*Seriously, I really want their money focus to go somewhere. Percy the hard-working clerk is a great distraction from the real ambition in the family.
Look how many people take it for granted that the Hat meant to put Percy in Slytherin because he's, uh, ambitious and, and...disloyal! Yeah! He betrayed his family, so he's bad, so he should've been in Slytherin! Actually, the part of the "betrayal" that was his fault is because he's bordering on Lawful Stupid. That's not a Slytherin trait, still less a Slytherin survival trait.
Whereas Fred and George are cunning, ambitious, cunning and did I mention cunning? When they open their mouths you can see wheels turning. How come no one's demanding to know why they weren't Sorted into Slytherin?
*ETA: Luckily, it being Arthur and Molly--good parents--it's not like they'll demand Dumbledore to explain what he's doing about this.
Ron's only got himself to blame. Arthur's told him and told him never to take drinks from men who don't even know his name. And what was he doing eating candy that wasn't in its original package?
*ETA: Perhaps they really want pre-emptive punishment for that cowardly pushing of first years and running next year. It's obvious he'd do something like that after that commentary!
Eh, what would you expect from the guy from Lost in Space? Seriously, character bashing by the original author is worse than by fanbrats. If he'd stayed behind to help it would have looked like last-minute depth. Behold, he's not completely lost to humanity even though he didn't toady properly to Harry! The push-and-run is just grinding the ant underfoot after she stomped it.
*Naturally Harry finds Lavender even more annoying than McLaggen, since Lavender is the one who actually deserves a little respect here. Imagine her thinking somebody should have told her Ron was in the Infirmary! WTF does she think she is? Sure she's been Ron's nominal girlfriend for like a year now, but Harry's managed to avoid speaking to her and so made it clear she's not part of the circle.
Lavender doesn't mean anything to Ron. He's just using her. Therefore she's a worthless trollop. QED.
The ambition/cunning Slytherin thing is great. As I'm sure I've said before, the most cunning and most ambitious people are all in Gryffindor. Which is also why no actual ambitious person would want to be in Slytherin! Who would the Twins have gotten to know there that would have helped them at all? Nobody would have gone to their shop. Not that they'd have had a shop because Slytherins seem to look down on that sort of thing or something. It's like at best they're still working on a 17th century idea of ambition where you're born into power and suck up to the right people at court.
Look how many people take it for granted that the Hat meant to put Percy in Slytherin because he's, uh, ambitious and, and...disloyal! Yeah! He betrayed his family, so he's bad, so he should've been in Slytherin! Actually, the part of the "betrayal" that was his fault is because he's bordering on Lawful Stupid. That's not a Slytherin trait, still less a Slytherin survival trait.
Whereas Fred and George are cunning, ambitious, cunning and did I mention cunning? When they open their mouths you can see wheels turning. How come no one's demanding to know why they weren't Sorted into Slytherin?
*ETA: Luckily, it being Arthur and Molly--good parents--it's not like they'll demand Dumbledore to explain what he's doing about this.
Ron's only got himself to blame. Arthur's told him and told him never to take drinks from men who don't even know his name. And what was he doing eating candy that wasn't in its original package?
*ETA: Perhaps they really want pre-emptive punishment for that cowardly pushing of first years and running next year. It's obvious he'd do something like that after that commentary!
Eh, what would you expect from the guy from Lost in Space? Seriously, character bashing by the original author is worse than by fanbrats. If he'd stayed behind to help it would have looked like last-minute depth. Behold, he's not completely lost to humanity even though he didn't toady properly to Harry! The push-and-run is just grinding the ant underfoot after she stomped it.
*Naturally Harry finds Lavender even more annoying than McLaggen, since Lavender is the one who actually deserves a little respect here. Imagine her thinking somebody should have told her Ron was in the Infirmary! WTF does she think she is? Sure she's been Ron's nominal girlfriend for like a year now, but Harry's managed to avoid speaking to her and so made it clear she's not part of the circle.
Lavender doesn't mean anything to Ron. He's just using her. Therefore she's a worthless trollop. QED.
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