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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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[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