I don’t need to point out that, if people can be their own Secret-Keepers, then James never needed to trust Dumbledore, Sirius, or Peter, right?
Or that, if Arthur is the Secret-Keeper for the fact that his family is hiding at Aunt Muriel’s, then Bill shouldn’t be able to tell Harry in the first place?
Oh, dear, logic. This is why Rowling is a bad worldbuilder. Too many plotholes. Some of her fans seem willing to fanwank around them, but the holes are still there.
Re: Griphook and his "you buried the elf" thing, that seems to me to be like Lupin praising/yelling at Harry for using Disarming and Stunning spells (IIRC) because he's too noble to use more aggressive ones. Of course Disarming and Stunning are just as effective for what Harry wants, and probably easier to cast than a more damaging spell. But he still gets nobility points for not gratuitously injuring his enemies. Because he's extra-noble for showing some basic decency to Stan Shunpike (IIRC, that was his target). And of course he's also extra-noble and special for showing some basic decency to Dobby. I suppose that *might* make sense for a cynical goblin to think, except that a cynical goblin might also think Harry is just posturing and patting himself on the back for his liberalism or something.
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Date: 2009-10-20 01:31 pm (UTC)Or that, if Arthur is the Secret-Keeper for the fact that his family is hiding at Aunt Muriel’s, then Bill shouldn’t be able to tell Harry in the first place?
Oh, dear, logic. This is why Rowling is a bad worldbuilder. Too many plotholes. Some of her fans seem willing to fanwank around them, but the holes are still there.
Re: Griphook and his "you buried the elf" thing, that seems to me to be like Lupin praising/yelling at Harry for using Disarming and Stunning spells (IIRC) because he's too noble to use more aggressive ones. Of course Disarming and Stunning are just as effective for what Harry wants, and probably easier to cast than a more damaging spell. But he still gets nobility points for not gratuitously injuring his enemies. Because he's extra-noble for showing some basic decency to Stan Shunpike (IIRC, that was his target). And of course he's also extra-noble and special for showing some basic decency to Dobby. I suppose that *might* make sense for a cynical goblin to think, except that a cynical goblin might also think Harry is just posturing and patting himself on the back for his liberalism or something.
"Ron is the Master of Peter's peter." Hee!