he didn’t want to be one. He still stepped up to the role as he wanted to save everyone around him. You even remember what he had done before that praise scene? Do that, every one will call you a hero too. Clearly you are the one who hasn’t read book 6, as Harry did better than Ron only in his pet subject DADA( of course that’s unfair and undeserving right?) . they both failed the same subjects and both got 7 owls each.1 word . Chess, a game that requires both brain and strategy. Ron was a lot better in it than Harry and even Hermione, that too from the very first book.
8. No, I didn’t and before insulting me , ask yourself if that makes sense anywhere outside your head. Once again , opinion, and stupidity if you are calling Snape,Sirius,Remus,Dumbledor,Neville,Luna, Fred and George Weasley.,hell , even Cedric and Fleur underdeveloped characters. Please show how the world falls apart, don’t tell.
9. Ooooh my mistake . Hermione screaming at the centaurs to not hurt grawp while they were ready to gladly kill her too gave me the idea that she cared enough in spite of being terrified of Grawp too. Don’t misinterpret my words to make me sound like a racist. Hermione cared for all, but extended her support actively to house elves during the course of the books as they needed it most at that time.I know about centaur’s portrayal as rapists in most lores, but why do they have to do anything sexual with Umbridge too? The book said “Nobody really knew what was wrong
with her, either. Her usually neat mousy hair was very untidy and there
were still bits of twigs and leaves in it, but otherwise she seemed to be
quite unscathed.” If she had been gang raped by horses her lower body would have been badly bruised for starters and if you say (ewwwww) oral, her mouth and throat would be badly bruised, and she would have passed out from the thing. Her actions in DH shows she was perfectly normal(I mean for her) going by your own logic, if abuse should have made Harry a nutcase, shouldn’t gang rape put umbridge out of order permanently? And what sort of person are you ,who reads a woman was abducted by some ……… men and immediately concludes ‘ooh ooh gang rape’ in a children’s book ? Have you ever been in England? if you have, or are English yourself you should know this – I lived there for 3 years, and came to know one thing. There sneaking is a bigger crime than stealing and even murder. Those books mirror a lot of trad English society. Rowling is teaching that sneaking is wrong. It can mark you for life. And I love Hermione for these badassness that she shows at times. She is a geeky bookworm, who you really wouldn’t wanna cross. Hypocrisy?
What hypocrisy? Serving just desserts isn’t hypocrisy.