You know, he says that, but then this is written by the woman who apparently thinks being the seventh child of um…some people is of Huge Significance, so I wouldn’t be surprised if three or nine of eleventy-four had been a magical number.
Another stunning piece of HP Logic: Voldemort kills Harry’s Mum and Dad. He accidentally gives him powers and occasional flashes into his mind. Yet Harry has never become tempted to become one of Voldemort’s followers. Which proves that Harry…is protected by his ability to love? WTF? I would say it more just suggests that becoming a follower of someone chasing you with murderous intent is a conflict of interest.
So much for the world not being all evil Death Eaters and good people – I kinda love the leap from ‘You don’t want to follow the guy who killed your parents – congratulations!’ (this is a huge resistance effort since Voldemort’s done nothing but try and persuade Harry to join his cause.) to ‘You must be pure of heart!’ Because it’s not like you could be a person with a hatred filled empty heart and have no interest in joining the Death Eaters, like Umbridge. Or that you could be a total psycho but not follower material – Riddle was never tempted to align himself with say, Grindelwald, after all. (This bit reminds me of the retarded bit earlier, where Hermione’s all ‘The Prince sounds like a jerk!’ and Harry’s confused: ‘But…he doesn’t sound like a Death Eater.’ And the continuation: the Trio are way too low-class to ever be accepted into the DEs. Yes, we get that. You’ve formed your own group based on elitism, superiority, and hexing the shit out of anyone who looks at you wrong, well done.)
Dumbledore impresses on Harry that his ability to love really is amazing, after all he’s been through. Well, that ought to appeal to Harry. "It’s amazing that you are such a great guy what with all the assholes you’re surrounded by and all the great suffering you face every day. You really deserve extra credit just for not going postal and killing everyone. Instead you allow others to be your friend. How are you so awesome?"
Hee! My favourite part about the love speech is how impersonal it is. I guess by book six, we’re supposed to see Harry’s warm heart full of affection as a given, but you’d think there might be some kind of mention of um…the people he loves? Because really, it seems like we’ve got Dead People It’s Easier to Care About in an Abstract Way, and People Harry Finds Irritating and Enjoys Hurting Until They Demonstrate their Commitment to His Desires Above Their Own. Harry’s feelings here are all the ever-present ‘flames’ of hate, there’s no touching on family or friends as anything other than motivators for revenge, even the all-consuming Ginny obsession is totally dormant.
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Date: 2006-08-25 07:18 pm (UTC)Riddle: Seven is a magic number.
You know, he says that, but then this is written by the woman who apparently thinks being the seventh child of um…some people is of Huge Significance, so I wouldn’t be surprised if three or nine of eleventy-four had been a magical number.
Another stunning piece of HP Logic: Voldemort kills Harry’s Mum and Dad. He accidentally gives him powers and occasional flashes into his mind. Yet Harry has never become tempted to become one of Voldemort’s followers. Which proves that Harry…is protected by his ability to love? WTF? I would say it more just suggests that becoming a follower of someone chasing you with murderous intent is a conflict of interest.
So much for the world not being all evil Death Eaters and good people – I kinda love the leap from ‘You don’t want to follow the guy who killed your parents – congratulations!’ (this is a huge resistance effort since Voldemort’s done nothing but try and persuade Harry to join his cause.) to ‘You must be pure of heart!’ Because it’s not like you could be a person with a hatred filled empty heart and have no interest in joining the Death Eaters, like Umbridge. Or that you could be a total psycho but not follower material – Riddle was never tempted to align himself with say, Grindelwald, after all. (This bit reminds me of the retarded bit earlier, where Hermione’s all ‘The Prince sounds like a jerk!’ and Harry’s confused: ‘But…he doesn’t sound like a Death Eater.’ And the continuation: the Trio are way too low-class to ever be accepted into the DEs. Yes, we get that. You’ve formed your own group based on elitism, superiority, and hexing the shit out of anyone who looks at you wrong, well done.)
Dumbledore impresses on Harry that his ability to love really is amazing, after all he’s been through. Well, that ought to appeal to Harry. "It’s amazing that you are such a great guy what with all the assholes you’re surrounded by and all the great suffering you face every day. You really deserve extra credit just for not going postal and killing everyone. Instead you allow others to be your friend. How are you so awesome?"
Hee! My favourite part about the love speech is how impersonal it is. I guess by book six, we’re supposed to see Harry’s warm heart full of affection as a given, but you’d think there might be some kind of mention of um…the people he loves? Because really, it seems like we’ve got Dead People It’s Easier to Care About in an Abstract Way, and People Harry Finds Irritating and Enjoys Hurting Until They Demonstrate their Commitment to His Desires Above Their Own. Harry’s feelings here are all the ever-present ‘flames’ of hate, there’s no touching on family or friends as anything other than motivators for revenge, even the all-consuming Ginny obsession is totally dormant.