Another influence on Rowling?

[mary-j-59.livejournal.com]

A friend just loaned me her copies of Jeeves and Wooster, and my sister and I watched this one last week. We couldn't stop laughing! But - note the symbol in the background? WHY is Harry wandering around with the symbol of the English fascists on his forehead? It really doesn't make sense to me.

Deathly Hallows, Chapter 20: Xenophilius Lovegood

[oneandthetruth.livejournal.com]

Hermione is still pouting the next morning. I’m wondering if her real problem is not that Ron left, but that she didn’t. Is she angry at him because he had the guts to admit they were blowing it and take a time out, while she just kept trailing along after Harry like a lost house elf? I think she’s definitely mad because she’s always controlled Ron and their relationship. How dare he assert his independence of her! Who does he think he is? Her equal? In an AU, maybe. This is called the Potterverse after all, not the Ronverse.

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Deathly Hallows, Chapter 21: The Tale of the Three Brothers

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Xeno tells the Trio the DH symbol is not “dark” in the sense Viktor Krum thought. He adds he was wearing the symbol in case another believer saw him and could help him find the Hallows. Isn’t it great that he used someone’s else happy social occasion to promote his own selfish, crazy agenda?

He then asks if they know “The Tale of the Three Brothers.” Ron and Hermione say they do, but Harry doesn’t. This shows how intellectually disinterested he is: He’s had the Beedle book sitting around for five months and has been sitting in a tent with it for four months, frequently bored out of his mind, with nothing else to do for entertainment, but even though it’s a short book, he still hasn’t read it! Sheesh! And I’m supposed to find this guy admirable enough to be worthy of emulation? I mean, that is one of the characteristics of a hero/heroine.

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