Thanks for yours - I will take your suggestions under advisement. In particular, I do think you're right that I must take care not to insult those who liked the books. My younger sister liked it well enough, but she's a casual reader, and, as she said to me, thinks the books "are not all that" and that I have spent too much of my time and intelligence on works that won't bear that much scrutiny.
The "In these conversations" bit - I am not changing it, because Rowling keeps insisting Snape is not a hero because he is a bully and a sadist. It matters that she proves no such thing. She has ample opportunity to do so, and she doesn't.
And I've had friends say to me, "But a reconciliation between Snape and Harry wouldn't be realistic." Maybe not - but I do think we should at least have seen the first steps of the process. To have Harry wholeheartedly accepting Severus Snape's love for his mother was just odd to me, when I thought about it. What lebaleteur actually said - and it made me laugh - is "Yo Mama jokes exist for a reason." Do Yo Mama jokes exist in Austria, though? It's a very American (and specifically African American) phenomenon. But I thought this was true!
I don't think I've ever heard Jesus referred to as "the chosen one" before. He was the Son of God, and that's quite different. Harry's just a kid. That everyone is treating him like Jesus bugs me terribly. There is a contradiction. I actually find Harry=Jesus verging on blasphemous, and I'm not alone.
But I am going to change a few things based on Sigune's critique and yours. Thanks *very much* for your input.
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Date: 2007-10-03 01:38 am (UTC)The "In these conversations" bit - I am not changing it, because Rowling keeps insisting Snape is not a hero because he is a bully and a sadist. It matters that she proves no such thing. She has ample opportunity to do so, and she doesn't.
And I've had friends say to me, "But a reconciliation between Snape and Harry wouldn't be realistic." Maybe not - but I do think we should at least have seen the first steps of the process. To have Harry wholeheartedly accepting Severus Snape's love for his mother was just odd to me, when I thought about it. What lebaleteur actually said - and it made me laugh - is "Yo Mama jokes exist for a reason." Do Yo Mama jokes exist in Austria, though? It's a very American (and specifically African American) phenomenon. But I thought this was true!
I don't think I've ever heard Jesus referred to as "the chosen one" before. He was the Son of God, and that's quite different. Harry's just a kid. That everyone is treating him like Jesus bugs me terribly. There is a contradiction. I actually find Harry=Jesus verging on blasphemous, and I'm not alone.
But I am going to change a few things based on Sigune's critique and yours. Thanks *very much* for your input.