*ETA: It's really strange the way Hermione is a totaly nag, yet a totally ineffectual nag. For all her yammering about ridiculous things (like not wanting to use the directions that actually work for Potions in HBP) she usually backs down about stuff where she should stand her ground. Handing over the broom in PoA was her best moment. Did she get so traumatized by the fall-out from that she never did it again?. It makes the parallel between her and Molly even sharper, that's all. I once read that even though people think Molly's this great strong matriarch because she doesn't let Arthur run the whole show, the fact was that When It Really Comes Right Down To It on certain issues, it's Arthur who gets the final say and makes the final rules, (at a time when Molly should have put forth her opinion), thus making her rather ineffectual. And yes, I wouldn't be surprised if the whole Firebolt experience scared Hermione off.
*Despite how ridiculous this is, we all know that Grawp will indeed wind up with his heart softened by the kindness shown to him by his captors. There's a word for this kind of heart-warming breakthrough. I believe it’s Stockholm Syndrome. It certainly doesn't remind me at all of that fountain at the MoM. Ugh, I guess it's because the topic has been floating around in some of the LJ communities I go to but this whole tying Grawp down/Stockholm Syndrome thing totally makes me think of Attachment Therapy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attachment_Therapy). Of course, I am taking things a bit too far but really, looking back at this chapter is really cringeworthy.
*ETA: Yup, Grawp will be showing up at the funeral dressed up in people clothes and a diaper like a trained chimp later on, being all affectionate to Hagrid for tying him up and teaching him to be civilized. Of course, he was supposed to have come from a civilization to begin with, but once he was in the big city he realized his own people were animals. Yet again, another cringeworthy moment. It's good to know that I'm not the only one who got that thought about trained chimps.
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Date: 2008-05-17 11:47 am (UTC)It makes the parallel between her and Molly even sharper, that's all. I once read that even though people think Molly's this great strong matriarch because she doesn't let Arthur run the whole show, the fact was that When It Really Comes Right Down To It on certain issues, it's Arthur who gets the final say and makes the final rules, (at a time when Molly should have put forth her opinion), thus making her rather ineffectual.
And yes, I wouldn't be surprised if the whole Firebolt experience scared Hermione off.
*Despite how ridiculous this is, we all know that Grawp will indeed wind up with his heart softened by the kindness shown to him by his captors. There's a word for this kind of heart-warming breakthrough. I believe it’s Stockholm Syndrome. It certainly doesn't remind me at all of that fountain at the MoM.
Ugh, I guess it's because the topic has been floating around in some of the LJ communities I go to but this whole tying Grawp down/Stockholm Syndrome thing totally makes me think of Attachment Therapy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attachment_Therapy). Of course, I am taking things a bit too far but really, looking back at this chapter is really cringeworthy.
*ETA: Yup, Grawp will be showing up at the funeral dressed up in people clothes and a diaper like a trained chimp later on, being all affectionate to Hagrid for tying him up and teaching him to be civilized. Of course, he was supposed to have come from a civilization to begin with, but once he was in the big city he realized his own people were animals.
Yet again, another cringeworthy moment. It's good to know that I'm not the only one who got that thought about trained chimps.