Waverly
Yeah, I follow that one too.
Now, I'm going to stay away from the points I have that hinge on certain female characters and their co-dependent relationship. Because I do, but I'll digress. (Even if Harper is a clear parallel to Sabrina's Harvey)
My issue tonight is that I believe that Harper should be eligible to become the Russo family wizard, and would be the best candidate for the position.
Why? The Russo's family from the first season expect to have Harper in their lives forever (to the point where the parents expect Harper to be the child who takes care of them in their old age). Not only is this clearly more interaction then even Harper's parents give her, they progress to getting her to move in with them without even the slightest bit of thought.
Harper's birth parents have been called dysfunctional. I've been in a dysfunctional family. The Al Bundy? That's dysfunction. Harper's parents are emotionally abusive, and that relates to the fact they rarely appear on screen. Harper was broken well before Alex got to her, and it's notable that Alex's innate evil allows Harper some potential for happiness.
As for why she's the best candidate, look at the wizardry world. Justin and his father are hyper competent, studious, and rather boring. It seems that magic is in the universe, and it wants to be chaotic and abused. The slightest spell has huge repercussions, and that's the way the universe likes it.
There's too much status in the universe as it is, and letting people like that have magic wastes a potential for good in the universe.
Alex is evil. The universe likes chaos a bit, but Alex would just use it for her own ends non stop. The world doesn't mind a little greed, but that's Alex's primary motivation.
There's a few terms in roleplaying circles to refer to characters who are too stuck on alignment charts. Lawful Stupid and Chaotic Stupid. Max is Chaotic Stupid. He does what ever he's thinking about at any given time without regards to long term effects. It gets old fast.
Harper is all of the above, and by default, balance. ^^
She's by definition chaotic. Because she is a proxy to Alex, the correct level of evil is still done, but it has to be filtered through a third party, ensuring that she doesn't go around blowing up moons that look at her funny. And in the 3 seasons so far that she's learned about it, she's gone from knowing nothing about magic, to being able to spot supernatural beings and figure out effective uses of magic even without powers of her own.
Now, I'm going to stay away from the points I have that hinge on certain female characters and their co-dependent relationship. Because I do, but I'll digress. (Even if Harper is a clear parallel to Sabrina's Harvey)
My issue tonight is that I believe that Harper should be eligible to become the Russo family wizard, and would be the best candidate for the position.
Why? The Russo's family from the first season expect to have Harper in their lives forever (to the point where the parents expect Harper to be the child who takes care of them in their old age). Not only is this clearly more interaction then even Harper's parents give her, they progress to getting her to move in with them without even the slightest bit of thought.
Harper's birth parents have been called dysfunctional. I've been in a dysfunctional family. The Al Bundy? That's dysfunction. Harper's parents are emotionally abusive, and that relates to the fact they rarely appear on screen. Harper was broken well before Alex got to her, and it's notable that Alex's innate evil allows Harper some potential for happiness.
As for why she's the best candidate, look at the wizardry world. Justin and his father are hyper competent, studious, and rather boring. It seems that magic is in the universe, and it wants to be chaotic and abused. The slightest spell has huge repercussions, and that's the way the universe likes it.
There's too much status in the universe as it is, and letting people like that have magic wastes a potential for good in the universe.
Alex is evil. The universe likes chaos a bit, but Alex would just use it for her own ends non stop. The world doesn't mind a little greed, but that's Alex's primary motivation.
There's a few terms in roleplaying circles to refer to characters who are too stuck on alignment charts. Lawful Stupid and Chaotic Stupid. Max is Chaotic Stupid. He does what ever he's thinking about at any given time without regards to long term effects. It gets old fast.
Harper is all of the above, and by default, balance. ^^
She's by definition chaotic. Because she is a proxy to Alex, the correct level of evil is still done, but it has to be filtered through a third party, ensuring that she doesn't go around blowing up moons that look at her funny. And in the 3 seasons so far that she's learned about it, she's gone from knowing nothing about magic, to being able to spot supernatural beings and figure out effective uses of magic even without powers of her own.