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[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

Am I the only one a little bothered by Dumbledore? Not only with the fact he could end up in the Guinness Book Of World Records for "Most Incompetent Headmaster of All Time" (though I'm sure there's worse. :P), but also because...he just bugs me. I know JKR was trying to write him as the "flawed Yoda", so to speak (and to be fair, he's nowhere near Yoda. XD), but it's also how...preachy he gets. Towards Fudge, for example. You know, in Goblet of Fire, with, "You place too much importance on purity of blood, yadda yadda et cetera et cetera" -- which considering how he treated Tom Riddle and the Slytherins is...slightly hypocritical isn't it? Probably bad writing on JKR's part, though. :/

Anyways, sorry 'bout the rambling. Thoughts?

Comments

[sunnyskywalker]

I think Snape operates like the voice of her subconscious sometimes. He says things she realizes but can't admit to herself, like, "You've totally screwed up this wise mentor thing to the point where he's probably not redeemable." A kind of signal from Fred, another example being when Ron points out what a waste of time the camping trip is.

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

A very interesting interpretation, really. :)

Can you just picture Snape leaning over her shoulder while she's writing? :P

SNAPE: Um, Jo, are you sure this is a good i --

ROWLING: Go back to bed, Snape.

SNAPE: *Grumbles*

[sunnyskywalker]

SNAPE: This is your Chosen One who's going to save us all with the power of love? Oh, so it's wands calling each other long distance now to see who's their master this week? Better just have rocks fall and everyone die. It'll be more convincing.

ROWLING: LALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU. BUSY PLANNING YOUR DRAMATIC BUT PATHETIC DEATH.

...Say, I think now we know why Snape had to die! He'd totally ruin the ending by pointing out its problems.

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

XD

New appreciation for Snape? Check. :3

And I'll admit, for some reason, while reading the "dramatic but pathetic death" line, I couldn't help but picture Snape channeling INDIANA JONES after JKR wrote the Nagini chapter:

SNAPE: A snake? Why'd it have to be a snake?

ROWLING: ...um, really meaningless but cool phallic symbolism?

SNAPE: *Facepalms*

[sunnyskywalker]

SNAPE: A snake? Why'd it have to be a snake?

I am convinced that this is exactly what Snape was thinking during that scene. He just couldn't say it on account of the neck wound :D

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

*This*, so very much. XD

[danajsparks.livejournal.com]

That's very possible. I didn't know that the phenomenon was called a "signal from Fred." Learned something new. :D

If this is true, it seems like Rowling has an unusually high lack of self-awareness for an author. But maybe it's just unusual that a story with such problems made it past the editors.

[sunnyskywalker]

Since she was so secretive about the master plan even to her editors, I can see how they might convince themselves that they were worrying too much and she'd resolve it all in Book 7 somehow, because surely she recognizes these things and won't just leave them dangling. And then once they got the last manuscript, it's too late and they just have to do the best they can...

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

Maybe. :)

Poor editors, though. :( *Hugs them*

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

I'll admit, I think Internet pop culture's infected me so much that when I heard the term "signal from Fred", I first thought of Fred from Youtube. :P (But the other definition sounds good too. :)