Lol, was it the 'sly and sneaky' part that made you huffy? 'coz...I know it looks bad but that's really a compliment, y'know. I appreciate people that can be devious and think in zig-zag rather than boring straight lines. *yawns*
Harry and Ron bug me because they're the idiots stuck in the black-and-white world of 'this is wrong and that is right, this is good and that is evil and people that we don't like or who do things we don't approve of are forever damned and irredeemable, and people who we like and consider good can do anything they please, even ATTEMPTED MURDER, FFS, and we will forgive them and blame the victim and keep on believing they're shining angels of goodness and light'. *not bitter*
For kids that break a lot of rules, they're very rigid in their thinking and refuse to consider that people are complicated and they'd rather make a mess of things their way than compromise with someone they don't like. They're never willing to admit they might be wrong and they're so blind it's frustrating, they always look at words rather than actions because of their stunning lack of perception.
Hermione, I love, because she can look at the bigger picture and put up with things that are distasteful if it accomplishes her objective. The boys will be all 'oh, Snape is horrible, we don't like him, we can't listen to him, mehhhh' whereas she'd put aside any personal issues in order to get the job done. She can be sneaky and work in dizzying circles to get around the obstacles to her goal.
The aim of the books seems to be to keep Harry as pure as possible while having everyone else do all the dirty work. That's one thing I don't like about JKR- she has this fixation on the hero/es being noble and idealistic to the point of certain death and it's always sacrifices on the part of other characters that ensures his continued survival. Other people sully their souls in order to keep Harry safe and angelic, and he gets to keep inhabiting the higher ground and being all judgmental and arrogant and I HATE IT SO MUCH.
It's not realistic that you would get to be untouched by violence and hatred and a bit of darkness during a war but the guys act like you're the enemy if you go by the 'desperate times call for desperate measures' motto. I can't tell you how much it pisses me off when the boys [it always seems to be the males] are petty and stupid and can't get over their issues when there's things like THE FATE OF THE WORLD hanging in the balance. Ugh. As Marguerite said, "What good is honor if you're too dead to enjoy it?"
/ranting. I never realized how much I kinda hate the boys til lately. Huh.
Whee, actual writing is happening on this concept! *bounces* I'll try not to be too excited until you're ready to reveal it, but yayz!
*coughs* Um. I should not have brought up you writing fic when mine is still languishing in WIP!hell, should I? *runs*
Bwahaha, Scully is made of win. And that icon perfectly illustrates the reasons for my love of text in icons. ^_^
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Date: 2009-08-31 01:29 am (UTC)Harry and Ron bug me because they're the idiots stuck in the black-and-white world of 'this is wrong and that is right, this is good and that is evil and people that we don't like or who do things we don't approve of are forever damned and irredeemable, and people who we like and consider good can do anything they please, even ATTEMPTED MURDER, FFS, and we will forgive them and blame the victim and keep on believing they're shining angels of goodness and light'. *not bitter*
For kids that break a lot of rules, they're very rigid in their thinking and refuse to consider that people are complicated and they'd rather make a mess of things their way than compromise with someone they don't like. They're never willing to admit they might be wrong and they're so blind it's frustrating, they always look at words rather than actions because of their stunning lack of perception.
Hermione, I love, because she can look at the bigger picture and put up with things that are distasteful if it accomplishes her objective. The boys will be all 'oh, Snape is horrible, we don't like him, we can't listen to him, mehhhh' whereas she'd put aside any personal issues in order to get the job done. She can be sneaky and work in dizzying circles to get around the obstacles to her goal.
The aim of the books seems to be to keep Harry as pure as possible while having everyone else do all the dirty work. That's one thing I don't like about JKR- she has this fixation on the hero/es being noble and idealistic to the point of certain death and it's always sacrifices on the part of other characters that ensures his continued survival. Other people sully their souls in order to keep Harry safe and angelic, and he gets to keep inhabiting the higher ground and being all judgmental and arrogant and I HATE IT SO MUCH.
It's not realistic that you would get to be untouched by violence and hatred and a bit of darkness during a war but the guys act like you're the enemy if you go by the 'desperate times call for desperate measures' motto. I can't tell you how much it pisses me off when the boys [it always seems to be the males] are petty and stupid and can't get over their issues when there's things like THE FATE OF THE WORLD hanging in the balance. Ugh. As Marguerite said, "What good is honor if you're too dead to enjoy it?"
/ranting. I never realized how much I kinda hate the boys til lately. Huh.
Whee, actual writing is happening on this concept! *bounces* I'll try not to be too excited until you're ready to reveal it, but yayz!
*coughs* Um. I should not have brought up you writing fic when mine is still languishing in WIP!hell, should I? *runs*
Bwahaha, Scully is made of win. And that icon perfectly illustrates the reasons for my love of text in icons. ^_^