Naoki Urasawa + memes + HP = fun shit
1. Since the boxes from Caracas arrived last week, I can consult all my old books -textbooks, manuals, and novels- again. That includes 1-4 books of HP. So right now I'm flipping pages and rereading some scenes I'm feeling I should remember more frequently. Dammit, I could be reading my uncle's classics, like Count of Montecristo or The Portrait of Dorian Grey, but noooo, I'm opening the Chamber of fucking Secrets instead.
So, a couple of things:
1.1 Why the surprise about Neville "suddenly" having balls? Yeah, he was clumsy (to the point of being the center of jokes for the first books) and lacked self-confidence and would get depressed easily when nervous. But apart from some exact cases, he wasn't a coward. I'm not only talking about the Petrificus Totalus scene, no. After being bullied by Malfoy once, Harry and the lot comfort him by telling him he was worth it and should fight back. And you know what? HE DID. He confronted Draco and went all over Crabbe and Goyle (with lousy results, but he did fight back). Except for Snape, and that was because he was his biggest fear for some time, he always fought back. And hell, don't forget he had dueled his ass out for the three last books. It's been ages since Longbottom took shit from anyone; he's a motherfucking Gryffindor, hear him roar!
Also, DH is the practical demonstration of why Neville is worth 12 Malfoys (and several DEs, and one snake >D):
Neville on the final battle
+ Defensive maneuver with plants
+ Told Teh Dark L0rd to fuck off
+ Broke body-bind spell (true, the wand wasn't working on LV, but still)
- Was probably saved from flames by Harry's sacrifice
+ BROUGHT GRYFFINDOR DEUS EX MACHINA
+ DECAPITATED THE SNAKE
Draco on the final battle
+ Sneaked in and found the Trio (although Crabbe and Goyle helped and all)
- Was trapped between fire and had to be saved by Harry
- Was pleading for his life, and was saved by Harry again
- Was punched by invisible Ron
Not bashing Draco or anything... just pointing out that, during the last events of canon, he sucks compared to almost anyone.
1.2 Actual quote that cracked me out.
Tom's journal: Let me show you.
And all I can imagine is Tom Riddle going all LOLcats.
2. Any bad joke involving Nagini amuses me to no end XD Particularly "Snakes on a Snape".
3. Some facts about the way I imagined the book, and how Naoki Urasawa's seinen manga have scarred me.
3.1 Some time along the way, my mental Harry started looking less like a megane CLAMP rejectee and more like Kenzo Tenma from Monster. Maybe because he was a disheveled fugitive and shit.
3.2 I suspected (sort of wrongly) that the Hallows symbol was gonna be like the eye within the hand within the eye symbol from 20th Century Boys. Then I was wondering, half joking, if "Friend" would be making a cameo and wear the Hallows triangle.
3.3 At the end, young!Grindelwald in my head was having a Johan hairdo.
4. Not a surprise, but after the new interview thing with Rowling, I'm egging anyone available with my post-series Neville/Luna plotbunnies. *evil laugh*
Hopefully, next post won't be about HP. If anything it'll be about the dentist tomorrow DDDD:
So, a couple of things:
1.1 Why the surprise about Neville "suddenly" having balls? Yeah, he was clumsy (to the point of being the center of jokes for the first books) and lacked self-confidence and would get depressed easily when nervous. But apart from some exact cases, he wasn't a coward. I'm not only talking about the Petrificus Totalus scene, no. After being bullied by Malfoy once, Harry and the lot comfort him by telling him he was worth it and should fight back. And you know what? HE DID. He confronted Draco and went all over Crabbe and Goyle (with lousy results, but he did fight back). Except for Snape, and that was because he was his biggest fear for some time, he always fought back. And hell, don't forget he had dueled his ass out for the three last books. It's been ages since Longbottom took shit from anyone; he's a motherfucking Gryffindor, hear him roar!
Also, DH is the practical demonstration of why Neville is worth 12 Malfoys (and several DEs, and one snake >D):
Neville on the final battle
+ Defensive maneuver with plants
+ Told Teh Dark L0rd to fuck off
+ Broke body-bind spell (true, the wand wasn't working on LV, but still)
- Was probably saved from flames by Harry's sacrifice
+ BROUGHT GRYFFINDOR DEUS EX MACHINA
+ DECAPITATED THE SNAKE
Draco on the final battle
+ Sneaked in and found the Trio (although Crabbe and Goyle helped and all)
- Was trapped between fire and had to be saved by Harry
- Was pleading for his life, and was saved by Harry again
- Was punched by invisible Ron
Not bashing Draco or anything... just pointing out that, during the last events of canon, he sucks compared to almost anyone.
1.2 Actual quote that cracked me out.
Tom's journal: Let me show you.
And all I can imagine is Tom Riddle going all LOLcats.
2. Any bad joke involving Nagini amuses me to no end XD Particularly "Snakes on a Snape".
3. Some facts about the way I imagined the book, and how Naoki Urasawa's seinen manga have scarred me.
3.1 Some time along the way, my mental Harry started looking less like a megane CLAMP rejectee and more like Kenzo Tenma from Monster. Maybe because he was a disheveled fugitive and shit.
3.2 I suspected (sort of wrongly) that the Hallows symbol was gonna be like the eye within the hand within the eye symbol from 20th Century Boys. Then I was wondering, half joking, if "Friend" would be making a cameo and wear the Hallows triangle.
3.3 At the end, young!Grindelwald in my head was having a Johan hairdo.
4. Not a surprise, but after the new interview thing with Rowling, I'm egging anyone available with my post-series Neville/Luna plotbunnies. *evil laugh*
Hopefully, next post won't be about HP. If anything it'll be about the dentist tomorrow DDDD: