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Dumbledore’s Army
Happily this chapter is shorter, and the next one is The Lion Versus the Serpent and Teh H/D!111, maybe to make up for the approaching ‘Hagrid’s Tale.’
In which there is a bad 80s training montage and Harry gets a whistle. And the ability to read Voldie’s mind. But not to shut up.
Also, I don’t usually rec fic here, but this ( Read more... )
Happily this chapter is shorter, and the next one is The Lion Versus the Serpent and Teh H/D!111, maybe to make up for the approaching ‘Hagrid’s Tale.’
In which there is a bad 80s training montage and Harry gets a whistle. And the ability to read Voldie’s mind. But not to shut up.
Also, I don’t usually rec fic here, but this ( Read more... )
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Oh, this bit was priceless. Heh.
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the books are steeped in a nostalgic and (small "c") conservative view of Britain that fits perfectly into the John Major/George Orwell dream of cricket on the village green, warm beer and old maids cycling to communion.
Oooh, Luna - smooth move there, with Justin's robes flying up over his head! She's probably surprised to discover that he is wearing underwear - but it takes time for a Mudblood to develop a taste for a healthy breeze around his privates.
And hey, stop picking on Harry's voices. I like JoanofArc!Harry. :D
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I was actually recently linked to one inspired by it by skelkins: http://elkins.theennead.com/hp/archives/000145.html#top
And what is this wizardly obsession with people's underwear?!
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Luckily Hermione still has the lead in the "trampling on student privacy rights" contest, since she never wound up naked in a closet while polyjuice!Umbridge chatted with Ron and Harry.
She should have continued until someone died.
Bwahahaha!
And Dudley has a glandular problem.
He's big boned!!!
That could be an incredibly subtle point about how Hermione’s dream books all reinforce her own beliefs about herself and her motivations, and that she truly thinks that the groups’ reason and purpose is self-defense.
You know, the ethics of these books could literally and easily be reduced to the one phrase: "Go ahead, make my day." Wonder if Harry was named after that other Harry!
Aren’t Harry’s enemies fairly obvious? Ooh, maybe not.Damn. Wouldn't it have been great if they'd spent the whole meeting with Voldemort smiling and waving at Harry in the foe-glass the whole time, like one of those happy snapshots of his parents? Harry would probably ( ... )
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That would have been the best subplot ever.
I love that Filch is liek, totally mean for reading people's letter even though, um, people read his letters. It's different! Somehow!
And yes, Hermione may have drugged fellow students, stripped them and had Ron and Harry lock them in a cupboard and interrogate their friend; but at least she never stooped as low as defrauding the postal service! For shame, Filch. *shakes head sadly*
He's big boned!!!
He's festively plump. Now I really want someone to write a fic in which every action of Dudley's is immediately excused and explained away. Something like this: http://www.livejournal.com/users/malecrit/46926.html
You know, the ethics of these books could literally and easily be reduced to the one phrase: "Go ahead, make my ( ... )
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BWHAHAHA. I don't know why that made me laugh so much, but it did. My sister actually looks rather frightened.
Now I'd just managed to stop giggling at that picture in my mind and now you've gone and quoted it again! This monitor will never be the same.
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Of course, no-one, not even Hermione the Humanitarian, seems that concerned with Squib rights, so I can imagine that what Filch sees is a bunch of privileged little brats strutting about, thinking they own the world and that it’s the job of lower-class people and non-magic folk to clean up after them; with Harry, the famous kid who reads his personal correspondence, as their king.
Yup, Hermione gets all bend out of shape because the house elves have to clean up after them, but could care less about Filch who does the same. Without magic no less. But then she can't patronize him, so she doesn't care.
Hee. "Seizing". She's keen to assert how much more intelligent she is than Ron (why does she never criticise Harry's wand movements, anyway?), in case he or we missed any of the ninety-dozen previous references.This is one of the things that annoy me about Hermione (apart from 1000 other things). Why is she the only one to ever raise her hand and do ( ... )
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That was my main impression of Hermione when I first read it, that she was dreaming of being Harry's partner when they took over the world, the power behind the figurehead throne of Harry Potter.
The other thing I forgot to mention was about Cho--it reminds me of how later Ron dismisses Marietta's motives with the fact that his father works for the Ministry too, neatly avoiding the fact that his father works for Dumbledore first. Cho, too, is making a show of being a rebel when she's just not rebelling very much. Her parents told her to not make Umbridge angry, but Marietta's actually under pressure not to be in something like this.
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Plus he's liek rilly mean to her (and more importantly, Harry) so he doesn't deserve rights.
I don't need to comment about people laughing at Ginny's stupid joke (which wasn't a joke anyway).
It's like her fake cough - how funny could it possibly be? Funny enough to assert for the eight thousandth time how cool Ginny is now has always been, I guess.
What I find interesting is how Hermione immediately appoints herself second in command. She says what people have to do, except when it comes to the actual teaching. No one has to vote for her, after all, no one would ever doubt her being in charge.
Totally. Harry's the eye candy hero, Hermione gets her way on everything and makes sure they have plenty of 'formal authority' and 'team spirit'.
Hmm, is it just me or can Cho never stop bringing up Cedric when she talks to Harry? Jeez, yeah, she lost her boyfriend, but I agree with whoever said that she is blowing things out of proportion. I mean, how much ( ... )
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Oh yeah. Harry needs to be smacked in the head by a squib one day.
"Oh wow, you have to be the big hero and your special powers that elevate you above everyone else in the school must be such a fucking burden for you. I am being sympathetic, I always smack people in the head when I feel sympathy for them."
(why does she never criticise Harry's wand movements, anyway?)Because criticising everything someone does is a sure sign you are truly Meant To Be. It really is, ask anyone. Go to the S****Q**** and ask them ( ... )
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Yes, it must be so tough for you being one of the most powerful wizards in the world, whereas I can't even equal first years. And having the entire community adore you, whereas I'm a pathetic outsider. And being young and cute whereas I'm a bitter old man, who you and your snotnose mates find it funny to annoy by reading my personal correspondence and then using against me. And then without irony, accuse me of not caring about your rights. (Actually, there's a really interesting bit in CoS where Ron, post knowing Filch is a squib, wishes the monster would get him. Atdelphi wrote a Filch essay, and she mentioned this, saying 'imagine a Slytherin had said it, and the furore that would ensue: 'OMG, RACISM!11')
Adding a whole new dimension to the idea of family pets and letting them in your bedPeter/ ( ... )
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