Say hello to Remus Lupin, bringing birthday cheer in the form of news on death and disappearances, as well as clothes so ragged and patched he probably looks more like a bum nowadays. Such a pity JKR didn't let him become the Back-up Godfather, isn't it?
Rather a pity, since Remus brings Harry gifts he can actually use – information & awareness. His mention of the dementor attacks open up a conversation where we learn more about the World Outside Harry. A "bad" man (Karkaroff), a "good" man (Fortescue) and one whose allegiances are unknown/ambivalent (Ollivander) have been forcefully taken out of the picture, either by death or disappearance.
Ollivander's skills are considered important (as per Lupin) but he was never seen to take sides, providing his services to all equally. (As a merchant, perhaps he saw the world not in black & white – as Harry does – but as gold & silver?) This continues the process of moving past Harry's simplistic "Good Guys = People-I-Like vs. Bad Guys = People-I-Don't-Like" mentality, which started with his meeting Slughorn.
I would start a Ron So Pathetic Count (RSPC), but it would probably hit triple digits halfway through the book.
What really sucks about all the dissing he gets in this book is that he's probably the most normal one in his family:
"Then you just buck up your ideas, young man, before I decide you're too immature to come with us!" said Ms. Weasley angrily..." (pg 107 Yank version)
Your. Husband. Collects. Plugs. Your. Twin. Sons. Run. A. Fucking. Joke. Shop. You. Are. Having. A. Tantrum. SHUT. UP. MOLLY.
Interesting that she gives Ron a verbal slap with regard to his "ideas"; in other words, she's admonishing him for independent thinking...something all too common in dysfunctional families where there's a "party line" everyone must adhere to.
Meanwhile, Narcissa keeps her goddamn cool even when Harry talks trash about her husband and threatens her son. She flat-out tells him to stop attacking her kid, that he only gets away with being an arrogant shit because he's Dumbledore's pet, and once Dumbles is gone, Harry's "false sense of security" will die with him.
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Date: 2005-09-25 04:26 pm (UTC)Rather a pity, since Remus brings Harry gifts he can actually use – information & awareness. His mention of the dementor attacks open up a conversation where we learn more about the World Outside Harry. A "bad" man (Karkaroff), a "good" man (Fortescue) and one whose allegiances are unknown/ambivalent (Ollivander) have been forcefully taken out of the picture, either by death or disappearance.
Ollivander's skills are considered important (as per Lupin) but he was never seen to take sides, providing his services to all equally. (As a merchant, perhaps he saw the world not in black & white – as Harry does – but as gold & silver?) This continues the process of moving past Harry's simplistic "Good Guys = People-I-Like vs. Bad Guys = People-I-Don't-Like" mentality, which started with his meeting Slughorn.
I would start a Ron So Pathetic Count (RSPC), but it would probably hit triple digits halfway through the book.
What really sucks about all the dissing he gets in this book is that he's probably the most normal one in his family:
"Then you just buck up your ideas, young man, before I decide you're too immature to come with us!" said Ms. Weasley angrily..." (pg 107 Yank version)
Your. Husband. Collects. Plugs.
Your. Twin. Sons. Run. A. Fucking. Joke. Shop.
You. Are. Having. A. Tantrum.
SHUT. UP. MOLLY.
Interesting that she gives Ron a verbal slap with regard to his "ideas"; in other words, she's admonishing him for independent thinking...something all too common in dysfunctional families where there's a "party line" everyone must adhere to.
Meanwhile, Narcissa keeps her goddamn cool even when Harry talks trash about her husband and threatens her son. She flat-out tells him to stop attacking her kid, that he only gets away with being an arrogant shit because he's Dumbledore's pet, and once Dumbles is gone, Harry's "false sense of security" will die with him.