Especially since nothing Pansy says ever seems to get to Hermione.
People who do the right thing in the books aren't praised for doing the right thing, they're praised for being brave (Harry, Snape, Cedric, etc.), even if their decision was as much about compassion or loyalty or whatever as bravery.
Right, which leads to problems. The whole reason bravery is supposed to be the "best" virtue is that it gives you the courage to act on the other virtues. But when people say Snape is brave they're not saying it's because he changed his mind about what was right or whatever, it's that he's putting himself in physical danger with Voldemort--something Gryffindors would do for fun.
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Date: 2008-05-17 03:48 pm (UTC)Especially since nothing Pansy says ever seems to get to Hermione.
People who do the right thing in the books aren't praised for doing the right thing, they're praised for being brave (Harry, Snape, Cedric, etc.), even if their decision was as much about compassion or loyalty or whatever as bravery.
Right, which leads to problems. The whole reason bravery is supposed to be the "best" virtue is that it gives you the courage to act on the other virtues. But when people say Snape is brave they're not saying it's because he changed his mind about what was right or whatever, it's that he's putting himself in physical danger with Voldemort--something Gryffindors would do for fun.