I still don't like Harry - he's the shiny boy who got to be a hero because he was a hero. Not because of anything he actually did, or because of himself. But just because of his parents. (That whole mother's love makes me want to scream, because the ultimate weapon is mother's love? how... nice. it reinforces the idea that if your mother didn't love you, you're such a bad kid. And it also guilts women who don't love their kids, or can't love their kids, or who don't want kids)
JKR... never did well with anyone really. Except maybe Snape, but then made it turn out he did it all for Lily. Which was ANNOYING. Why couldn't he do it because it was right? Because he wanted to? Because hed reasoned it all out that this was the right thing to do? That's why I prefer fandom Snape. And usually there's a reason why he actually favours Draco (other than him being Lucius' son, or him being in slytherin), and I actually like fanon Draco a lot more than the canon, ifonly because fans tried ther best to give him some depth.
I don't think Ginny's evil, just ... selfish. Selfish and immature and really doesn't get it. Black and white thinking worked in that environment, I guess, but in other war situations, and other types of things, it doesn't. If the war wore on even longer, and she finally realised the reasons why anyone did fight, she'd eventually learn how to see in Grey. But she never did, and she probably wouldn't, not right now, or at least till she grew the hell up and hit the 'real' world and tried to settle down.
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Date: 2009-10-24 11:54 pm (UTC)JKR... never did well with anyone really. Except maybe Snape, but then made it turn out he did it all for Lily. Which was ANNOYING. Why couldn't he do it because it was right? Because he wanted to? Because hed reasoned it all out that this was the right thing to do? That's why I prefer fandom Snape. And usually there's a reason why he actually favours Draco (other than him being Lucius' son, or him being in slytherin), and I actually like fanon Draco a lot more than the canon, ifonly because fans tried ther best to give him some depth.
I don't think Ginny's evil, just ... selfish. Selfish and immature and really doesn't get it. Black and white thinking worked in that environment, I guess, but in other war situations, and other types of things, it doesn't. If the war wore on even longer, and she finally realised the reasons why anyone did fight, she'd eventually learn how to see in Grey. But she never did, and she probably wouldn't, not right now, or at least till she grew the hell up and hit the 'real' world and tried to settle down.