Chamber of Secrets is slowly becoming my least favourite book. It might be because of Molly Weasley
Agreed so hard, I hate Molly sfm, I can't articulate the reasons, just, ARGH. >:[
I also think Harry probably has an impossible neat freak/OCD/cleaning complex
I don't think so? I mean, when he was cleaning out his trunk at the beginning of DH, he had, like, moldy food and crap in there, so...yeah, gross! I think he's kind of a slob, actually, lol. Wasn't there a scene in GoF when they were weighing the wands and his was all grubby and dirty?
being placed behind barred windows and a cat door for food with one bathroom break per 12 hours. Gah, that's worse than prison. PRISONERS HAVE TOILETS IN THEIR CELLS.
He gives Hedwig his food as he only sips broth for his one meal. Break. My. Fucking. Heart. Guys... *sigh* I kind of wish that Harry was more obviously psychologically damaged because of this. I mean, people talk about his recklessness, demonstrating a lack of care for his own life, but that could be because he doesn't think
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I think he's kind of a slob, actually, lol.
so totally keeping an eye out for this trait because i've seen so many differing opinions about this through the fic world that idek!
...we get NOTHING, no consequences at all from his mistreatment.
This is why I think I don't give him a lot of credit, because it has no realistic impact on him?
...but he emerges perfectly all right, no insecurity, no feeling of worthlessness, still able to make friends and open up to others, etc. People attribute that to his pure heart and everything, which, fine, as fans, I understand that, but to me, it seems to cheapen the serious issue of child abuse to suggest it has no impact at all on him.Okay, this? I place solely on Rowling's shoulders because THIS? THIS IS A GODSDAMNED GOLDMINE OF CHARACTER TRAIT AND BEHAVIOUR RIPE FOR THE PICKING. DEVELOP THIS. GOD. DAMN. WHERE IS THE LONG TERM CONSEQUENCE? ANY ONE, NO MATTER HOW WELL ADJUSTED TO 'NORMAL', DOES NOT LIVE A LIFE
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Er, random, not really related, but I'm writing something for a fic exchange and I have about a thousand words and I was wondering if I could email it to you you and get your thoughts? It deals with young!Harry but I'm not sure if I'm getting it right, because he kind of seems more like emo!OotP!Harry only I can't think of a way to rewrite him to make it more appropriate and I kind of think he would be a moody child anyway? What with everyone hating his guts or not wanting to be around him because he's BAD NEWS and such? AS IF THAT WOULDN'T MAKE YOU UPSET AND GLUM AND RESENTFUL.
Hee! I’m glad you enjoy discussion, even when we don’t agree!
Okay, you haven’t read DH, so you don’t know the passage I’m referring to- it’s at the beginning, so this isn’t a spoiler!
Harry had spent the morning completely emptying his school trunk for the first time since he had packed it six years ago. At the start of the intervening school years, he had merely skimmed off the topmost three quarters of the contents and replaced or updated them, leaving a layer of general debris at the bottom-old quills, desiccated beetle eyes, single socks that no longer fit. Minutes previously, Harry had plunged his hand into this mulch
Never fully emptied it! Beetle eyes! MULCH. :O
I place solely on Rowling's shoulders
Yeah, you know how characters are sometimes known for being ‘cooler than they’re written’? Harry’s more damaged than he’s written!
