...I had a lot of trouble taking anything you said seriously after 'tormenting his cousin'. He 'threatens' Dudley ONCE in CoS and taunts him a few more times that we know of - after Dudley and his family have verbally , emotionally and physically (on occasion) abused him for the better part of 11 straight years.
As for 'cheating in an international competition'....are you for real? He never ASKED to be in the Triwizard in the first place and was up against dragons, mermen and the like. Somehow I don't blame him for accepting help.
'For casting the Cruciatus Curse' - he tried to use it on Bellatrix, who had just murdered his GODFATHER, and failed. He tried it on Snape, who had just killed Dumbledore, but IIRC Snape just blocked it so we have no way of knowing if it would have worked. He uses it successfully on Carrow, who had been using his friends as knife-sharpeners - remember Neville?
Plus, he kinda had more immediate concerns in the third case - staying alive, keeping his friends and finding the remaining Horcruxes among them.
'Hexing a helpless Squib' - who willingly sided with Umbridge the previous year and was going to have two 17-year-olds WHIPPED. Briefly having one's tongue stuck to the roof of one's mouth seems kinda lenient in comparison.
He used Sectumsempra on Malfoy entirely out of instinct, while Malfoy was busy throwing curses at him. This does NOT make the results any more palatable, but once it became clear that Malfoy was going to live...well, this is Mr 'Mudbloods and Muggle-lovers first...well, second, DIGGORY was the first' we're talking about.
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Re: Fairness to Harry
Date: 2009-08-13 04:09 pm (UTC)As for 'cheating in an international competition'....are you for real? He never ASKED to be in the Triwizard in the first place and was up against dragons, mermen and the like. Somehow I don't blame him for accepting help.
'For casting the Cruciatus Curse' - he tried to use it on Bellatrix, who had just murdered his GODFATHER, and failed. He tried it on Snape, who had just killed Dumbledore, but IIRC Snape just blocked it so we have no way of knowing if it would have worked. He uses it successfully on Carrow, who had been using his friends as knife-sharpeners - remember Neville?
Plus, he kinda had more immediate concerns in the third case - staying alive, keeping his friends and finding the remaining Horcruxes among them.
'Hexing a helpless Squib' - who willingly sided with Umbridge the previous year and was going to have two 17-year-olds WHIPPED. Briefly having one's tongue stuck to the roof of one's mouth seems kinda lenient in comparison.
He used Sectumsempra on Malfoy entirely out of instinct, while Malfoy was busy throwing curses at him. This does NOT make the results any more palatable, but once it became clear that Malfoy was going to live...well, this is Mr 'Mudbloods and Muggle-lovers first...well, second, DIGGORY was the first' we're talking about.