I agree. I tend to deal with Ron by ignoring him as much as I can. I was surprised to read on one of my email lists that Ron is a favourite among the 17 year old set, and women our age were agreeing. Hweate the helle? Have they no taste?
They're only young, but… Hell, at 17, I had far better taste than that!
And I'm disappointed that Rowling sees no other long-term future for a bright, intellectual young woman than early marriage (and to Ron, of all people!) and breeding. She doesn't even seem to have wizard universities, just has her witches and wizards pair off (mainly with schoolmates) within a couple of years of leaving school. What a hellish existence!
As for Snape - the only difference in terms of 'who was the hero' that I can see is in point of view. We got Harry Potter's point of view of the action, not Snape's. It could have been either way.
Yes. And I think it depends on fan-age, too. A morally complex, tragic young man in his 30s (especially a thin, dark, angular one) is far more interesting to me as a hero than a teenaged boy!
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Date: 2007-07-25 01:49 pm (UTC)They're only young, but… Hell, at 17, I had far better taste than that!
And I'm disappointed that Rowling sees no other long-term future for a bright, intellectual young woman than early marriage (and to Ron, of all people!) and breeding. She doesn't even seem to have wizard universities, just has her witches and wizards pair off (mainly with schoolmates) within a couple of years of leaving school. What a hellish existence!
As for Snape - the only difference in terms of 'who was the hero' that I can see is in point of view. We got Harry Potter's point of view of the action, not Snape's. It could have been either way.
Yes. And I think it depends on fan-age, too. A morally complex, tragic young man in his 30s (especially a thin, dark, angular one) is far more interesting to me as a hero than a teenaged boy!