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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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Re: The HMS_STFU is guilty of this as well...

[aikaterini.livejournal.com]

I've never read any of the Rose Potter fanfics; I've only heard about them. I have heard that Rose is extremely vicious and sociopathic, and that she does bully and torment Ron a lot of the time. If all of that is true, then she deserves all of the criticism that she gets. But if people can't see the similarities between Rose's mutilation of Ron and Hermione's disfigurement of Marietta, then I just don't know what to say.

As for their criticism of Rose because she's aggressive (although perhaps aggressive is the wrong word to use, if she is indeed as monstrous as I hear), well...to be fair, HBP!Ginny is very aggressive as well, and I know that a lot of people in this community don't like her. I don't know how much of their hatred for Rose Potter is because of her gender as it is for her personality.

But I will say that one of the reasons why I dislike the term "Mary Sue" (which I've frequently seen Rose Potter labeled with) and the frequent usage of the term is because I feel that female characters tend to be unfairly picked on much more than male characters, be they canon or OCs. So, you may have a point there about Rose's treatment.

Re: The HMS_STFU is guilty of this as well...

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

Maybe. :/

I guess it was stuff like "hey look, Harry's name comes after Voldemort in the original sentence of GOF. JKR's a genius!1!" that kind of got my inner stupid alarm blaring. Especially when they try to use it to justify how OMGselfless Harry is. *Bang bang bang*

As for mutilating Marietta vs. mutilating Ron, I think it's mostly...yeah, Double Standard.

"But I will say that one of the reasons why I dislike the term "Mary Sue" (which I've frequently seen Rose Potter labeled with) and the frequent usage of the term is because I feel that female characters tend to be unfairly picked on much more than male characters, be they canon or OCs."

*This*.

And thank you. :)