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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chain Lightning" data-source="post: 2471088" data-attributes="member: 6791">Actually, you're right Numion. I totally overlooked that as I was writing my post. That's another fantasy Rowling taps into. The fantasy of actually being special. Not just another face in the crowd. I mean, you're in school, you have a 2.75 grade point average, you're not popular, you haven't been able to convince a girl you like in math class to go to the dance with you, you're mediocre at sports . . . . . ....then someone shows up and tells you that secretly, you're the reincarnation of Thor. You scoff until he opens this large case and inside is a hammer...you pick it up and ....blammo...Or you're working in your office doing telemarketing. Rent is a week overdue, your girfriend just left you for your best friend, someone backed up into your car this morning and drove off, and you spilled some ketchup on your best work tie at lunch.  You leave at the end of the day and the parking lot is deserted and dark. Suddenly a brilliant shaft of llight hits you from above and teleports you up to an alien space ship. There, aliens tell you that they've been watching 999,999,999 human beings. Out of all those test subjects under their watchful eye, they pick you because you are pure of heart. Thus, they bestow upon you an alien suit of armor and you will now be the defender of Earth in this sector of space.You're right...its totally an alluring fantasy. Harry Potter hits that part too. As well as the fantasy of being at a cool school.</blockquote>

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