It's really 50/50 at this point, what with the insane mood swings.
*giggles madly* Thank god Harry won't ever have menopause. And I do love the Hedwig tension.
Don't people stare at him every time?
LOL--I thought the same thing, especially since-hello?-wasn't Harry present at the death of a student last year? It's very strange how all of GoF except for Harry's suffering and Voldemort's return appear to have been wiped from everyone's minds.
Heh, is it me, or is there something a little pathetic about 14-15 year olds swapping trading cards? It's the equivalent of being a teenaged Pokemon enthusiast!
I forgot to comment on that--that's just the reaction I had. Um, trading cards and chocolate? Still floats your boat? Quite a chance from the ways the kids find to entertain themselves in canon, huh? Sometimes there's chocolate involved, but not like this...
'Viciously' is a very negative word to use, and fits into mistful's theory that only other females can truly affect the girls in these books.This is so weird and true
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Thank god Harry won't ever have menopause. And I do love the Hedwig tension.
Christ, imagine Harry being cranky every month like clockwork, rather than just when people 'get smart' with him. *quakes* He and Hedwig are horrible to each other! She pecks him and does this passive aggressive ignoring him when she doesn't get enough attention thing, he instructs her to hurt people and snaps at her.
Wasn't Harry present at the death of a student last year?
Well, they're probably not curious about poor old Whats-his-name. It'll be mawkish rubbernecking and debates over poor martyred Harry. (Love that bit later about 'I'M NOT GOING TO EXPLOIT MY FAMOUS ADVENTURES AND TALK ABOUT CEDRIC DIGGORY, EXCEPT WHEN I RILLY RILLY WANT TO SHUT SOMEONE UP.') Because all curiousity about subjects that Harry is already expert on is wrong, yo! Stupid Quibbler and Prophet, and the sheep who read them! Don't they automatically know Harry's side of it and support him, despite him not talking about it?
Quite a chance from the ways the kids find to entertain
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No, they called him 'Professor Moody.' The other teachers either did the same or called him Moody.
Arthur, though, and the ministry workers still called him Mad-Eye, at least in absentia. (Which makes me wonder what they called him during the first Voldie war, since he didn't have the Eye then.)
Anyhow, I sort of wonder if maybe JKR did this intentionally so that the bad associations of 'Professor Moody' wouldn't be transfered onto 'Mad Eye.' But then again, I'm not sure if JKR puts that much thought into things.
Most of my own thoughts on the chapter are in sistermagpie's post, but I just wanted to add:
'[...]I mean, I'm not enjoying it, I'm not Percy,' [Ron] finished defiantly. 'I know you're not, said Harry and he grinned.
The wording of Harry's reply is interesting; while it could be read as him reassuring Ron that he's not like Percy (oh the shame of it! Not.), it reads much more as if he's saying that he, Harry, knows Ron isn't enjoying being a prefect and that he approves of this attitude. This is strange compared to his behaviour with Hermoine because, while he didn't want to be around Hermione when he found out that Ron and Hermione had become prefects, he certainly never grudged Hermione her new role or had mean thoughts about how she didn't deserve it, which he does feel in Ron's case.
Yes, the 'grin' doesn't help, either. Nor does Hermione's reactions, from initially, with the 'Are you sure (it's not you, Harry)?' to the 'sharp' reaction when Malfoy asks what it's like to be second-best to Ron. Run, Ron, from your asshole friends!
The way Harry, Ron and Hermione behave in this prefect issue reminds me of the stereotypical in which girlfriend or wives behave towards their less clever or successful boyfriends/ husbands, only with a gender twist: Ron is like the wife who's been promoted or got a salary rise or something and desperately tries to downplay this in order not to scratch the fragile ego of Harry the "husband". Hermione acts like the husband's male friend who is "allowed" to be successful in his (her) own right, knowing that both have their respective fields where they excel.
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*giggles madly* Thank god Harry won't ever have menopause. And I do love the Hedwig tension.
Don't people stare at him every time?
LOL--I thought the same thing, especially since-hello?-wasn't Harry present at the death of a student last year? It's very strange how all of GoF except for Harry's suffering and Voldemort's return appear to have been wiped from everyone's minds.
Heh, is it me, or is there something a little pathetic about 14-15 year olds swapping trading cards? It's the equivalent of being a teenaged Pokemon enthusiast!
I forgot to comment on that--that's just the reaction I had. Um, trading cards and chocolate? Still floats your boat? Quite a chance from the ways the kids find to entertain themselves in canon, huh? Sometimes there's chocolate involved, but not like this...
'Viciously' is a very negative word to use, and fits into mistful's theory that only other females can truly affect the girls in these books.This is so weird and true ( ... )
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Christ, imagine Harry being cranky every month like clockwork, rather than just when people 'get smart' with him.
*quakes*
He and Hedwig are horrible to each other! She pecks him and does this passive aggressive ignoring him when she doesn't get enough attention thing, he instructs her to hurt people and snaps at her.
Wasn't Harry present at the death of a student last year?
Well, they're probably not curious about poor old Whats-his-name. It'll be mawkish rubbernecking and debates over poor martyred Harry. (Love that bit later about 'I'M NOT GOING TO EXPLOIT MY FAMOUS ADVENTURES AND TALK ABOUT CEDRIC DIGGORY, EXCEPT WHEN I RILLY RILLY WANT TO SHUT SOMEONE UP.') Because all curiousity about subjects that Harry is already expert on is wrong, yo! Stupid Quibbler and Prophet, and the sheep who read them! Don't they automatically know Harry's side of it and support him, despite him not talking about it?
Quite a chance from the ways the kids find to entertain ( ... )
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You know, if he weren't clearly queerer than a treeful of monkeys on noxious oxide, you could put that forward as evidence for Molly/Alastor.
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Just out of curiousity, do the students call him Mad Eye when 'he' was teaching in GoF? Even to his face?
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Arthur, though, and the ministry workers still called him Mad-Eye, at least in absentia. (Which makes me wonder what they called him during the first Voldie war, since he didn't have the Eye then.)
Anyhow, I sort of wonder if maybe JKR did this intentionally so that the bad associations of 'Professor Moody' wouldn't be transfered onto 'Mad Eye.' But then again, I'm not sure if JKR puts that much thought into things.
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*snickers quietly*
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'I know you're not, said Harry and he grinned.
The wording of Harry's reply is interesting; while it could be read as him reassuring Ron that he's not like Percy (oh the shame of it! Not.), it reads much more as if he's saying that he, Harry, knows Ron isn't enjoying being a prefect and that he approves of this attitude. This is strange compared to his behaviour with Hermoine because, while he didn't want to be around Hermione when he found out that Ron and Hermione had become prefects, he certainly never grudged Hermione her new role or had mean thoughts about how she didn't deserve it, which he does feel in Ron's case.
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Nor does Hermione's reactions, from initially, with the 'Are you sure (it's not you, Harry)?' to the 'sharp' reaction when Malfoy asks what it's like to be second-best to Ron.
Run, Ron, from your asshole friends!
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