- Did Seamus argue with his Mum to assert he was of age (more successfully than the Patils) or was it just JKR trying to validate Harry? Mrs Finnegan was perfectly justified in not trusting the miserable little scroate in Book 5, and Seamus was perfectly justified in being loyal to his mother rather than that tiresome runt who only spent time with him when Ron was in a moody. Still he was probably showing his gratitude in not being scarred for life for his transgressions – smart move, Seamus.
- Typical – Harry breaks up with Ginny just in time for her transformation into a far less abrasive character. After making us suffer through her complete and utter hideousness for two books. I wish he’d fallen for Romilda Vane – at least we could hate her in peace without JKR demanding that we adore her.
- Also, when he chucked her, I wish she’d thrown the mother of a spoilt, youngest, only girl amongst seven children, tantrum that we all know she was the master of. Just imagine her screaming through the sermon, bitch slapping Harry and throwing him on the tomb. Drop-kicking Fawkes when he flew to help (why did you leave my brother to be scarred and in agony, you b*stard bird?). Umbridge and Scrimgeour pointing and laughing at them and Rita Skeeter frantically making notes for her latest article – marvellous! But we needed the attention on Dumbledore for once (eye-roll).
- “The beautiful weather seemed to mock them.” I’m going to blame JKR for this, rather than Harry. Her bad writing (it started off average, then got worse) remains with us – like a presence.
- “Ginny trips on the stairs on the way up to her dorm and dies” You Meany! I haven’t read this since forever and for one brief, shining moment, I hoped that I’d just forgotten this one massive beautiful sub plot! But no, it’s only the author who didn’t remember vastly important things from one book to the next. Damn.
- “Apparently in the past Harry, when confronted with a mystery, has felt excited and curious with a burning desire to get to the bottom of the mystery.” Mwah! One thing you forgot to list was his burning desire to take advantage of his Occlumency lessons in order to keep his greatest enemy (Voldemort) from penetrating his final line of defence - his mind. Or indeed to keep out the man he occasionally hated even more, and never trusted until he’d bled to death in front of him - Snape.
- And don’t forget his fierce *need* to learn from his mistake after leading Sirius to his death. Firstly he practiced Occlumency throughout Book 6 with never a break, to ensure such a tragedy never happened again. After all, it’s not as if Voldemort would simply forget about this ability, and the connection would only be one way in Book 7!
- Secondly, he immediately re-instated the now legal Dumbledore’s Army, with frequent guest lecturers such as McGonagall, Flitwick (the master dueller) and Remus. The pupils learnt so much from this club, run and cherished by this now fully fledged hero. If he hadn’t done that, they’d have had to depend on Neville – and how *ridiculous* would that have been!
There are no flies on The Boy who Lived. (Regretfully, as that would have indicated that his ridiculous luck had at last run out and he was rotting in the Great Hall with the anonymous fallen.)
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Date: 2009-02-21 12:47 am (UTC)- Typical – Harry breaks up with Ginny just in time for her transformation into a far less abrasive character. After making us suffer through her complete and utter hideousness for two books. I wish he’d fallen for Romilda Vane – at least we could hate her in peace without JKR demanding that we adore her.
- Also, when he chucked her, I wish she’d thrown the mother of a spoilt, youngest, only girl amongst seven children, tantrum that we all know she was the master of. Just imagine her screaming through the sermon, bitch slapping Harry and throwing him on the tomb. Drop-kicking Fawkes when he flew to help (why did you leave my brother to be scarred and in agony, you b*stard bird?). Umbridge and Scrimgeour pointing and laughing at them and Rita Skeeter frantically making notes for her latest article – marvellous!
But we needed the attention on Dumbledore for once (eye-roll).
- “The beautiful weather seemed to mock them.”
I’m going to blame JKR for this, rather than Harry. Her bad writing (it started off average, then got worse) remains with us – like a presence.
- “Ginny trips on the stairs on the way up to her dorm and dies”
You Meany! I haven’t read this since forever and for one brief, shining moment, I hoped that I’d just forgotten this one massive beautiful sub plot! But no, it’s only the author who didn’t remember vastly important things from one book to the next. Damn.
- “Apparently in the past Harry, when confronted with a mystery, has felt excited and curious with a burning desire to get to the bottom of the mystery.”
Mwah! One thing you forgot to list was his burning desire to take advantage of his Occlumency lessons in order to keep his greatest enemy (Voldemort) from penetrating his final line of defence - his mind. Or indeed to keep out the man he occasionally hated even more, and never trusted until he’d bled to death in front of him - Snape.
- And don’t forget his fierce *need* to learn from his mistake after leading Sirius to his death. Firstly he practiced Occlumency throughout Book 6 with never a break, to ensure such a tragedy never happened again. After all, it’s not as if Voldemort would simply forget about this ability, and the connection would only be one way in Book 7!
- Secondly, he immediately re-instated the now legal Dumbledore’s Army, with frequent guest lecturers such as McGonagall, Flitwick (the master dueller) and Remus. The pupils learnt so much from this club, run and cherished by this now fully fledged hero. If he hadn’t done that, they’d have had to depend on Neville – and how *ridiculous* would that have been!
There are no flies on The Boy who Lived. (Regretfully, as that would have indicated that his ridiculous luck had at last run out and he was rotting in the Great Hall with the anonymous fallen.)