What a unique way to end the days of old Voldie :D I don't think it's fluff, it sent me maniacal laugh a few times. What an adventure! It's begging for movie. It's shame it won't happen... Anyway, I love it. Thanks.
Wandering pointlessly around LJ and stumbled across this. You really need to let people know when you write stuff, young lady! :-) (You probably did and I'm just an idiot)
I think the part I liked best was the way Dudley was mistaken for Crabbe or Goyle and just trailed after Lucius to watch the fun (and nobody said anything or even noticed him) - I think in a crowd of people who didn't know each other's kids that well, and who had other more important things on their minds, this was hilarious and totally persuasive. And I loved him staying totally in character while still actually helping Harry.
What do others do?my_tara_toryApril 2 2007, 22:40:20 UTC
I dunno. Who would I tell? Suddenly you have me thinking, when others write a story, they actually go an tell somebody about it? Really? Is there actually a place you go to post something like that?
Besides, the stuff falling out of the brain is a bit odd lately and not fitting into categories very well. Lately I have been working on the Harry and Severus side of the Ferret & Weasel story but it keeps sliding back towards the darn weasels, so it is pretty slow going.
There's a lot that could be done with Dudley. He's a classic bully. From the research, I note that bullies very often have other problems and end up in other types of trouble. They think they have the right to impose their will on others and actually often do not have problems with self esteem. There's a story in that, somewhere, but I think it is about Vernon, as well as Dudley. Huh.
Re: What do others do?auctasinistraApril 3 2007, 07:12:30 UTC
I'm really only teasing, but you certainly could pimp your stuff at any of the Snarry coms (if it is Snarry, of course); lots of people make announcements there (I don't myself, but plenty of people do).
The thing is, you made Dudley a likeable bully, or at least a comprehensible bully. Getting into the heads of dislikeable people and looking out is the only way to make them likeable in any respect - and you portrayed him from inside his head. That was lovely, and it's hard to do with dislikeable people (But of course you know all this).
But don't you think (this at least is my theory) that bullies have particular problems with self esteem? I've always figured so many things could be traced back to that. A person who likes himself doesn't need to prove anything to others, whether it's "I'm cleverer than you" or "I'm prettier than you" or "I'm tougher than you"; he seems so unhappy in himself (like a lot of people who're shitty to others) that exercising his power of hurting others is the only way he can, for a little while, forget
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Re: What do others do?my_tara_toryApril 14 2007, 19:46:56 UTC
Sorry I didn't reply right away. Had to wait until the weekend. Anyway, about bullies and self-esteem. Self-esteem being rather complex, I think they do make themselves feel higher in the heirachy by stomping others down, but there have been some articles and books recently suggesting that it isn't self-esteem that bullies lack. They feel pretty okay about themselves. Feel great, actually. They feel special and entitled. It's empathy they lack. They like the power they feel hurting others
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He seems to handle it all with remarkable composure. :D
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I think the part I liked best was the way Dudley was mistaken for Crabbe or Goyle and just trailed after Lucius to watch the fun (and nobody said anything or even noticed him) - I think in a crowd of people who didn't know each other's kids that well, and who had other more important things on their minds, this was hilarious and totally persuasive. And I loved him staying totally in character while still actually helping Harry.
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Besides, the stuff falling out of the brain is a bit odd lately and not fitting into categories very well. Lately I have been working on the Harry and Severus side of the Ferret & Weasel story but it keeps sliding back towards the darn weasels, so it is pretty slow going.
There's a lot that could be done with Dudley. He's a classic bully. From the research, I note that bullies very often have other problems and end up in other types of trouble. They think they have the right to impose their will on others and actually often do not have problems with self esteem. There's a story in that, somewhere, but I think it is about Vernon, as well as Dudley. Huh.
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The thing is, you made Dudley a likeable bully, or at least a comprehensible bully. Getting into the heads of dislikeable people and looking out is the only way to make them likeable in any respect - and you portrayed him from inside his head. That was lovely, and it's hard to do with dislikeable people (But of course you know all this).
But don't you think (this at least is my theory) that bullies have particular problems with self esteem? I've always figured so many things could be traced back to that. A person who likes himself doesn't need to prove anything to others, whether it's "I'm cleverer than you" or "I'm prettier than you" or "I'm tougher than you"; he seems so unhappy in himself (like a lot of people who're shitty to others) that exercising his power of hurting others is the only way he can, for a little while, forget ( ... )
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