Chapter Nineteen

[merrymelody]

The Lion and the Serpent

Useless Fact: This is the chapter I read first when I got my copy, purely on the basis of the title.

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Re: Part two, because your summary is so huge!

[jollityfarm]

The idea that people should be pathetically grateful for any wincy scraps of patronising praise or pseudo-comfort afforded them by more popular, better individuals instead of feeling objectified or patronised is one of the more repulsive ideas the series has managed to spring. Looking at these summaries and realising what a crock of shit the supposed "niceness" of the trio is, I'm not sure I'm going to be able to stop myself from wailing "You tell the bitch!!!" during the "mudblood" bit in the Pensieve scene. I would do the same today if someone spoke to me like that. Mind you, I hate Lily for having been obviously such a bitch in her younger days

Re: Part two, because your summary is so huge!

[mariagoner]

God Bless You for those links!

Mind you, I actually adored Neville when he was still nebbish and young and bullied and terrified... and yet still brave in the way he dealt with all the everyday dissapointments in his life. He reminded me of another nerd I had the biggest crush on in high school (and yet still didn't hook up with, damn it all.)

Of course, Super OOTP Harrified Neville turned me off because he seemed so contrary to the Neville in past books... though the way Neville treated his mother and stolidly underwent Cruciating in Book 5 still made me kind of... soppy...

I'm going to get lynched for saying this, aren't I? ;)

Re: Part two, because your summary is so huge!

[merrymelody]

I don't actually hate Neville. I'm not fond of the way he's written, and I don't think he's Teh Bravest Boy in all the Land, but in a real life situation, I'd rather be around him than a lot of characters.
And even I found the sweet bit kind of sad. Tell no-one!

Re: Part two, because your summary is so huge!

[mariagoner]

::whistles, starts gathering info for future blackmail::