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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?

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[dracasadiablo.livejournal.com]

Not liking Lily is misogynistic? o_0
Haven't seen that essay, I'll have to go and find it later. I do need something entertaining to read.

It boggles the mind how far will hardcore Rowling's fan go to make excuses for the plot holes, lack of planing and blatant characters flaws.
Btw. I'll never understand the need some people have to turn their favorite characters into saints and the ones they dislike into monsters.
As far as I know it is not against the law to like a characters warts and all. Heck, some of my all time favorites are very troubled individuals but I can acknowledge that they are far from ideal.

"I call logic fail!" is a wonderful way to describe the whole HP series.

[oneandthetruth.livejournal.com]

The essay itself is not that bad, although the author jumps to conclusions a little. For example, at the beginning of part 2, she says she proved something in part 1, when she really only attempted to prove the point. What's idiotic is the way Rowling fundamentalists have jumped all over it as just-the-most-brilliant-thing-EVAH!OMG! and now treat the essay as if it's Absolute Unquestioned TRUTH that No One Must Ever Question Again! For example, a couple of months ago on Snapedom, a few people made some mildly critical remarks about Lily, and the Lily Lovers just went ballistic, shrieking all over the Internet that everybody who said anything bad about her was a racist and misogynist.

That's just stupid. I reserve the right--and it is my right--to love, hate, or be indifferent to any fictional character I damned well please, without having to defend myself from gratuitous charges of bigotry. Such automatic attacks are themselves nothing but a kind of bigotry designed to shout down people who say something the shouters don't like.

"I call logic fail!" is a wonderful way to describe the whole HP series.

Thank you. :-)

The link to the essay is here: http://ravenstar84.livejournal.com/8987.html

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

I'll definitely check it out when I have time. After a little...prepping, that is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jYcW1nEsGk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgSMxY6asoE

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

"It boggles the mind how far will hardcore Rowling's fan go to make excuses for the plot holes, lack of planing and blatant characters flaws.
Btw. I'll never understand the need some people have to turn their favorite characters into saints and the ones they dislike into monsters.
As far as I know it is not against the law to like a characters warts and all. Heck, some of my all time favorites are very troubled individuals but I can acknowledge that they are far from ideal."

*This*, so very much! D:

[oneandthetruth.livejournal.com]

I'll never understand the need some people have to turn their favorite characters into saints and the ones they dislike into monsters. As far as I know it is not against the law to like a characters warts and all. Heck, some of my all time favorites are very troubled individuals but I can acknowledge that they are far from ideal.

Not just characters. Real people, too. I'm one of the world's biggest Beatle fans, but this movement to turn John into a martyred saint annoys the heck out of me. The man was severely messed up and kind of a jerk. That's not surprising, given that both his parents abandoned him when he was little. To his great credit (and to some extent because of Yoko's pressure), he admitted he had problems, got therapy, and tried to be a better person. But he was still far from an angel, and it's not disrespectful to his memory to speak that truth.

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

"Not just characters. Real people, too. I'm one of the world's biggest Beatle fans, but this movement to turn John into a martyred saint annoys the heck out of me. The man was severely messed up and kind of a jerk. That's not surprising, given that both his parents abandoned him when he was little. To his great credit (and to some extent because of Yoko's pressure), he admitted he had problems, got therapy, and tried to be a better person. But he was still far from an angel, and it's not disrespectful to his memory to speak that truth."

That's an important thing to remember no matter *what* the circumstances, actually. :)

(Feel free to disagree/correct me)