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Last time I drew a comparison between Sanctuary’s John Druitt and our politician Peter Garrett. [Eerie, no?]
Now I bring your attention to Will Zimmerman. As soon as I saw him, I was all over the obvious Daniel Jackson comparison.
Apparently that’s why he ditched the glasses, lol.
But as Netty and I were doing our marathon, she turns to me and goes, ‘Hey, he looks like Harry Potter’ just as I was turning to her to say the same! [Great minds, etc. etc.] REALLY. Lookit.
I admit, there's little more than 'white male, brown hair, glasses' to this comparison. *shrugs* But still!
The 'Golden Trio'. Lol.
Mentor/student relationship.
Dumbledore and Harry ain't got nothing on Will and Helen's chemistry. :D
Shades of Dumbledore’s relationship with Harry.
After the death of his parents, Dumbledore left Harry with his relatives and kept him away from the world of magic, leaving him ignorant, if not exactly blissful. After his mother's death, Magnus also chose to keep him unaware of the fact that monsters- excuse me, Abnormals exist in our world, leaving him blissfully ignorant, suppressing all his traumatic memories.
Both Dumbledore and Magnus are expert at manipulating the people around them, even if they are benevolent, they're rather ruthless about the way they pull the strings. They've learned all too well how to provoke the reactions they want from those around them, what with being over a century old. 
Although Dumbledore looks his age, while Helen is absolutely gorgeous. :D
And this, THIS!
Will: You’ve withheld things from me. You were there, weren’t you?
Helen: She was an extraordinarily brave woman. She died protecting you from that creature.
Will: You could have stopped it, done something.
Magnus: We tried, Will. I swear to you, we tried. It all happened so quickly we barely had time to rescue you
Firstly, note the same petulance in both Harry and Will- always blaming other people for the death of their loved ones. So irrational, tsk, tsk. Thankfully, it's just a temporary lapse in Will, while I've given up Harry as a lost cause, the self-centered prat.
Secondly- come on, the self-sacrificing mother, who dies to protect her son from evil monsters?
Harry and Will both get to see their mothers- unfortunately for Will, it's just a hallucination trying to lure him to his death, but Harry gets some closure with seeing his mother's spirit as she once again protects him from the Dak Lord. [Useless brat]
Their special destiny.
Of course Harry was always meant to grow into his heritage of 'Boy-Who-Lived', to be groomed to take down the Dark Lord. [Which meant half-assing a plan, breaking all sorts of rules, getting into trouble, endangering others and waiting for the adults to come sacrifice themselves and rescue the Trio's butts, then whinging about how it wasn't his fault because nobody treated him like an adult. *headdeskfloorwall*]
Magnus: I’ve known this was your destiny since you first came to my attention.
Will: Yeah, since you knocked me down in an alley.
Magnus: Since you were eight years old, actually...when you told the world a monster killed your mother.
And finally? Later on in the marathon, Will actually puts on a British accent!
‘Isn’t rather odd sort of your stock in trade?'
That totally made us giggle even harder, it was like a special shout-out to us, lol.
You all need to appreciate how awesome Netty is. Seriously, best friend in RL, and the fact that she’s family is a bonus.
[Druitt appears onscreen, all menacing and mysterious-like]
Netty: Who’s that? The science tech guy?
Me: Uh…no. What do you think when they talk about prostitutes being killed?
Netty: *confuzzled*
Me: Historical context, dead hookers, come on…
Netty: Oh, oh, Marguerite and Roxton, with the two guys that were killing together… Jack the Ripper!
Lol. The woman drops TLW references into conversation. My love for her, it is infinite. :D
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Three minutes in, Will does a brief impression of Helen's British accent. But it's well worth watching the whole thing- if you're a fan, it'll remind you of some of the best moments of hilarity. If you're not, well, off with you, become addicted already! :P
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Date: 2009-09-22 03:19 am (UTC)Ohhh, boy. Right then. So, Dumbledore's been this kindly, gentle old man for the first few books, the grandfatherly figure one relies on for sage advice and comfort, right? And then all of a sudden, JKR rips away that illusion and reveals the ruthless, manipulative bastard within.
See, the thing is, I can understand characters being awful and doing terrible things for the greater good- what I can't stand is when they maintain the appearance of being good and kind when they're totally not. Like, Snape comes off as the villain of the series and he ends up being the biggest hero, whereas characters like Harry and Dumbledore are supposed to be the idols, the heroes, and they don't even act like that!
Okay, but that doesn't explain why I'm so pissed with Dumbledore. See, Draco's initiated into the Death Eater Association of Epic Doom and Perversion. His first task to prove his allegiance is to kill Dumbledore. So far, so screwed, yeah?
Except Dumbledore's dying from a stupid, stupid move- he was supposed to get rid of a Horcrux, one of the pieces of the Dark Lord's soul, except his selfish desire caused him to royally frak up by trying to use the Resurrection stone to communicate with his dead family and ended up triggering a curse and condemning himself to death for NO REASON AT ALL. It's only due to Snape's actions that he manages to live out the year.
But for some reason, he decides that Draco's mental wellbeing is so supremely important that he cannot be allowed to commit murder. 'coz it'll sunder his soul or some crap. Okay, he's dying anyway, what does it matter, you'd think. But no, PROTECT DRACO AT ALL COSTS. Do not let him SULLY HIS SOUL by wilfully CHOOSING TO KILL.
DD: All the same, try [Snape to help Draco]. Ultimately, of course, there is only one thing to be done if we are to save him from LV's wrath.
SS: Are you intending to let him kill you?
DD: Certainly not. YOU must kill me.
SS: [after a long pause] Would you like me to do it now?
DD: Oh, not quite yet. I daresay the moment will present itself in due course. Given what has happened tonight, we can be sure that it will happen within a year.
SS: If you do not mind dying, why not let Draco do it?
DD: That boy's soul is not yet damaged. I would not have it ripped apart on my account.
SS: And my soul, DD. Mine?
DD: You alone know whether it will harm your soul to help an old man avoid pain and humiliation. I ask this one great favor of you,
BASTARD. FUCKING BASTARD.
How many times does he have to rub in the misdeeds of Snape's past?
I don't care about the words he's using, it's never about the words. They're just to construct the kind grandfatherly image of his.
Between the lines? He's basically saying, 'It doesn't matter how many years you've devoted your life to redeeming yourself, all that you've suffered, all the good you've done, the lives you've saved, you can NEVER be redeemed because of that one mistake in your past. Even a weak, spineless coward like Draco, who'd go over to the dark side and commit murder, is better than you. There is no hope for you.'
The worst thing is that the one pro of the situation was to let the power of the Elder Wand [an utterly craptastic concept] die with Dumbledore, except bloody Malfoy interferes so he ends up being the Master of the Elder Wand. Except the Dark Lord thinks it's Snape and kills him. FOR NO FRAKKING REASON, since it was DRACO, and then Harry disarms him and becomes the new master and happily ever after for him and omg, SO MUCH HATE. Snape didn't even get to proclaim his true loyalty and stand against his evil master in battle, no going out in a blaze of glory, just Voldemort going, 'Your services are no longer required. You are hereby terminated. Later' and GAH. *head!splodes*