As I keep saying, book seven should by rights be called "Harry Potter and the Oedipus Complex". What with all the Ginny/Lily comparisons and the Hermione/Ron = Molly/Arthur thing from OotP, methinks there's some serious mummy and daddy issues going on in someone's brain.
Also, Sluggy is a coward for not only not wanting to die, but also for preferring to spend his days in an actual house rather than "living in a cave and eating rats" as Sirius did. Thing is, Sirius got his chance to spend time in an actual house, but he wasn't interested and supposedly wanted to be out fighting Dementors and soforth. So yeah, can't bring myself to feel any actual sympathy, since I would probably be more likely to go the Slughorn route (although why he doesn't flee the country disguised as a box of teabags or something is beyond me).
The whole "You must die for the cause like a TRUE WARRIOR" thing reminds me a bit of the more millitant straightedge punks, who think one's devotion to their favourite bands can be measured by the amount of injuries they're willing to sustain in a moshpit. If Harry was ever going to get into the Muggle hardcore scene, I think he'd quite like the straightedge crowd. He'd have to give up the butterbeer et al, but I daresay he'd relish the greater high of being able to bitch righteously at people for taking painkillers when they get ill.
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Date: 2005-09-13 01:59 pm (UTC)Also, Sluggy is a coward for not only not wanting to die, but also for preferring to spend his days in an actual house rather than "living in a cave and eating rats" as Sirius did. Thing is, Sirius got his chance to spend time in an actual house, but he wasn't interested and supposedly wanted to be out fighting Dementors and soforth. So yeah, can't bring myself to feel any actual sympathy, since I would probably be more likely to go the Slughorn route (although why he doesn't flee the country disguised as a box of teabags or something is beyond me).
The whole "You must die for the cause like a TRUE WARRIOR" thing reminds me a bit of the more millitant straightedge punks, who think one's devotion to their favourite bands can be measured by the amount of injuries they're willing to sustain in a moshpit. If Harry was ever going to get into the Muggle hardcore scene, I think he'd quite like the straightedge crowd. He'd have to give up the butterbeer et al, but I daresay he'd relish the greater high of being able to bitch righteously at people for taking painkillers when they get ill.