'I find Sirius interesting, but I'm not sure I would like him in real life. To me, there's a clear difference between liking a fictional character and liking a real person.'
Is there a word for that? It seems like there should be a word for that. There's a word for almost everything else...
We agree on so many of the characters' traits it's funny.
I *would* argue, however, that she *did* go there in terms of the messy traits for many of the Gryffindors, but fandom largely overlooked it. (Or just went: nope.) It's hard to be too judgy of Remus when he just died in the same book, say. (Seriously, he's someone who puts others at risk whenever he happens to feel like it, putting his wants and needs ahead of everyone else's *health and safety* in a truly heinous fashion... There can be no sympathy (from me) for his condition for someone who is willing to recklessly expose others to it, just for shits and giggles.) And by the time we learn some of the extent of Sirius' douchebaggery, he's already dead and gave his life trying to rescue Harry and the kids from their terminal stupidity. That makes it a little pointless and a lot difficult to really get mad at him. (Ditto James, and he wasn't even the asshat that Sirius was.)
The 'facts' are there, it's just that almost until the end, *Harry* focuses more on the: 'yeah, but he's a mean and greasy git' as if that mattered more.
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RE: Part 1
Date: 2019-02-10 02:43 pm (UTC)Is there a word for that? It seems like there should be a word for that. There's a word for almost everything else...
We agree on so many of the characters' traits it's funny.
I *would* argue, however, that she *did* go there in terms of the messy traits for many of the Gryffindors, but fandom largely overlooked it. (Or just went: nope.) It's hard to be too judgy of Remus when he just died in the same book, say. (Seriously, he's someone who puts others at risk whenever he happens to feel like it, putting his wants and needs ahead of everyone else's *health and safety* in a truly heinous fashion... There can be no sympathy (from me) for his condition for someone who is willing to recklessly expose others to it, just for shits and giggles.) And by the time we learn some of the extent of Sirius' douchebaggery, he's already dead and gave his life trying to rescue Harry and the kids from their terminal stupidity. That makes it a little pointless and a lot difficult to really get mad at him. (Ditto James, and he wasn't even the asshat that Sirius was.)
The 'facts' are there, it's just that almost until the end, *Harry* focuses more on the: 'yeah, but he's a mean and greasy git' as if that mattered more.