Yeah - Harry is always nice to animals. I like that even in the later books when he is all angsty and refuses to relate properly to people, he's still very caring about Hedwig etc.
I thought the whole Aragog thing was exciting! I never thought about how illogical it all is. Though it does tie up things about Azkaban/monsters, which are real monsters, blah blah. Interesting that again one of Hagrid's monsters *does* turn out to be completely dangerous...definitely not any case made that the things he raises are just ugly on the outside with hearts of gold. And...even without the Heir of Slytherin stuff, is it really prudent to be allowing your students to raise GIANT SPIDERS inside the castle? Just because Riddle was raising a even more pernicious beast, doesn't exactly excuse the lad...
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Date: 2004-10-31 06:19 am (UTC)I thought the whole Aragog thing was exciting! I never thought about how illogical it all is. Though it does tie up things about Azkaban/monsters, which are real monsters, blah blah. Interesting that again one of Hagrid's monsters *does* turn out to be completely dangerous...definitely not any case made that the things he raises are just ugly on the outside with hearts of gold. And...even without the Heir of Slytherin stuff, is it really prudent to be allowing your students to raise GIANT SPIDERS inside the castle? Just because Riddle was raising a even more pernicious beast, doesn't exactly excuse the lad...