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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... )
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 bed
Peter/Ron. OTP, baby. Theirloveissocanon. I'm not even kidding - http://www.livejournal.com/users/pauraque/116851.html
He assured us that one can judge a man by how he treats his social inferiors, which allowed us excellent opportunities for judging him.
Without judging characters, my readthroughs would be about 3 lines long!
Either Harry is monumentally self-centred and cannot imagine a world without some kind of opinion of him, or Rowling cannot comprehend the idea of secondary character development.
Oh, can't it be both?
Yeah, he says he hates it, but it's bullshit, just like all those celebrities who call press conferences to tell the press to stop intruding into their lives.
Bwhahaha. Excellent analogy.
Yes, Harry firmly protests the coverage of him in the prophet because it's unflattering for ideological reasons, but a fawning profile in the Quibbler written to his exact specifications is all right.
I am suddenly reminded of those oh-so-twagic stories of men who are at a loose end because they "don't understand what their role in society is any more".
Oh, I loathe those. Cry me a river. Must be so tough not having equal pay etc. Oh no, wait...
Gilderoy did it. Maybe Hermione has Selective Memory or is a bit embarassed to bring up Gilderoy in case someone says something at her in a mocking way. Which I certainly would.
As would I.
Although I didn't have much sympathy with Harry after they said 'No, Harry, you'll get squished by bludgers, let's call the match off!' and he had to be all macho Jim and say 'Let Slytherin win? NEVER. I'd quite literally rather die.'
And then in PoA, again, where they were all 'Harry, the dementors!' and he was like 'No, winning an athletics match is far more important than my health.'
And then we're expected to feel bad when he does indeed end up in hospital? I think not.
Not that Harry's a Bad Boy. Oh no, Harry's a lovely chap who just happens to fulfil about 80% of the criteria for a sexy "Bad Boy".
Harry's the perfect boyfriend. JKR says so! A hero! And a nice man!
So's Sirius, apparently, who isn't at all a bad boy with his motorcycle, bouts of drinking and tortured past. Nope.
The bad guys are helpfully enough, the ugly guys who obsess over petty rules and regulations and/or run from danger.
Or chapess.
Not a chapess! You've seen what happens when women get above their stations and teach important, manly classes like DADA; or become Headteacher. Far better that women keep their natural role, as second-in-command to a bloke; like Hermione or McGonagall. Or I guess, G-P.
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