And the setting up of Harry's moral decline and fall regarding the Hallows - well, it wasn't quite the One Ring of Power and its effects, but I was expecting a payoff. Let me be explicit - during DH, I kept seeing brilliant storylines set up, ones that I was stunned JKR would have the balls - excuse the colloquial phrase - to do, particularly in a story that had been playing the Heroic Cliches so STRAIGHT, and do you know what? SHE KEPT DEFAULTING ON THEM! I REALLY thought she was setting up a Dark Lord Harry! What happened? Oh, it's just because he lacked faith in Dumbledore! She killed off the main character! Ooh, no, she brought him back so he could be Jesus! I really thought she was going to have us watch Neville, the new hero of his generation, save the day! It was brilliant, it was an emotional arc all set up, and she had the characters run around IN THE WRONG MOVIE SET!
Gah. So... I suppose I understand what you see. You see a character arc that was set up but never paid off, and in fact was kicked over and stomped on, and I see moral and thematic arcs that were set up, and in fact were kicked over and stomped on. I don't see yours, but I understand how you feel about people just REFUSING to see your point, as I was stunned and horrified to see people defending Harry's use of Cruciatus. GAH. Nonono. So, I sympathize. You may have a valid point. I don't like him (though I understand him and his motivations and his flaws all too well), but I suppose others might. ...Err, sorry for the rant? :D
* Except for the "Your father would never attack me unless it was four-against-one!" line. I'm rather more inclined to believe Snape than any Marauder recollection here, especially since it fits with power levels and talent. And how JKR cannot see that she's setting up a sympathetic situation with a lone talented geek being attacked by the four popular not-so-bright ones, I'll never know.
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Date: 2008-05-26 07:33 pm (UTC)And the setting up of Harry's moral decline and fall regarding the Hallows - well, it wasn't quite the One Ring of Power and its effects, but I was expecting a payoff. Let me be explicit - during DH, I kept seeing brilliant storylines set up, ones that I was stunned JKR would have the balls - excuse the colloquial phrase - to do, particularly in a story that had been playing the Heroic Cliches so STRAIGHT, and do you know what? SHE KEPT DEFAULTING ON THEM! I REALLY thought she was setting up a Dark Lord Harry! What happened? Oh, it's just because he lacked faith in Dumbledore! She killed off the main character! Ooh, no, she brought him back so he could be Jesus! I really thought she was going to have us watch Neville, the new hero of his generation, save the day! It was brilliant, it was an emotional arc all set up, and she had the characters run around IN THE WRONG MOVIE SET!
Gah. So... I suppose I understand what you see. You see a character arc that was set up but never paid off, and in fact was kicked over and stomped on, and I see moral and thematic arcs that were set up, and in fact were kicked over and stomped on. I don't see yours, but I understand how you feel about people just REFUSING to see your point, as I was stunned and horrified to see people defending Harry's use of Cruciatus. GAH. Nonono. So, I sympathize. You may have a valid point. I don't like him (though I understand him and his motivations and his flaws all too well), but I suppose others might. ...Err, sorry for the rant? :D
* Except for the "Your father would never attack me unless it was four-against-one!" line. I'm rather more inclined to believe Snape than any Marauder recollection here, especially since it fits with power levels and talent. And how JKR cannot see that she's setting up a sympathetic situation with a lone talented geek being attacked by the four popular not-so-bright ones, I'll never know.