When the fandom initially decried the 'fug' thing I recall pro-Jo defenders pointing out the dictionary definition and thinking that it wasn't a mistake. But, technically, it is, isn't it? As you point out, you don't *leave a fug* on a window. The 'fug' is the overall atmosphere!
Although dictionary.com tells me that 'fug' is *perhaps* a variant of 'fog'. Still, I'd mark Rowling down for this one. :-)
I mean, it’s not as if there are any magic spells which can instantly tidy a room and— oh, wait.
Well, he can't cast them, can he? He's under-age and all that.
Harry Potter is now being nicknamed “the Chosen One”. Seriously, Rowling?
Isn't that terrible? Shades of Buffy and the Matrix! Gawd.
One of my outstanding questions about HP is whether Rowling understood how bad her last two books were.
I do believe this 'Chosen One' nonsense is one of the better indications that Rowling *knew* that she had no idea where she was going, that she had no (firm) plot in mind to finish the series. She'd introduced the Prophecy as the book #5 gimmick which served as the foundation of that entire (880 pages!) tome. I remember thinking how brilliant it was, how much potential the Prophecy had for generating drama and angst for the rest of the series. I refer you to any decent post-OotP pre-HBP fan fiction story as proof.
But Rowling didn't have a clue what to do with the prophecy. So she decided to get rid of it, emasculate it. It's only mentioned twice in HBP; once when she makes a farce of it when Harry reveals it to his mates, destroying any potential it had for that scene. And then it's forgotten until Dumbledore decries it, telling Harry - and we readers - that the Prophecy means nothing. Then dropped in DH until Harry quotes a couple of phrases at the very end in Rowling's desperation to make readers think it had currency after all.
Rowling didn't have the guts to use the prophecy, stand it on its feet and have it determine Harry's future. But she wanted Harry to be singled out as the Wizarding World's saviour. So along comes the watered down version. We're told Harry's now anointed as the 'Chosen One'.
But there's never any REASON given for this, is there? Why did the Prophet suddenly decide to call the boy that, six years into the series? If they, and the public, never knew about the (real) prophecy?
Because Rowling wanted Harry to be the 'Chosen One' ... but without having the courage to introduce something solid that she'd have to actually manage as part of her story.
So Harry is granted this extra title for no evident reason. Other than the 'surviving the Killing Curse' thing that everyone's known about for 15 years.
Gah.
“Accio heart!”
Hee. :-)
Because I can’t believe that Lilly was the only person ...
Remember, they don't even have to die ... they just have to 'mean to'.
*snerk*
The whole thing was rubbish, wasn't it?
Equally naturally Dumbledore refused to offer it.
If Dumbledore supported the ministry then we'd see an effective resistance against Voldemort and Harry would become a much lesser player. So, again, the entire wizarding world is warped to suit the author's lazy writing. The Supreme Wugwump and head of the government's upper house refuses to work with the government in combating public enemy #1 ... so we can accept his banking everything on a sixteen year old boy.
Pfah.
Dumbledore, you massive four-letter word.
He was a condescending bastiche, wasn't he? Holding all the cards. Mind you, the Dursleys weren't that nice either. I think we're supposed to accept Dumbledore's bad behaviour as being 'good' in this case. The sort of justice that makes sense to the child readers.
So what was the spell Dumbledore used to get the mead? Teleportation?
Since Rowling invents the food restriction thing in the next book as the world's worst excuse for leaving the Trio hungry on their infinite camping trip, I guess so. :-)
having this deep and timeless magic conform to civil law statutes -
Well, maybe it's the other way around. The statutes were written to conform to the 'laws of magic' as they are known to wizards?
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Date: 2012-10-27 10:10 am (UTC)When the fandom initially decried the 'fug' thing I recall pro-Jo defenders pointing out the dictionary definition and thinking that it wasn't a mistake. But, technically, it is, isn't it? As you point out, you don't *leave a fug* on a window. The 'fug' is the overall atmosphere!
Although dictionary.com tells me that 'fug' is *perhaps* a variant of 'fog'. Still, I'd mark Rowling down for this one. :-)
I mean, it’s not as if there are any magic spells which can instantly tidy a room and— oh, wait.
Well, he can't cast them, can he? He's under-age and all that.
Harry Potter is now being nicknamed “the Chosen One”. Seriously, Rowling?
Isn't that terrible? Shades of Buffy and the Matrix! Gawd.
One of my outstanding questions about HP is whether Rowling understood how bad her last two books were.
I do believe this 'Chosen One' nonsense is one of the better indications that Rowling *knew* that she had no idea where she was going, that she had no (firm) plot in mind to finish the series. She'd introduced the Prophecy as the book #5 gimmick which served as the foundation of that entire (880 pages!) tome. I remember thinking how brilliant it was, how much potential the Prophecy had for generating drama and angst for the rest of the series. I refer you to any decent post-OotP pre-HBP fan fiction story as proof.
But Rowling didn't have a clue what to do with the prophecy. So she decided to get rid of it, emasculate it. It's only mentioned twice in HBP; once when she makes a farce of it when Harry reveals it to his mates, destroying any potential it had for that scene. And then it's forgotten until Dumbledore decries it, telling Harry - and we readers - that the Prophecy means nothing. Then dropped in DH until Harry quotes a couple of phrases at the very end in Rowling's desperation to make readers think it had currency after all.
Rowling didn't have the guts to use the prophecy, stand it on its feet and have it determine Harry's future. But she wanted Harry to be singled out as the Wizarding World's saviour. So along comes the watered down version. We're told Harry's now anointed as the 'Chosen One'.
But there's never any REASON given for this, is there? Why did the Prophet suddenly decide to call the boy that, six years into the series? If they, and the public, never knew about the (real) prophecy?
Because Rowling wanted Harry to be the 'Chosen One' ... but without having the courage to introduce something solid that she'd have to actually manage as part of her story.
So Harry is granted this extra title for no evident reason. Other than the 'surviving the Killing Curse' thing that everyone's known about for 15 years.
Gah.
“Accio heart!”
Hee. :-)
Because I can’t believe that Lilly was the only person ...
Remember, they don't even have to die ... they just have to 'mean to'.
*snerk*
The whole thing was rubbish, wasn't it?
Equally naturally Dumbledore refused to offer it.
If Dumbledore supported the ministry then we'd see an effective resistance against Voldemort and Harry would become a much lesser player. So, again, the entire wizarding world is warped to suit the author's lazy writing. The Supreme Wugwump and head of the government's upper house refuses to work with the government in combating public enemy #1 ... so we can accept his banking everything on a sixteen year old boy.
Pfah.
Dumbledore, you massive four-letter word.
He was a condescending bastiche, wasn't he? Holding all the cards. Mind you, the Dursleys weren't that nice either. I think we're supposed to accept Dumbledore's bad behaviour as being 'good' in this case. The sort of justice that makes sense to the child readers.
So what was the spell Dumbledore used to get the mead? Teleportation?
Since Rowling invents the food restriction thing in the next book as the world's worst excuse for leaving the Trio hungry on their infinite camping trip, I guess so. :-)
having this deep and timeless magic conform to civil law statutes -
Well, maybe it's the other way around. The statutes were written to conform to the 'laws of magic' as they are known to wizards?