[Larry_OHF]

Originally Posted by Gabrielles blades ...i thought the previous ones were better done.

Reflecting upon that, I wonder if what the reason for it is because the others seemed more story-intensive and this was more of an action/adventure.

if you had read the books, then you would also note that it is the 'power of love' which saved harry from death at the start of the series. So yea, i would have to agree that female empowerment is a significant part of the overall style of writing.

As Cerek and you point out, the women's roles shine well in these stories (let's not forget Mrs. Weasley), and whether or not that was done intentionally or sub-consciously, I do not know but I wonder if Rowling has addressed it somewhere. Surely others have picked up on it and inquired and maybe she's answered it already. What I do know is that today's culture in the media leans that way already so this is not a new idea. Nor an incorrect one, for that matter.

Let me take it a bit further and point out that the smart one, gender aside, is the one who is taunted for being muggle-born and supposedly impure and non-deserving of the gift of magic, yet we know her to deserve her place in the magic realm moreso than most of her classmates. Her parents are good non-magic folk who believe in and love their child, even if she is different than themselves They don't fear her like the Durslesys do those of magic.

One more thing about the female role...Bellatrix. She's stands out for her evil desires moreso than the men. If Malfoy is lawful evil by design, Bellatrix is chaotic evil, and that's along the lines of Voldemort himself. She's the second most dangerous character I think.