Are we supposed to think Dumbledore was just so worried Sirius might get hurt he wanted to keep him safe at home?
So, what was the deal with Sirius having to stay shut up in the house, when the trio remained hidden with ease outside of it in DH? I used to think that Sirius did something reckless between GoF and OoTP to merit house arrest, but turned out that it was just one of those huh? moments. Like, for instance, nobody thinking about using a time-turner to save Harry's parents, to save Cedric, etc., etc.
Oh, and keeping all those kids locked up in a dusty, moudly, dark house for 1.5 months in summer, without a breath of fresh air, was pure child abuse, IMHO.
it’s clear that Harry really was the one who was Voldemort’s equal, so Voldemort naturally marked him so. It wasn’t a case of choosing so much as identifying.
That's what comes out of an attempt to have a cake and eat it, too. Rowling wanted Harry to be a prophesied hero, because she wanted him to victoriously duel teh big bad Evil from the age of 11, without the "tedious" acquisition of skills, knowledge and power required. Not to mention that she wanted him to be a worshiped celebrity from the start. Yet she also tried to pretend that Harry was an everyman, who somehow chose to become a hero and earned his victories. Result of these contradictory urges was an awful mess, the extent of which only became clear with DH, IMHO.
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So, what was the deal with Sirius having to stay shut up in the house, when the trio remained hidden with ease outside of it in DH? I used to think that Sirius did something reckless between GoF and OoTP to merit house arrest, but turned out that it was just one of those huh? moments. Like, for instance, nobody thinking about using a time-turner to save Harry's parents, to save Cedric, etc., etc.
Oh, and keeping all those kids locked up in a dusty, moudly, dark house for 1.5 months in summer, without a breath of fresh air, was pure child abuse, IMHO.
it’s clear that Harry really was the one who was Voldemort’s equal, so Voldemort naturally marked him so. It wasn’t a case of choosing so much as identifying.
That's what comes out of an attempt to have a cake and eat it, too. Rowling wanted Harry to be a prophesied hero, because she wanted him to victoriously duel teh big bad Evil from the age of 11, without the "tedious" acquisition of skills, knowledge and power required. Not to mention that she wanted him to be a worshiped celebrity from the start.
Yet she also tried to pretend that Harry was an everyman, who somehow chose to become a hero and earned his victories.
Result of these contradictory urges was an awful mess, the extent of which only became clear with DH, IMHO.