"the Gryffs would react differently. They wouldn't complain or become bitter or depressed or disenfranchised-- they'd fight. Harry would fight (though he'd mope too)...Gryffindors wage full frontal battle, and there's something to be said for that. Don't get mad, get back!"
There's something to be said also for picking your battles, though, imho. (Heh, I'm an Aquarian myself, we're much more hippy dippy than Aries. *lights up doobie, flashes peace sign*)
I mean, McGonagall's the head of Gryffindor, presumably an archetypal Gryff if ever there was one; and she gets as irritated as Snape does with Harry at times (OotP for example) Presumably since she's older than many of the other characters, she's learnt that it's not necessarily 'brave' to continously bridle against opposing viewpoints of any kind. After a while, it just makes you arrogant, aggressive and a bit of an asshole, in my opinion. I mean, being 'righteously' angry is no way to go through life - look at Sirius. Look at OotP!Harry - did never giving in actually make him happy in anyway? Did being righteously angry with his friends/Dumbledore/Slytherin/the world actually fulfil anything apart from making outsiders view him as an aggressive loon?
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Date: 2004-07-15 07:45 am (UTC)There's something to be said also for picking your battles, though, imho. (Heh, I'm an Aquarian myself, we're much more hippy dippy than Aries. *lights up doobie, flashes peace sign*)
I mean, McGonagall's the head of Gryffindor, presumably an archetypal Gryff if ever there was one; and she gets as irritated as Snape does with Harry at times (OotP for example)
Presumably since she's older than many of the other characters, she's learnt that it's not necessarily 'brave' to continously bridle against opposing viewpoints of any kind. After a while, it just makes you arrogant, aggressive and a bit of an asshole, in my opinion.
I mean, being 'righteously' angry is no way to go through life - look at Sirius.
Look at OotP!Harry - did never giving in actually make him happy in anyway?
Did being righteously angry with his friends/Dumbledore/Slytherin/the world actually fulfil anything apart from making outsiders view him as an aggressive loon?