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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?

Current Mood: confused
Current Music: Oldies. :P

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sharaz-jek.livejournal.com

Pretty much, and with less moral questionability on God's part (Eru at least explicitly states that Arda is the Valar's responsibility and demonstrates that Morgoth's evil, once modified, improves the situation).

And my gods, I agree with you so much about Paradise Lost. It's so dull! Pandaemonium gets raised and Satan has a chat with Chaos on his epic journey into Eden, and that's about all I can remember finding impressive! (That and how utterly crap Uriel is at guarding Eden).

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terri-testing.livejournal.com

Oh, but you forget the best definition of Woman's Place in all of literature:

He for God only, she for the god in him....

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sharaz-jek.livejournal.com

Oh, and how noble it is that Adam heroically eats the fruit to be with Eve. It's not enough that the woman is responsible for humanity's fall, it has to be the result of how the man loves her so much, because the already-existing guilt clearly wasn't enough.

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sunnyskywalker

Plus there is Sin, who sounds like she ought to be out doing stuff right from the beginning, but no... she's the doorkeeper who can't control her kids. And is now ugly.

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ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com

Beauty equals goodness? :P

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sunnyskywalker

Pretty much! And in fact in almost exactly the way it does in the GFFA - she was pretty once, but definitively turning to the dark side with the rebellion and all ruined her looks. She and Palpatine could start a support group.