More specifically, Dumbledore lays out the fact that dictators everywhere create the very circumstances that will create the person that overthrows them by the actions and attitudes that make them dictators in the first place.
It isn't like King Arthur or any other sort of classic Chosen One story (though now I want to go read Chaim Potok again but that is totally different). Much as I love Hermione Granger, there is nothing magic about Harry Potter being the Chosen One in those books and the author needs to reevaluate the series. Judah On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Harry is the Chosen One because Voldemort makes him the Chosen One. In the > story, the Chosen One could have been Neville Longbottom, but Voldemort > chose Harry, and so made Harry the "Chosen One" by attacking him. It has > nothing to do with magic, fate, or anything else. The phrase "Chosen One" > is a misdirection in this case. Chosen by who? By Voldemort. > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Michael Dinowitz < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Ditto for the whole Chosen One thing. Look: Ive enjoyed stories >> that relied on a Chosen One mythology to convince us that the hero >> is worth our time. I liked Buffy the Vampire Slayer as much as anyone. >> But its hard to deny that Chosen Ones are lazy writing. Why is this >> person the hero? Because everyone says hes the hero. Why does >> everyone say hes the hero? Because everyone says so, shut up, theres >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345145 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
