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rj_anderson

Favorite Characters

Feb 22, 2003 20:52

From another old HP4GU post of mine:

My favorite adult characters are Snape and Mad-Eye Moody, and my favorite of the Trio is Ron. One might think, based on that, that I'm drawn to fierce, sarcastic, bad-tempered men: but in fact I'm not...
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Mad-Eye Moody anonymous February 22 2003, 20:05:42 UTC

"But there's also a sort of rough tenderness to him, a kindness underneath the tough exterior. He reminds me of a big, scarred polar bear. Dangerous, but cuddly."

Funny, but when you summed up Mad-Eye this way I had a flashback to Pullman's Golden Compass and thought of the armoured bears, the Panserbjornen (sp?), which I thought were one of the most interesting features of the book. Even though I'm not planning to read any more Pullman (for reasons it would take too long to go into here) I'm still glad I read that one, just for those wonderful bears. *grin*
Mary Anne

Re: Mad-Eye Moody rj_anderson February 23 2003, 05:18:29 UTC

I always thought that if Mad-Eye were an Animagus he'd be a polar bear. You're right about Iorek Byrnisson... and yes, the panserbjorn were a very cool concept.

You don't need to explain why you're not planning to read any more Pullman, though, because I expect your reasons are very likely the same as mine. Any time I think of Pullman's trilogy I am reminded of what C.S. Lewis said about J.B.S. Haldane's writing -- "Brilliant, though to my mind depraved."

I've read a few other Pullman books and they affected me in much the same way. But His Dark Materials is certainly the most blatant. It doesn't shake my faith to read Pullman's slanders -- especially since some of them are so tragically uninformed -- but why would I want to read a whole trilogy constructed around the idea that Someone I love and to whom I owe an infinite debt of gratitude is actually evil and hateful and ought to be killed?

Re: Pullman bookaholicgirl February 23 2003, 11:01:52 UTC

I read the first two, then skimmed the third one. Didn't really care for any of them, and have had an abominable time explaining to other people why, since apparently "I find them morally objectionable" isn't looked on with much favor, even by other Christians at times.

And I now feel the need to use that Lewis quote somewhere in the next week. Thank you.

lizbee February 23 2003, 02:05:31 UTC

He reminds me of a big, scarred polar bear. Dangerous, but cuddly.

Now I want a Moody bear to go with my Snape bear...

heidi8 February 23 2003, 08:14:08 UTC

Someone needs a cafe press store...

A Snape bear?! lizbee February 23 2003, 18:42:45 UTC

Pictures! We need pictures! 8-D
Mary Anne