"But then, where JKR does dramatize love well is in the messy, painful family relationships. There I really believe it. I believe in love gone wrong..."
Well, of course it's gone wrong. They keep the door locked. The wizarding world runs on fear, not love. Whatever love there is has seeped in around the edges. And it isn't enough.
I really have begun to wonder whether an intrinsic part of Harry's "Heroic task" is to open the bloody door.
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Re: Part II
Date: 2005-12-17 09:56 pm (UTC)Well, of course it's gone wrong. They keep the door locked. The wizarding world runs on fear, not love. Whatever love there is has seeped in around the edges. And it isn't enough.
I really have begun to wonder whether an intrinsic part of Harry's "Heroic task" is to open the bloody door.