*Hagrid sends Harry a note reminding him that he thinks anything he feels the Trio owes it to him to feel too.
I hate Hagrid very, very much. This, I understand, does not make me stand out around here in the slightest, so I guess I don't need to elaborate why. =]
*Hagrid says Harry and Ron know how special Aragog was. Special. That’s one word for it.
It's so sad that Aragog has more dignity than most people in this series. "No, I'm not going to eat you, because I promised Hagrid. On the other hand, I didn't promise to keep my children from eating you, and they're hungry, poor dears. Nice of you to drop by, enjoy being digested, I'm going to take a nap now." =]
That's what these books need more of. Characters who're not really out to get Our Heroes, but who just don't give a shit.
*Really he’s been wanting to use the potion to break up Dean and Ginny. As opposed to wanting to use the potion to get lucky with Ginny.
Yes, isn't it strange that jealousy seems to make up most of what is called "love" around here? Gives you an interesting view of wizarding relationships. Do they habitually cheat on each other just to keep the spark going?
*Does anyone else find it hilarious that JKR invented herself a canonical deus ex machina? "Hmm…it would be far too fake if Harry just ran into Slughorn—wait, what if that’s the point—that it’s fake?" And thus Felix Felicitas was born!
Freaking ridicolous. A potion that makes everything turn out your way, and the side-effects are such things as "over-confidence"? Uhm... no, sorry, everyone would totally take this all the time and to hell with over-confidence. At the very least, all Death Eaters would take a small sip, good for half an hour or so, right before every important mission.
And Malfoy was ever so keen to win that competition so he could get the potion? Uhm, yeah... because he doesn't have a very rich mother who desperately wants him to survive, and who could easily have found some potion-canny wizard to cook up a batch?
*Harry invites Slughorn to come along to the funeral to get some venom from Aragog. After all, Harry’s only using Hagrid’s grief as a way to get the FF, why shouldn’t it be of some use to Slughorn too?
Would it be very bad if I said I actually liked Slughorn? Not just thought he was a fun character, but really thought he was a pretty cool person?
(*shrugs*) He never does anything worse than forgetting people's names (and, yes, explaining Horcruxes to Voldemort. Who already knew they existed and who would eventually have found someone to tell him. The hell with that, it's not even like Slughorn told him how to create them), and he always seems like he's having a lot of fun. He knows how to enjoy himself. Got to respect that in a man his age. =]
And, of course, the fact that the narrative voice is constantly harping at me to hate him makes me like him even more. Slughorn likes fame and money, and thus he's evil? Tell you what, JKR, if you hate fame and money so much, how about you give me some of the freaking piles you've made by writing this excuse for a fantasy series? Being the moral sinkhole that I am, I wouldn't mind taking them off your conscience. (*beams innocently*)
Might be my biggest pet peeve, actually - this immensely wealthy woman preaching the evils of money. I bet she'd say she didn't have a thought about money when writing the first book, either, despite being dirt poor at the time. She just wanted to entertain the kiddies. Her current enormous riches is her just reward for being such a paragon of virtue. Or something.
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Date: 2006-08-12 12:32 pm (UTC)I hate Hagrid very, very much. This, I understand, does not make me stand out around here in the slightest, so I guess I don't need to elaborate why. =]
*Hagrid says Harry and Ron know how special Aragog was. Special. That’s one word for it.
It's so sad that Aragog has more dignity than most people in this series. "No, I'm not going to eat you, because I promised Hagrid. On the other hand, I didn't promise to keep my children from eating you, and they're hungry, poor dears. Nice of you to drop by, enjoy being digested, I'm going to take a nap now." =]
That's what these books need more of. Characters who're not really out to get Our Heroes, but who just don't give a shit.
*Really he’s been wanting to use the potion to break up Dean and Ginny. As opposed to wanting to use the potion to get lucky with Ginny.
Yes, isn't it strange that jealousy seems to make up most of what is called "love" around here? Gives you an interesting view of wizarding relationships. Do they habitually cheat on each other just to keep the spark going?
*Does anyone else find it hilarious that JKR invented herself a canonical deus ex machina? "Hmm…it would be far too fake if Harry just ran into Slughorn—wait, what if that’s the point—that it’s fake?" And thus Felix Felicitas was born!
Freaking ridicolous. A potion that makes everything turn out your way, and the side-effects are such things as "over-confidence"? Uhm... no, sorry, everyone would totally take this all the time and to hell with over-confidence. At the very least, all Death Eaters would take a small sip, good for half an hour or so, right before every important mission.
And Malfoy was ever so keen to win that competition so he could get the potion? Uhm, yeah... because he doesn't have a very rich mother who desperately wants him to survive, and who could easily have found some potion-canny wizard to cook up a batch?
*Harry invites Slughorn to come along to the funeral to get some venom from Aragog. After all, Harry’s only using Hagrid’s grief as a way to get the FF, why shouldn’t it be of some use to Slughorn too?
Would it be very bad if I said I actually liked Slughorn? Not just thought he was a fun character, but really thought he was a pretty cool person?
(*shrugs*) He never does anything worse than forgetting people's names (and, yes, explaining Horcruxes to Voldemort. Who already knew they existed and who would eventually have found someone to tell him. The hell with that, it's not even like Slughorn told him how to create them), and he always seems like he's having a lot of fun. He knows how to enjoy himself. Got to respect that in a man his age. =]
And, of course, the fact that the narrative voice is constantly harping at me to hate him makes me like him even more. Slughorn likes fame and money, and thus he's evil? Tell you what, JKR, if you hate fame and money so much, how about you give me some of the freaking piles you've made by writing this excuse for a fantasy series? Being the moral sinkhole that I am, I wouldn't mind taking them off your conscience. (*beams innocently*)
Might be my biggest pet peeve, actually - this immensely wealthy woman preaching the evils of money. I bet she'd say she didn't have a thought about money when writing the first book, either, despite being dirt poor at the time. She just wanted to entertain the kiddies. Her current enormous riches is her just reward for being such a paragon of virtue. Or something.