THIS IS A GODSDAMNED GOLDMINE OF CHARACTER TRAIT AND BEHAVIOUR RIPE FOR THE PICKINGExactly! I’d’ve found him more interesting and sympathetic if that were the case! I think she thinks he’d be
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you know what? It kind of totally explains Ronald's view of things sometimes: IE TROLLS BE STUPID, HOUSE ELVES ARE ONLY TO BE OUR SERVANTS etc etc... *flails* I disagree! Ron in GoF actually made me kinda like him, if only in regard to the house-elf issue. I can’t find the quote now and it’s DRIVING ME INSANE ‘coz I’ve searched for different key words and can’t find the bloody line in my pdf copy of GoF so maybe a chapter is missing or something, but I remember Hermione leaving hats and socks around the tower to trick house-elves into being freed (this makes no sense, btw, house-elves do laundry, so why do they get freed if they find it under a newspaper but not if they pick up the sheets on a bed or gloves on the floor, etc?) and Ron uncovered them so that the house-elves would have a choice if they were to be freed or not (again, what makes these things knitted by Hermione special?) instead of disregarding their feelings like Hermione. I get her intentions are good, but she saw Winky! She got dismissed and went to pieces and is a
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You have the advantage here. This re-read is more like a first read because I have been so immersed in movie!canon and fanon!fanon that I needed to get my lenses changed. When I get to this part in GoF I'll be sure to look for this. I will say this though, Hermione is probably not thinking about the issue long term. She's immediately attempting, in her wide-eyed optimistic gusto to do what she sees, at that moment in time with her limited life experience and impatience of youth, the right thing. Overly righteous perhaps? But that just gives me one more thing to point out in her commonality with Harry and why they are my OTP because WHO ELSE WOULD RUSH SO FULL OF PASSION INTO THINGS HEAD LONG WITHOUT FULLY COMPREHENDING THE BIGGER PICTURE?
Agreed so hard, I hate Molly sfm, I can't articulate the reasons, just, ARGH. >:[
I also think Harry probably has an impossible neat freak/OCD/cleaning complex
I don't think so? I mean, when he was cleaning out his trunk at the beginning of DH, he had, like, moldy food and crap in there, so...yeah, gross! I think he's kind of a slob, actually, lol. Wasn't there a scene in GoF when they were weighing the wands and his was all grubby and dirty?
being placed behind barred windows and a cat door for food with one bathroom break per 12 hours. Gah, that's worse than prison. PRISONERS HAVE TOILETS IN THEIR CELLS.
He gives Hedwig his food as he only sips broth for his one meal. Break. My. Fucking. Heart. Guys... *sigh* I kind of wish that Harry was more obviously psychologically damaged because of this. I mean, people talk about his recklessness, demonstrating a lack of care for his own life, but that could be because he doesn't think ( ... )
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I think he's kind of a slob, actually, lol.
so totally keeping an eye out for this trait because i've seen so many differing opinions about this through the fic world that idek!
...we get NOTHING, no consequences at all from his mistreatment.
This is why I think I don't give him a lot of credit, because it has no realistic impact on him?
...but he emerges perfectly all right, no insecurity, no feeling of worthlessness, still able to make friends and open up to others, etc. People attribute that to his pure heart and everything, which, fine, as fans, I understand that, but to me, it seems to cheapen the serious issue of child abuse to suggest it has no impact at all on him.Okay, this? I place solely on Rowling's shoulders because THIS? THIS IS A GODSDAMNED GOLDMINE OF CHARACTER TRAIT AND BEHAVIOUR RIPE FOR THE PICKING. DEVELOP THIS. GOD. DAMN. WHERE IS THE LONG TERM CONSEQUENCE? ANY ONE, NO MATTER HOW WELL ADJUSTED TO 'NORMAL', DOES NOT LIVE A LIFE ( ... )
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Okay, you haven’t read DH, so you don’t know the passage I’m referring to- it’s at the beginning, so this isn’t a spoiler!
Harry had spent the morning completely emptying his school trunk for the first time since he had packed it six years ago. At the start of the intervening school years, he had merely skimmed off the topmost three quarters of the contents and replaced or updated them, leaving a layer of general debris at the bottom-old quills, desiccated beetle eyes, single socks that no longer fit. Minutes previously, Harry had plunged his hand into this mulch
Never fully emptied it! Beetle eyes! MULCH. :O
I place solely on Rowling's shoulders
Yeah, you know how characters are sometimes known for being ‘cooler than they’re written’? Harry’s more damaged than he’s written!
THIS IS A GODSDAMNED GOLDMINE OF CHARACTER TRAIT AND BEHAVIOUR RIPE FOR THE PICKINGExactly! I’d’ve found him more interesting and sympathetic if that were the case! I think she thinks he’d be ( ... )
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