And of course, Arthur would have excellent reasons to mislead people, should Mr. Roberts be permanently damaged; considering that he and his co-workers are doing the charming and the Muggleborn accompanying him is fairly vocal about how victimised she and other non-pure blooded wizards are.
I think that JKR is hiding or downplaying the scarier aspects of Wizards vs. Muggles here, because she simply doesn't want to deal with it. It breaks her story too much to let us see that wizards and witches really are a danger to Muggles.
Indeed. It might appear as if the nasty characters have a point and more complex motivations than 'they're just Evil'. *gasp* But then why include details like Mr. Roberts or the PoA history text at all? Unless it's meant for comedy relief, in which case my suspicions that JKR's and my senses of humour differ radically are confirmed.
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Date: 2004-11-09 10:10 am (UTC)I think that JKR is hiding or downplaying the scarier aspects of Wizards vs. Muggles here, because she simply doesn't want to deal with it. It breaks her story too much to let us see that wizards and witches really are a danger to Muggles.
Indeed. It might appear as if the nasty characters have a point and more complex motivations than 'they're just Evil'. *gasp*
But then why include details like Mr. Roberts or the PoA history text at all?
Unless it's meant for comedy relief, in which case my suspicions that JKR's and my senses of humour differ radically are confirmed.