We sometimes talk about how wizards and witches don't have a lot of logical skills. Looking at the way Ron's injuries were treated by everyone around him, could it be that a lot of witches and wizards had head injuries growing up that were never adequately addressed? Sure, the physical injury is taken care of, sometimes so that it doesn't even look like an injury had taken place, but the brain - do they try to heal the damage done to the brain?
I wouldn't be surprised. I mean Neville's first magical outburst was when he was tossed out of a window. Sure he bounced off the ground, but he should at very least have concussion from that incident.
People go to the hospital wing a lot in the series but it always seems that they're treated for their physical ailments alone, never anything mental or non-physical. Maybe restoring the skull also restores the brain but it would have been nice to see or at least hear (or overhear) that in discussions.
/Well, Ron and Harry did talk about Quidditch teams on the Hogwarts Express, so that is still one thing that they have in common./
I have to disagree here. Talking usually involves two (or more) parties verbally exchanging ideas/opinions/etc. The way Jo describes it, it looks like Ron was talking at Harry, while our hero was either just nodding or sat there and looked pretty. It's even more visible when a few chapters later Wood explains how Quidditch works and at no point Harry goes "I know! And catching that golden ball earns 150 points, doesn't it
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/he isn’t curious about society he just have joined/
Or his parents. He only learns about his parents when other people take it upon themselves to tell him (ex. Minerva about James). He never actively goes out and asks anyone about what his parents were like
When Hermione tells him she read all about him he doesn't bother to look and see what the books say about him.
Concepts in this books are good, but the author simply lacks skill and finesse to make them work for her. this is why all her other pseudos and stories failed and she had to go back to hp and write a whole prequel- that makes the hp verse have even less sense- its the only way she can make any money of writing. and what blows my mind is how many fans of her would defend her mediocre writing. she is simply NOT a good author, and her grammar is not always on point.
i also agree with the friendship-point of the trio you made: i never got why they would befriend hermione, or even for the matter why hermione would befriend them, it makes no sense; and never to mention that hermione comes across as one of the biggest mary sues ever.
but thank you for this amazing read through and the summery! this was really a nice travel to take with you- will you be doing the other books too, or have you enough after the first one? (because book 2 and even more book 4 is just a mess and all over the place)
she was also unbearably annoying- she knew everything better because she read it; but honestly life is not about reading but about doing, she for me was just not a good character: everybody had to accept she was right because she said so; only her opinions and her rules mattered, when people did not as she wanted she either put pressure on them via her friends or went to authorities; and everybody tried to tell her the fucking truth but she didn't listen, because of course she knows better... just urg
I agree with Oryx, Hermione had problems with finding herself in her new surrounding, so she did everything to grab attention of person who was supposed to symbolise everything she admires: Harry. Notice that in CoS she has crush on Lockhart, a guy whose public persona is that of brave guy who helps the helpless. Now that I think about it, Hr/R makes even less sense, because Ron is completely opposite of her type :/
I'm not sure if I'm going to do the whole series ( just thinking about reading HBP and DH fills me with dread), but around Friday I'll post the first chapter of CoS.
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We sometimes talk about how wizards and witches don't have a lot of logical skills. Looking at the way Ron's injuries were treated by everyone around him, could it be that a lot of witches and wizards had head injuries growing up that were never adequately addressed? Sure, the physical injury is taken care of, sometimes so that it doesn't even look like an injury had taken place, but the brain - do they try to heal the damage done to the brain?
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I mean Neville's first magical outburst was when he was tossed out of a window. Sure he bounced off the ground, but he should at very least have concussion from that incident.
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I have to disagree here. Talking usually involves two (or more) parties verbally exchanging ideas/opinions/etc. The way Jo describes it, it looks like Ron was talking at Harry, while our hero was either just nodding or sat there and looked pretty. It's even more visible when a few chapters later Wood explains how Quidditch works and at no point Harry goes "I know! And catching that golden ball earns 150 points, doesn't it ( ... )
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Or his parents. He only learns about his parents when other people take it upon themselves to tell him (ex. Minerva about James). He never actively goes out and asks anyone about what his parents were like
When Hermione tells him she read all about him he doesn't bother to look and see what the books say about him.
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this is why all her other pseudos and stories failed and she had to go back to hp and write a whole prequel- that makes the hp verse have even less sense- its the only way she can make any money of writing. and what blows my mind is how many fans of her would defend her mediocre writing. she is simply NOT a good author, and her grammar is not always on point.
i also agree with the friendship-point of the trio you made: i never got why they would befriend hermione, or even for the matter why hermione would befriend them, it makes no sense; and never to mention that hermione comes across as one of the biggest mary sues ever.
but thank you for this amazing read through and the summery! this was really a nice travel to take with you- will you be doing the other books too, or have you enough after the first one? (because book 2 and even more book 4 is just a mess and all over the place)
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Now that I think about it, Hr/R makes even less sense, because Ron is completely opposite of her type :/
I'm not sure if I'm going to do the whole series ( just thinking about reading HBP and DH fills me with dread), but around Friday I'll post the first chapter of CoS.
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