Here via Snapedomgeri_chanOctober 26 2007, 01:29:17 UTC
Excellent essay! You know, I've always sympathized with Percy, although I suspect that wasn't what the author intended. His main faults are that he's stuffy and a little embarrassed by his family's poverty--not exactly noble traits, but hardly capital crimes, either. What teenager or young adult hasn't found his parents embarrassing at times? Even when he supposedly betrays his family by siding with Fudge, they also betray him, in a sense, by saying that he couldn't have earned his job as the Minister's assistant on his own. But then, as you said, no one is trying to look at the situation from Percy's point of view
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Wonderful, Mary. Excellent thinking, as usual. I fully agree, particularly with the notion that JK presents to us forms of bullying, which she obviously finds okay. I don't think she'd see it as that, though.
Listen, I was thinking - should we have a live chat some time around Christmas to get the whole writing process going? Just you, Moth (if she wants to) and me for now, to do some initial planning?
That sounds like a great idea. I'm trying to go through and catch up on HP7 now that I'm on Thanksgiving break until Monday. Otherwise, I'd suggest doing it this morning or tomorrow morning. Between losing my job, searching for a new one, and then coming up to speed on my new job, I've really fallen behind.
I want a Thanksgiving break, too. Grmpf. :P I'll need some more time to gather some more HP info myself, I must say. I started reading from book one and didn't get further than CoS until now. Also, you absolutely have to put real life first. I hope you don't feel pressured by me or anything. I know Moth did, but I just feel so excited about this. Whenever you have time is cool. I wouldn't suggest this week, though, cause it's quite full already for me. Also, I need to make up with Moth again first. XD
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Listen, I was thinking - should we have a live chat some time around Christmas to get the whole writing process going? Just you, Moth (if she wants to) and me for now, to do some initial planning?
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I'll need some more time to gather some more HP info myself, I must say. I started reading from book one and didn't get further than CoS until now. Also, you absolutely have to put real life first. I hope you don't feel pressured by me or anything. I know Moth did, but I just feel so excited about this. Whenever you have time is cool. I wouldn't suggest this week, though, cause it's quite full already for me. Also, I need to make up with Moth again first. XD
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ETA: Oh, and I'm really excited about this too.
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