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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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[sunnyskywalker]

Sounds like a very sensible way for things to go! Which only shows that Lucas threw the slavery part in as window dressing without thinking through how it might affect Anakin's entire development.

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

*Sighs* Unfortunately. :(

[sunnyskywalker]

Years ago, I tried to come up with good plot-related reasons for Anakin's slavery on Tatooine to be relatively comfortable (essentially, that even though he doesn't like being a slave, unconsciously he associates it with comfort in a lot of ways). It only halfway worked, because there was still the tiny matter of the exploding slave transmitters, which just can't leave your mind at ease, and experiences like that plus worrying about his mom plus having a chip on his shoulder because he's from an entirely different class background as the rest of the Jedi and doesn't fit in (and they might be rude about it, intentionally or not) should definitely still be having repercussions ten years later.

But the most we get is that scene where he goes back to Watto's shop looking for Shmi and is obviously tense and holding back some anger (I like that scene). You would think that being confronted with his past like that would matter more later! Like, oh, holding a grudge about the Jedi being less empathetic and charitable than poor moisture farmers. For starters.

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

This, just this! :D