YOU NEED TO KNOW is a terrific example of how JKR could have gone with H/Hr. Harry's actions, IMO, have always spoken louder than this words. His connection with Hermione is so deep that he can't function when he thinks she's been killed, while his breakup with Ginny had a very lame, copying-Spider-Man quality.
Have to agree on the morbidness of Harry's death march. "Yes Harry, dying is good; die now and join us." UGH. JKR's ideas about life, death and love seem to be a lot different than mine. Whatever.
I guess I'm saying that JKR's writing has very Christian undertones. Not being a Christian (sorry if that offends anyone) I guess I don't get the whole "sacrificing yourself, literally, for the good of everyone else" thing.
And that's about as far as I'll go on Brad's journal :D
about the Walk in the forest passage....
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August 5 2010, 20:29:19 UTC
i think "cheering him on to his death" is the wrong way to look at it, not to mention unfair. suicide is not the right word either, that's like saying someone in the army is suicidal
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Re: about the Walk in the forest passage....madderbradAugust 6 2010, 11:00:16 UTC
I'll respond just to be complete, even if you're not coming back.
i think "cheering him on to his death" is the wrong way to look at it, not to mention unfair.
I was exaggerating, yes. But certainly his deceased loved ones accepted his intent to die and didn't say a single thing about considering other options and so forth.
But leaving practical considerations aside ... don't you think the scene would have been even better - in drama AND in the characterisation of the Potters - if Harry's parents had raged a little? Were angry that their murderer was about to cut their own son's life short? Rendering their sacrifices superfluous?
Their dialogue and emotions were as lifeless as their buried bodies!
but james and lily probably knew in that astral plane where they are that their son was going to survive, but knew he had to "kill" that bad part of him to be able to make it, but if they told him the thing wouldn't work.But now you're making things up, writing your own little fan fiction story to account for the problems with the
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Have to agree on the morbidness of Harry's death march. "Yes Harry, dying is good; die now and join us." UGH. JKR's ideas about life, death and love seem to be a lot different than mine. Whatever.
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I guess I'm saying that JKR's writing has very Christian undertones. Not being a Christian (sorry if that offends anyone) I guess I don't get the whole "sacrificing yourself, literally, for the good of everyone else" thing.
And that's about as far as I'll go on Brad's journal :D
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i think "cheering him on to his death" is the wrong way to look at it, not to mention unfair.
I was exaggerating, yes. But certainly his deceased loved ones accepted his intent to die and didn't say a single thing about considering other options and so forth.
But leaving practical considerations aside ... don't you think the scene would have been even better - in drama AND in the characterisation of the Potters - if Harry's parents had raged a little? Were angry that their murderer was about to cut their own son's life short? Rendering their sacrifices superfluous?
Their dialogue and emotions were as lifeless as their buried bodies!
but james and lily probably knew in that astral plane where they are that their son was going to survive, but knew he had to "kill" that bad part of him to be able to make it, but if they told him the thing wouldn't work.But now you're making things up, writing your own little fan fiction story to account for the problems with the ( ... )
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