What I like about that scene is that they are all uniformly, believably horrible. I really have decided that JKR is playing a very sly game with her readers by writing her 'heroes' as being flawed (often to the point of being horrible). I don't think that she means us to automatically excuse (or approve) the crappy behavior that her 'good' characters indulge in. I think she means for her readers to approve of the ultimate good that these flawed, horrid little kids may achieve, while at the same time realizing that they are all just a bunch of obnoxious kids.
That's just my take on it, because I cannot comprehend that JKR (or anyone) would actually justify (or approve) the day-to-day behavior of any of these characters.
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Date: 2005-12-13 10:21 pm (UTC)That's just my take on it, because I cannot comprehend that JKR (or anyone) would actually justify (or approve) the day-to-day behavior of any of these characters.