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Deathly Hallows uberwank: Chapter 11, The Bribe

Oct 19, 2007 14:12

OBI-WAN: You were the chosen one! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them. You were to bring balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness.
ANAKIN SKYWALKER: I hate you!
OBI-WAN: You were my brother, Anakin. I loved you.

- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

( Lose yourself in the music, the moment, you own it, you better never let it go (da ding da ding da ding) )

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spacefragments October 19 2007, 14:54:47 UTC

Uuuuuurrrrggghhhh!!! That means they must have had sex!!!!!!!

HAHAHAAH same reaction here. i'm pretty sure i yelled something like "oh god i can't believe you put your dick in her". i'm not a het hater or anything, but the idea of remus and tonks having sex is... urgh...

and Harry sees "the shadow of the wolf upon his human face" which I can't decide if I like or not. I think mostly it sounds like the sort of cliche that shows up in MWPP-era fic (up there with mating for life, "amber orbs" for eyes and Lily's gaydar)

ugh, for real. i'm so tired of remus struggling against the influence of TEH WOLF or whatever.

Oh, and he says, "My kind don't usually breed", which makes me wonder:

i talked about this with oddsbobs on my lj, because i just couldn't believe that *nobody* in the wizarding world knew if lycanthropy was hereditary or not. how come they weren't told about it in DADA class? how could *remus* not know? he's been a werewolf for, like, 30 years and it didn't come up, even once? it just sounds like a stupid, inbelievable and absurd ( ... )

spacefragments October 19 2007, 14:57:02 UTC

and by "inbelievable", i actually meant "unbelievable". i know my prefixes, rly. let me show you them.

fera_festiva October 20 2007, 17:33:46 UTC

In the light of recent news I have suddenly become interested in Dumbledore's backstory, but up until about half an hour ago my interest was pretty much zero too.

That doctor sounds like a tool. I hope you, like, stamped on his/her hands and then said, "Oh noes, that must have been caused by your traumatic childhood, here, have some topaz".

I agree with you on Remus joining the trio for the Quest - if he had to go through the whole stupid thing with Tonks, it might have been nice to actually see it rather than just getting told later, "Yah they got back together, nothing more to see here". Dumb. I hate the ship too, but I also hate that he hates it too and in hating it he's nothing like the Remus I liked in earlier books.

I dunno. Right now I'm just way too excited about Dumbledore and also incredibly hungover to construct a proper argument. :P

spacefragments October 30 2007, 19:09:30 UTC

haha, this reply is pretty late, sorry.

(This is one of those times when I wonder if maybe sticking with Harry's POV most of the time is a little too restrictive.)

it is, sometimes. specially since harry's a bit of an... oblivious, self-absorbed idiot. :D oh harry. you're such a teenage boy.

In the light of recent news I have suddenly become interested in Dumbledore's backstory, but up until about half an hour ago my interest was pretty much zero too.

nah... i thought the gay!dumbles revelation was cool, but i'm still pretty uninterested.

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minnow_53 October 19 2007, 15:23:04 UTC

I'm a bit confused - he feels angry and sad that there are loads of eleven-year-old kids who will currently be unaware they will never see Hogwarts and might never see their families again either, but I'm not sure why it would be both? Either they don't get to go to Hogwarts, or... why won't they see their families again? Unless "weeding out muggle-borns" means killing them, but I don't think that's made clear.

I had the same problem with this; a totally self-contradicting concept all round. I think the compulsory Hogwarts was for purebloods, but that was made as clear as mudbloodI thought Remus's wish to run away from his responsibilities and go off with Harry was incredibly interesting as an echo of JKR's own experience. Her first husband went off -- or it sounds like he did -- and left her with a daughter to bring up on her own, or we wouldn't have the HP books. Maybe Tonks was destined to write her own bestselling book about Muggle boys at boarding school having wonderful, slashy adventures... *dreams ( ... )

fera_festiva October 20 2007, 17:55:20 UTC

I am really interested in JKR's situation too - if only because the general message of the Remus/Tonks subplot seems to be at least partly about (men) facing up to family responsibilities. I'm always wary of the ad hominem argument, but there are times when it's interesting to look at how the writer's own experience is relevant, I guess. This isn't very coherent, but I'm kind of reeling over the Dumbledore revelation right now (and yes, that is going to be my excuse for incoherence for a long time).

Thank you - I am having a great time in Plymouth. I am pretty hung over right now. :D

oddsbobs October 22 2007, 20:10:39 UTC

here through nk_aoede...

I think the whole "never see Hogwarts or their families" goes like this:

Those who aren't Muggle-born MUST attend Hogwarts. Of the group of 10/11 yr olds getting ready to start Hogwarts, only non muggle-borns can board the train. Muggle-borns either a)never get their letters so will never be aware of Hogwarts OR b) will show up at King's Cross and get abducted by the Ministry. Thus, they will never see Hogwarts, and their families think they'll be at school but they'll never see each other again.

I think that's what's happening. It was crappy writing regardless.

I'm not even going to get into the Remus thing. (though I've adopted your "Remus is an alcoholic" philosophy of the last book)

fera_festiva October 22 2007, 22:12:14 UTC

*Nods*

Hmm, yes, that makes sense - from what comes later it seems like the DEs/Ministry are actively weeding out muggle-borns rather than just ignoring them. But yeah, that's not too clear from the text, so meh.

Alcoholic!Remus makes more sense the more I think about it. It's weird.

And hello, by the way! *Waves*

oddsbobs October 22 2007, 22:21:42 UTC

Hello! *waves*

I'm finding your uberwank hilarious in an insightful way, and you seem pretty awesome. Can I friend you?

fera_festiva October 22 2007, 22:27:04 UTC

Yes, of course! I'd be honoured. I shall friend you back, too, if that's OK. :) Thank you so much for your lovely comments too!

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evil_underlord October 25 2007, 10:29:13 UTC

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fera_festiva October 25 2007, 14:04:08 UTC

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delphipsmith November 25 2011, 16:39:06 UTC

Shouldn't that be "Sirius Bisnuss" ?

delphipsmith November 25 2011, 16:42:20 UTC

Hermione, with a frown, is all, you know, YOUR WIFE? And Remus brushes off the very concept of Tonks. She'll be fine, she's at her parents' house, don't worry about her. Even Harry, he with all the perceptiveness of a rock, notices something strange in Remus's voice (other than the slurring of speech), like he's not really down with this whole wife thing.

I remember reading this part of the book and thinking it was all a lead-in to Lupin not actually being Lupin, but a Death Eater in disguise. But I like your alcoholic/mid-life crisis explanation better :D

wangsts about how he's made his wife and yet-to-be-born child outcasts; get a fucking Livejournal, Remus, you twat. Your username could be "Romulus".

*snort*

Harry pisses on her bonfire right away but saying, well, no, Remus's kid will totally be ashamed of him, because he's a big fuckwit who abandons his kid to take a midlife gap year.

"fuckwit" is such a great word. I should use it more in casual conversation...

even Remus doesn't ship Remus/TonksLOL! Yeah, you know it' ( ... )

fera_festiva December 12 2011, 14:53:58 UTC

Do you know, until you started commenting on these posts I'd forgotten about my alcoholic Remus theory. Having remembered it, I stick by it firmly. *nods*

Poor Ron. One of the most underused sidekicks in the history of sidekickness

I know right? The first book is all about him being this great strategy-master, great at chess and everything, but he just seems to get derpier and derpier as time goes by.