Tom wrote: >A) I don't consider Umbridge to be completely a villain. She's >certainly wrongheaded and even cruel and destructive. But she's not >in the same category as Voldemort or Bellatrix Lestrange or even >Lucius Malfoy. >B) I like Luna, too, although I wish we'd had at least a mention of >her in a previous book.
S P O I L E R S P A C E Just because Dolores' motives for her actions were not of the "slay everyone and take over the world" variety does not mean she's not a villain. Evil doesn't have to wear a black cape and cackle maliciously in order to be evil. I found her brand of banal self-centeredness far more chilling than Voldemort's megalomania. Additionally, her willingness to use the Dark Arts (the scarring pen, for exanmple) and to extract information with the Cruciatus Curse shows her true colors. I can see your point about Luna; I suppose she could have gotten a mention in passing at some point. But she is a Ravenclaw, and I don't recall any of Harry's classes being with them. One could assume she just never came up in conversation, and I'm willing to give JKR a pass on that one. Jim _______________________________________________ Express Yourself - Share Your Mood in Emails! Visit www.SmileyCentral.com - the happiest place on the Web. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
