*Harry’s thoughts on how Voldemort is somehow possessing him and thus he attacked Mr. Weasley don’t make sense, but they mostly just point out the idiocy of the adults here. How could anybody not think it was important to tell this kid what’s going on? After all, it's his head! Plus, they must know Harry's not the most logical thinker, or overly calm, and he pretty much always jumps to the conclusion that he’s got to take care of everything (it doesn’t occur to him that since he overheard the idea that he’s possessed from an Order member, if it were unsafe for him to be at Order headquarters he wouldn’t be let in). Remember how he went after the Philosopher’s Stone after being told it was safe? Yeah, me too.
It's especially weird when you consider that Lupin was hanging around the house. Lupin's the one who spent a year patiently dealing with Harry's fears and explaining things in a calm, relatively honest manner.
I also almost wish we still had the diary so we could see exactly how Tom seduced her: "Dear Ginny—What a beautiful poem. You are just like a caterpillar struggling to become a butterfly!" But then, that was PS-GoF!Ginny, whom I liked. This Ginny would have honestly impressed Tom with her awesome evilness.
How could JKR have missed that opportunity to convey Ginny's awesomeness? Instead of having Riddle talk about how stupid and boring Ginny was, he should have been saying, "Oh, yes, Harry. I managed to persuade her to do all sorts of evil things, although it was very difficult, given her strong, powerful nature. If I wasn't a total sociopath with no possibility of love, I would have found her fiery, cheeky temper irresistible! By the way, did you know that she can cast an awesome bat-bogey hex? It's true!"
*As soon as Remus sees a fight brewing he strolls over to the werewolf. *Pets Self-Preservation!Remus.*
Did I read it in a fanfic? I always imagine that Remus is going over there to tell the man about Werewolves Anonymous and the Lycanthrope Support Group. It just reinforced for me the Lycanthopy/AIDs metaphor that I thought she was going for. Although, I think a mental illness metaphor also works.
*Is this supposed to be a set-up for the incredibly stupid "ghoul pretends to be Ron" nonsense that slows down the plot even more in DH?
I think it's more likely that she came up with the ghoul later on, because she was so tickled by her own spattergroit joke. (And I thought it was acne, too.)
*::sigh:: I loved Elkins’ ideas about Neville opting out of the wizard warrior culture. Grandmother seems to only remember/talk about his parents as Aurors and martyrs. Her way of processing and accepting their fate does not seem to suit Neville, and her constantly telling him he’s not as good as her "real" son is pretty brutal. I wonder what the reason for it is, though. Does she harbor some anger to have Neville instead of Frank? Is she trying to protect him from Frank’s fate by telling him he can’t be an Auror? ETA: I'll miss these possibilities. Neville just proved himself by living up to his grandmother's demands for a warrior son.
I don't think I read the Elkins' on Neville. At least, I don't remember it. But I think what JKR was actually going for was a tribute to the ordinary folk who fought in WWII. You know, the mechanics or busboys or whoever, who signed up, not because they wanted to be soldiers, but because they were needed. Of course, that doesn't make a whole lot of sense when he comes from two auror parents.
I always got the sense that August harbored a lot of anger towards Neville for surviving her son and then not turning out to be very magical. I don't mind that he turned out to be a good general, or that he killed the snake. I'm just glad that someone turned out to be a competent leader.
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Date: 2008-03-28 11:15 pm (UTC)It's especially weird when you consider that Lupin was hanging around the house. Lupin's the one who spent a year patiently dealing with Harry's fears and explaining things in a calm, relatively honest manner.
I also almost wish we still had the diary so we could see exactly how Tom seduced her: "Dear Ginny—What a beautiful poem. You are just like a caterpillar struggling to become a butterfly!" But then, that was PS-GoF!Ginny, whom I liked. This Ginny would have honestly impressed Tom with her awesome evilness.
How could JKR have missed that opportunity to convey Ginny's awesomeness? Instead of having Riddle talk about how stupid and boring Ginny was, he should have been saying, "Oh, yes, Harry. I managed to persuade her to do all sorts of evil things, although it was very difficult, given her strong, powerful nature. If I wasn't a total sociopath with no possibility of love, I would have found her fiery, cheeky temper irresistible! By the way, did you know that she can cast an awesome bat-bogey hex? It's true!"
*As soon as Remus sees a fight brewing he strolls over to the werewolf. *Pets Self-Preservation!Remus.*
Did I read it in a fanfic? I always imagine that Remus is going over there to tell the man about Werewolves Anonymous and the Lycanthrope Support Group. It just reinforced for me the Lycanthopy/AIDs metaphor that I thought she was going for. Although, I think a mental illness metaphor also works.
*Is this supposed to be a set-up for the incredibly stupid "ghoul pretends to be Ron" nonsense that slows down the plot even more in DH?
I think it's more likely that she came up with the ghoul later on, because she was so tickled by her own spattergroit joke. (And I thought it was acne, too.)
*::sigh:: I loved Elkins’ ideas about Neville opting out of the wizard warrior culture. Grandmother seems to only remember/talk about his parents as Aurors and martyrs. Her way of processing and accepting their fate does not seem to suit Neville, and her constantly telling him he’s not as good as her "real" son is pretty brutal. I wonder what the reason for it is, though. Does she harbor some anger to have Neville instead of Frank? Is she trying to protect him from Frank’s fate by telling him he can’t be an Auror? ETA: I'll miss these possibilities. Neville just proved himself by living up to his grandmother's demands for a warrior son.
I don't think I read the Elkins' on Neville. At least, I don't remember it. But I think what JKR was actually going for was a tribute to the ordinary folk who fought in WWII. You know, the mechanics or busboys or whoever, who signed up, not because they wanted to be soldiers, but because they were needed. Of course, that doesn't make a whole lot of sense when he comes from two auror parents.
I always got the sense that August harbored a lot of anger towards Neville for surviving her son and then not turning out to be very magical. I don't mind that he turned out to be a good general, or that he killed the snake. I'm just glad that someone turned out to be a competent leader.