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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
The books are written in a very clean way that makes it easy to brush off a fair amount of what is happening. But when you actually list all of things that we are told it doesn't take much to realize that Hogwarts was never a safe or friendly place for Harry.
He told Dumbledore that he didn't want to return to the Dursley's but Dumbledore sends him back without asking why Harry doesn't want to return or investigating what might be happening afterward. Let's face it, keeping a kid in the cupboard, barely feeding him, and forcing him to do all the work around the house is abuse. And that is what JKR showed us.
At Hogwarts, Dumbledore encourages Harry's exploring and "adventures". Hey, you nearly died chasing after a dangerous artifact that we knew Voldemort was after so we stored in a school with barriers that a bunch of 11 year olds could get through? Have a few hundred points and win the house cup. Ignore the fact that you killed a teacher, inadvertent and unintentional as it may have been, and return to a house where you don't want to go.
And it only gets worse. I have no problem seeing Dumbledore as a General moving his soldiers on the battlefield. Snape and Harry were two important pieces. I do have a problem with the fact that Dumbledore and McGonagall (sp) and Pomfrey pretty much ignored the clear signs of abuse in front of them.
And we know from the last book that Dumbledore was in cahoots with Grindewald for a bit there but caught himself before falling too far into the dark side. While we were presented with what was a biased view point, Skeeter's book, the fact that we are introduced to Aberforth, who clearly does not have a ton of love for his brother, seems to point to the truth of that matter.
A part of me wishes that JKR would rewrite the series with adults in mind and actually develop Dumbledore, Snape, Sirius, and other characters with the depth that was hidden because she was writing for kids. Her pronouncements bother folks, and I get that, but some of those writing are things that she did not feel belonged in a kids book. I suspect that Dumbledore would be less eye twinkles and more torn, grey leader then what we saw. Snape would be less git and more grey and concerned for Harry then we saw.
Obviously that will never happen but I really wish it could because I think there is a more powerful story to be told that would point even more to resilience, over coming hardship, perseverance and love then we saw.
The Draco Harry pairings bother me because there is nothing in the books to support them. The Harry and Snape pairings are disturbing because of the characters personalities and age difference and Snape's relationship with Lily. I mean, come on, Snape loved Lily and then has sex with Harry? Just ewwwww
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What I would like to see is the whole series from Snape's POV, rather than Harry's. The little bits of Snape that we see in the Pensieve make me want to know more about him.
Shari