Such are the perils of being in a work of youth lit.
LOL! Seriously. How many times are we told that the old underestimate the young in these books? Any time that kind of lesson comes up it pretty much lays to rest the idea that these books aren't being written for a younger demographic. Even the adults who are supposed to be competent are so inept your average child can see exactly what they're doing all the time (Slughorn could take lessons in subtly and persuasion from seventh graders).
as if having a vagina were the equivalent to wearing a red shirt in this universe.
Err...yeah. And I'm sure the Order was relieved to learn that Tonks had become significantly impaired at work due to problems with her boyfriend...while the boyfriend of course continues his delicate and dangerous undercover work no problem.
The more discerning ones are considering the fact that he's saying all this to an insecure ('cause she's a girl!), insanely loyal Death Eater, and also ponder what he's not saying, like the time he told Dumbledore about Voldemort's impending return the moment the Mark started regaining strength, or the Occlumency lessons.
This passage sort of reminded me of the last time I had jury duty and the person announced that anyone who wanted to could come up and ask for a deferral. She assured us that she knew that a lot of us had practiced our fake excuses in front of the mirror, but she didn't need to hear them. That's what I thought with Snape--like he'd worked so hard on this cover story he had to say the whole thing, even when Bellatrix is ready to let the matter drop.
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Date: 2005-08-27 03:34 am (UTC)LOL! Seriously. How many times are we told that the old underestimate the young in these books? Any time that kind of lesson comes up it pretty much lays to rest the idea that these books aren't being written for a younger demographic. Even the adults who are supposed to be competent are so inept your average child can see exactly what they're doing all the time (Slughorn could take lessons in subtly and persuasion from seventh graders).
as if having a vagina were the equivalent to wearing a red shirt in this universe.
Err...yeah. And I'm sure the Order was relieved to learn that Tonks had become significantly impaired at work due to problems with her boyfriend...while the boyfriend of course continues his delicate and dangerous undercover work no problem.
The more discerning ones are considering the fact that he's saying all this to an insecure ('cause she's a girl!), insanely loyal Death Eater, and also ponder what he's not saying, like the time he told Dumbledore about Voldemort's impending return the moment the Mark started regaining strength, or the Occlumency lessons.
This passage sort of reminded me of the last time I had jury duty and the person announced that anyone who wanted to could come up and ask for a deferral. She assured us that she knew that a lot of us had practiced our fake excuses in front of the mirror, but she didn't need to hear them. That's what I thought with Snape--like he'd worked so hard on this cover story he had to say the whole thing, even when Bellatrix is ready to let the matter drop.