Yes, the big thing wasn't saving Ginny at all - loyalty to Dumbledore is all that matters. And being reasonable/thinking for yourself is practically treason. Argh!
I think he's quite able to tell the difference between something that would have been mortifying and something that would have been mortal.
Ordinarily yes, but he isn't particularly rational where MWPP are concerned, and he seems to have built up that one incident into a major event - which for him it was, but apparently (given their casual attitude towards it) not for Sirius and Remus (!). Which must be the most humiliating thing of all: they almost killed him in a way that could have harmed *them* as well - and they still can't bring themselves to even care.
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Re: I continue to obsess over the prank...
Date: 2004-11-18 08:29 am (UTC)I think he's quite able to tell the difference between something that would have been mortifying and something that would have been mortal.
Ordinarily yes, but he isn't particularly rational where MWPP are concerned, and he seems to have built up that one incident into a major event - which for him it was, but apparently (given their casual attitude towards it) not for Sirius and Remus (!). Which must be the most humiliating thing of all: they almost killed him in a way that could have harmed *them* as well - and they still can't bring themselves to even care.