In the movie, they're cutting Crabbe, and having Goyle die, therefore Draco will save no-one. (Just in case anyone forgot who the true hero was. Wait for the inevitable cut of that Crucio, while they're at it...)
Huh. That's weird. I bet that Draco will do something, then. Instead of the near nothing he does in the books. He has to, or the audience is going to wonder why the character got so much screen time over the years.
'You've got to wonder about a series that can't even commit fully to being anti-slavery.'
I would never have cared that the series wasn't anti-slavery (since an author is allowed to make up her own rules in worldbuilding), but having Hermione bring up the subject, spend two books pushing that crusade, and then get credit for it with the goblins--all the while condoning Harry's ownership of Kreacher is just silly.
The really good mothers in this series don't lower themselves to do any actual parenting, they just prove their love by dying and leave the imperfect types like Petunia or an elf to do the work.
That's sadly very true. On the other hand, bad mothers also die. But in that case, there were no blood relatives to take care of the kid.
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Date: 2009-12-08 03:57 pm (UTC)Huh. That's weird. I bet that Draco will do something, then. Instead of the near nothing he does in the books. He has to, or the audience is going to wonder why the character got so much screen time over the years.
'You've got to wonder about a series that can't even commit fully to being anti-slavery.'
I would never have cared that the series wasn't anti-slavery (since an author is allowed to make up her own rules in worldbuilding), but having Hermione bring up the subject, spend two books pushing that crusade, and then get credit for it with the goblins--all the while condoning Harry's ownership of Kreacher is just silly.
The really good mothers in this series don't lower themselves to do any actual parenting, they just prove their love by dying and leave the imperfect types like Petunia or an elf to do the work.
That's sadly very true. On the other hand, bad mothers also die. But in that case, there were no blood relatives to take care of the kid.
If a Slytherin loves you, they will kill you.
That's the true moral of the series.