How to Train Your Dragon
Why did I never watch this before? I'm finding out how fun this movie is. And the animated series, which I've burned through two seasons of in one weekend.
Between putting on PoA on audiobook when I'm out running.
I'm up to the Boggart lesson, and it's one of those scenes that really make me think. If analysed more deeply, it could reveal a lot more about each of the characters. How do you decide what the physical manifestation of a greatest fear should be, when lots of our fears are actually abstract concepts?
Remus talks about Harry's fear of Dementors being a fear of fear itself, and that could well be true--given Harry's position, he might fear being too afraid to do what has to be done.
And then Remus's boggart is the moon, but I'm fairly certain he isn't scared of the moon per se, but the event that's associated with it. It's the moon because that's the thing that controls his transformation, and Remus fears losing control of the wolf, or of his secret being outed (losing control in a sense) ... and yeah, maybe that's just me theorising, but it makes sense.
Is Ron's boggart a spider because it represents a horrible surprise?
What would Hermione's boggart be? I'm sure this question has been thrown around before. I'm playing with the theory at the moment where (in third year, at least) it is that Ron and Harry will stop being her friends and accepting who she is, and it sort of comes true in third year. Ouch, it's going to be painful getting to that part of the book now that I'm thinking about that.
What would your boggart be? I suspect mine would be similar to Remus's, except I can't think what could represent the trigger to losing control quite as precisely.
Between putting on PoA on audiobook when I'm out running.
I'm up to the Boggart lesson, and it's one of those scenes that really make me think. If analysed more deeply, it could reveal a lot more about each of the characters. How do you decide what the physical manifestation of a greatest fear should be, when lots of our fears are actually abstract concepts?
Remus talks about Harry's fear of Dementors being a fear of fear itself, and that could well be true--given Harry's position, he might fear being too afraid to do what has to be done.
And then Remus's boggart is the moon, but I'm fairly certain he isn't scared of the moon per se, but the event that's associated with it. It's the moon because that's the thing that controls his transformation, and Remus fears losing control of the wolf, or of his secret being outed (losing control in a sense) ... and yeah, maybe that's just me theorising, but it makes sense.
Is Ron's boggart a spider because it represents a horrible surprise?
What would Hermione's boggart be? I'm sure this question has been thrown around before. I'm playing with the theory at the moment where (in third year, at least) it is that Ron and Harry will stop being her friends and accepting who she is, and it sort of comes true in third year. Ouch, it's going to be painful getting to that part of the book now that I'm thinking about that.
What would your boggart be? I suspect mine would be similar to Remus's, except I can't think what could represent the trigger to losing control quite as precisely.