Ack! Sorry for the delay. RL is putting a serious damper on my LJ time.
No, don't need the symbolism info. :)
On Sirius: When I was originally reading books 1-4, I wasn't actually bothering to think and so my opinion of him was exactly Harry's. When I hit book 5, I was very disillusioned by his behavior. I think it hit harder for me than his death.
When I reread the earlier books after DH, I was actually analyzing the events myself instead of blindly excepting Harry's POV as TRUTH. I was surprised at how different my opinion was of a lot of the events, like the reveal in the Shrieking Shack in book 3.
The first time through I thought Snape was incredibly mean for getting Remus fired over a simple mistake. In the post-DH reading, I couldn't believe how irresponsible Remus had been. I can almost understand him forgetting as he rushed out of the castle to get to Peter, but practically the first thing Snape does in the shack is announce that Lupin didn't take his potion and make sure the guy was restrained. Remus and everyone ignores this and Lupin unties himself as soon as Snape is knocked out. That moves it from 'mistake' to criminal negligence in my book. But Harry didn't see it that way, so hadn't either.
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Date: 2008-09-05 12:16 am (UTC)No, don't need the symbolism info. :)
On Sirius: When I was originally reading books 1-4, I wasn't actually bothering to think and so my opinion of him was exactly Harry's. When I hit book 5, I was very disillusioned by his behavior. I think it hit harder for me than his death.
When I reread the earlier books after DH, I was actually analyzing the events myself instead of blindly excepting Harry's POV as TRUTH. I was surprised at how different my opinion was of a lot of the events, like the reveal in the Shrieking Shack in book 3.
The first time through I thought Snape was incredibly mean for getting Remus fired over a simple mistake. In the post-DH reading, I couldn't believe how irresponsible Remus had been. I can almost understand him forgetting as he rushed out of the castle to get to Peter, but practically the first thing Snape does in the shack is announce that Lupin didn't take his potion and make sure the guy was restrained. Remus and everyone ignores this and Lupin unties himself as soon as Snape is knocked out. That moves it from 'mistake' to criminal negligence in my book. But Harry didn't see it that way, so hadn't either.