| lol vaudree |
[Aug. 9th, 2009|10:52 am] |
Guys, I cannot stop reading the ever-so-kindly-named "Dual Interpretations" thread.
Vaudree: All that indicates is that she heard the Marauder’s side of the story (either directly from them or from someone else) since the last time she talked to Snape. So we are in the same place where Snape could have entertained the theory concerning Lupin being a werewolf before or after he went down there.
Wendall: I don't really understand your theory about Snape only starting to theorise about Lupin being a werewolf after the whomping willow incident. He knew Lupin was a werewolf after this, it wasn't just a theory. He saw Lupin going in, he saw a werewolf in the shrieking shack, Dumbledore made him promise not to tell anybody that Lupin was a werewolf.
Vaudree: I never said that WickedBoy cannot come up with a theory - there is still the Scottish book. I don’t know whether Snape came up with his Lupin is a werewolf theory before or after the Shack Attack – the book doesn’t say. To say one way or the other is to make a theory – to make a prediction – as to what the Scottish book will reveal. Six months after the Scottish Book, discussion of the series will be truly over. [whining about Jo writing next-gen books]
It's just so pointless and stupid, yet I still can't stop! Here, I'll give you a little bit more of a post of Vaudree's.
Never really understood why Ron felt more threatened by Cormac than by Neville – what do you think JKR was trying to show with that?
Cormac went out for Ron's place on the team and actively went after Hermione. Neville liked Herbology. Why do you think he felt more threatened by the former?
can’t see HBP until it goes to Video but my son said that the movie was completely different than the book but Steven Van Ark says that basically they are the same. |
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| They were a bit mean to DanRad :( |
[Jul. 19th, 2009|09:13 am] |
I just read the NYT review of the HBP movie and remembered the comment that critics were afraid to say anything negative about the series because it would hurt sales. El oh el. |
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| JFC |
[Feb. 20th, 2009|02:02 pm] |
I just want to give her the benefit of the doubt. I don't think she went out of her way to be offensive. I just think that she's not a very intelligent woman - clever with words and delightful with her imagination but not someone who really delves below the surface, not in her thoughts and certainly not in her stories.
-- ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif) lil_itu, here (emphasis mine)
That's so incredibly offensive. I hate it when they do that so fucking much, and I've seen it too many times.
And in another comment,
She was depending on people like you who would never think to question the text.
What an asshat. She's now on my list of people whose every comment will earn a beady eye from me. (Even though she apologizes in her next comment.)
If it were not a completely boring and pointless task, I would reread the entire series and make note of every character's birth and alliances or what have you, just so I could write a pretentious essay about people being WRONG on the internet.
... Holy crap.
Tell me now so I don't waste my time. (BTW, I was having quite an intelligent conversation with thinkatory and I don't appreciate it being de-railed.)
Are you one of those JKRowling diehard fans who believe that everything she wrote is Gospel perfect and beyond reproach? Because either you're that and you are totally, completely deliberately missing the point (you're missing the point so wide, you're aiming in the opposite direction), or you have some form of reading comprehension issues. (some formatting removed cos I'm not putting it back in.)
Oh, I've got to make an LJ post containing this brand of special in it. |
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| A male Rose Potter |
[Apr. 28th, 2008|06:21 pm] |
So I found this epic badfic that seems like it's just a simple AU: what would have happened if Uncle Vernon had hit Harry instead of swinging and missing? But the answer turned out to be "he'd leave him for dead and run away, and then godlike beings would rescue Harry and buff him up and kill Uncle Vernon". And I can't stop reading it. It has that Rose Potter fatal flaw of people magically knowing about things they ought to do because the author's read all of the books, so Harry learns Occlumency with the Brotherhood, &c. and they find most of the Horcruxes by the time Harry's 14. Because Harry's so superpowered and awesome, the girl for him is of course Hermione, and therefore Ron sucks pretty hardcore and Ginny is a jealous, petty wench.
What's really got me hooked is that Draco (who is really dumb in this fic) finds a dagger, and he thinks it would be great to stab Harry or Hermione. Pansy realizes that is a special dagger, and stabs Hermione with it. Harry has to masturbate into a beaker (which will never not be funny) and claim Hermione as his property, and Pansy has to give up a quart of blood - but for Hermione to live for more than six months, she'd need all of Pansy's blood. Because the author has some truly disturbing ideas about the death penalty, this is up to Pansy's family, who decide to let her live.
Pansy is then sent to live with Babymort and be some kind of slave for him and any DEs who happen to be there, with a strongly implied rapey element. Draco is eventually carted off to somewhere distant (his parents used fertility drugs and had triplets, so they don't need him) and has to stay there by himself forever. The two are to get married at some point, and then go back to their shitty lives.
You guys, I really deeply want to read a fic about this Draco and this Pansy and how they miss each other and come to realize that they were real brats, but these people are so much worse, and then come back and kick everyone's ass and take over the world. Also with pining for each other. I think there's something wrong with me. |
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| Really belatedly |
[Apr. 11th, 2008|11:08 am] |
I'm sort of belatedly reading John Granger's The Alchemist's Tale and wondering how on earth anyone could use this to support anything other than the canon ships.
“Alchemical sulfur” represents the masculine, impulsive, and red pole, while “quicksilver” or “alchemical mercury” represents the feminine and cool complement. Together and separately these reagents advance the base metal to gold. ... Together, and more obviously, in their disagreements and separation, Harry’s friendships with Ron and Hermione transform him from lead to gold. Sulfur and quicksilver are frequently called “the quarreling couple,” an apt name for Ron and Hermione.
To be honest, I think most of it's crap - it's not that she did these things because they're alchemical, they happen to be alchemical. I think the relationship between "what very often happens in books because it resonates with people or whatever" and "this is a special spiritual path so authors follow it woooo woooooo~!" gets kind of mixed. It seems like alchemy is because of what people write, and not the other way 'round, John.
( For example )
In short, what a crazypants. |
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[Dec. 17th, 2007|04:27 pm] |
You know, as much as I enjoy reading the comments of Mike Smith's HP reviews for the ridiculous people getting smacked down, I feel a bit bad (for him) that a good chunk of the people saying, "Yeah, go you!" are so dumb. For example, in the comments of this post are Madderbrad, Annearchy, Marianros (who calls Lily a "gold-digging bitch" and nobody disagrees with her), T0ra-chan, Aloysius Weasley, and Raven Feathers. I don't know, maybe this is sociopathic or something, it just seems like he deserves more people with sense and senses of humor because he has them. LOL SENSITIVE. |
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