"All was Well"

Feb 16, 2008 16:38



I consider that, in years to come, this particular phrase will be discussed and dissected by people more educated than I, and will (if Potterfiction stays as popular) be considered to be one of the greatest literary lies ever. For me it ranks along with "All animals are created equal" and will - just as that phrase was shown to be a nonsense -lose ( Read more... )

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smurasaki February 16 2008, 19:13:55 UTC
Let's not forget the Muggles, who seem to rate somewhat lower than other magical creatures on the Wizarding World's importance scale. The question of normal humans' place is never even raised by our heroes (if we can call them that), and, in fact, one of them used magic to cheat on his driving test. If the wizards are hiding their existence because they're afraid of Muggles (which actually doesn't fit very well with the fact that they accept Muggleborn wizards into the wizarding world, necessitating telling some Muggles), then all they're doing is giving Muggles reason to fear, hate, and kill or enslave them as the wizards themselves been doing to other magical creatures ( ... )

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guardians_song February 16 2008, 22:35:48 UTC
Personally, as far as fanfic ideas, I'm sort of interested in Muggle werewolves. They get shafted in every way possible. I'm also sort of interested in Fenrir Greyback, as far as - How did he get his ideas? Why does he still uphold them? Doesn't it mean something REALLY BAD about the WW that many werewolves would prefer to become monsters that condemn others to their miserable lives (which IS really what he advocates) than to try to muddle along as normally as possible?

The Dementors no longer work for Azkaban, in interview!canon. The PROBLEM is, JKR, this means that soul-sucking monsters are RUNNING FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND MOST WIZARDS CANNOT CREATE A CORPOREAL PATRONUS, SO THEY'LL BE SCREWED AGAINST DEMENTOR MOBS! *sigh*

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smurasaki February 17 2008, 05:49:29 UTC
Never mind the Muggles who'll be snacked on. They have no chance at all at defending themselves. Oy. JKR, learn to think things through.

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shyfoxling February 19 2008, 10:58:22 UTC
I would imagine that within the Potterverse, amazing accomplishments such as the Pyramids would turn out to have been built by wizards.

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ereshkigal_girl May 4 2008, 22:35:14 UTC
(A bit late to the party, but loving every minute of it!)

And, as someone who studies the archaeology/language of Egypt and the Near EAst, the seeming attitude and job description of what Bill does drives me INSANE. Am I going crazy, or does he sound a LOT more like a tomb robber than an archaeologist?

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erastes May 4 2008, 22:42:32 UTC
Yes ! You are very right! Glad you have been enjoying it!

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