Snape's definitely suffered more than his share *cold-cocks Dumbledore* but you can't write a fic like that and pretend Hermione's going to be anything but shattered. Especially if she had any kind of affection/trust for the man before. Just wrong *shakes head*
*oofs at the unexpected glomp, then takes the excuse afforded for some friendly grappling because she's weird like that*
I won't go on at too much length about how these charactesr actually are, but...
Harry = self-entitled little punk who couldn't adhere to the rules to save his life
Dumbledore = manipulative asshat who lets said punk get away with failing to follow the rules (who in fact routinely enables the little punk to break the rules by returning his invisibility cloak after he's been caught breaking curfew) and who, despite being a teacher, never lifted a finger to prevent neglect that would be painfully obvious to anyone with eyes (the kid was malnourished beyond words every time he arrived at Hogwarts for the first several years and that's before you factor in obvious signs of routinely being his counsin's punching bag). Oh, yeah, and he's been setting Harry up for human sacrifice since he was an infant. Wonderful role-model for teachers everywhere, yes?
Ron = whiny, self-absorbed git ("must be nice to be so rich you forget a pocket full of gold" whilst running for your life from a rioting mob of Death Eaters you little twat!!!)
Hermione = brilliant and fun, but we're not allowed to actually percieve her as "cool" until after she's told a teacher a bold-faced lie when "they got worried and came looking for me" would probably have worked just as well under the circumstances
Hogwarts = an asylum run by the lunatics ... those students get away with bloody murder and the teachers regullarly break the law
So, yeah, fun but not dreadfully realistic. No wonder fic writers feel so free to take liberties. I'm not even Christian but, when I hear my friends say they're going to let their kids read Harry Potter, I lend them my copies of The Chronicles of Narnia instead because that, at least, doesn't pretend to be anything but a morality play wrapped in fluffy kid!fic...
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Date: 2009-09-16 05:57 pm (UTC)*oofs at the unexpected glomp, then takes the excuse afforded for some friendly grappling because she's weird like that*
I won't go on at too much length about how these charactesr actually are, but...
Harry = self-entitled little punk who couldn't adhere to the rules to save his life
Dumbledore = manipulative asshat who lets said punk get away with failing to follow the rules (who in fact routinely enables the little punk to break the rules by returning his invisibility cloak after he's been caught breaking curfew) and who, despite being a teacher, never lifted a finger to prevent neglect that would be painfully obvious to anyone with eyes (the kid was malnourished beyond words every time he arrived at Hogwarts for the first several years and that's before you factor in obvious signs of routinely being his counsin's punching bag). Oh, yeah, and he's been setting Harry up for human sacrifice since he was an infant. Wonderful role-model for teachers everywhere, yes?
Ron = whiny, self-absorbed git ("must be nice to be so rich you forget a pocket full of gold" whilst running for your life from a rioting mob of Death Eaters you little twat!!!)
Hermione = brilliant and fun, but we're not allowed to actually percieve her as "cool" until after she's told a teacher a bold-faced lie when "they got worried and came looking for me" would probably have worked just as well under the circumstances
Hogwarts = an asylum run by the lunatics ... those students get away with bloody murder and the teachers regullarly break the law
So, yeah, fun but not dreadfully realistic. No wonder fic writers feel so free to take liberties. I'm not even Christian but, when I hear my friends say they're going to let their kids read Harry Potter, I lend them my copies of The Chronicles of Narnia instead because that, at least, doesn't pretend to be anything but a morality play wrapped in fluffy kid!fic...