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[merrymelody]

God, I hate this chapter. Long and angsty.
Note for Jo - Political allegories are not your friend.
Note for Harry - STFU, as always.
Note for Hermione - The hell?

13.5 is up, and I see we're now dreading awaiting HBP!

Comments

[sistermagpie]

Or possibly just carry around a signpost saying 'I'm the one you're supposed to hate'.

LOL! It's so true. If they'd just figure out they shouldn't call themselves something repulsive...

"Well, talk about pluralism. There was, of course, a good deal of angst earlier in the book about him losing the latter two appointments; no-one seems to have considered that it was pretty dashed iffy him attempting to hold them both at the same time (separation of powers, anyone?)"

It's so weird the way the books have this tension between traditional values and pc ones. It's like the essay Elkins did on the way the Dursleys are skewered so brutally but then the books themselves actually depend on a pov much like that of Aunt Marge, with the jolly lunch lady with the accent who calls them "love." Same thing with Dumbledore--the books aren't pushing any sort of modern system, but the same benevolent dictator Tolkien wanted.

OMG. Harry got a lower grade than Ron? *falls over dead* HOW CAN THIS BE?

Hermione wrote it for him!

Thanks Captain

[mariagoner]

Also, don't forget the all important lesson 4, 5 and 6.

Lesson 4: Be a Gryffindor, or at least look up to one.

Lesson 5: Remember to always "accidentally" find yourself in the position of a hero time and time again. It's not looking for trouble if you don't mean to find it.

AND ABOVE ALL:

Lesson 6: Be the main character whose name appears in the title of the book you're in, so the author who writes you really can't afford to kill you off until the last minute (if that.)

[merrymelody]

Well, yeah. It kind of minimises all the tension and strife of 'IT COULD HAVE BEEN ME' when um, it wasn't and it won't be. Cause you have the series named after you!

Heh, lesson 4 reminds me of Grease: if you can't be a Gryffindor, be a Gryffindor supporter!
Which is totally different from someone supporting people who oppose you.
They're just sycophants and sheep. Or something.

[mariagoner]

Dude, word to the nth degree. For someone who writes what are essentially mystery books that usually center on what sort of nefarious deed the villians will perpetuate this time, JKR sure needs to work on her suspense-building skills.

That said, it seems as though the HP books are shifting from principally being concerned with "who the bad-guy really is in this book" to "who is going to drop dead in this story." That's suspenseful... I guess...

[merrymelody]

Lesson three: Don't be a spare.

BWAHAHAHHAHA!

[anaid_rabbit]

Same thing with Dumbledore--the books aren't pushing any sort of modern system, but the same benevolent dictator Tolkien wanted.
But at least Tolkien was upfront about it, no matter how much I personally disagree with him. The HP books are supposed to embody liberal thinking and such, what with the seemingly pc messages... But they really don`t.

[sistermagpie]

Oh yeah, I agree. Tolkien was putting himself right out there. Also he created a society where that kind of rule made sense and worked, imo.