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ZOGAR
Rantings of An Insane Curmudgeon
So I've grudgingly started reading Harry Potter and the something of the something... err, I mean, Half Blooded Prince, so when I get dragged to the film I'll understand what everyone else is bitching about when they complain that the book is better.
I'll admit that I like this one probably better out of any of them I've read so far just for the beginning part where Snape sums up Harry as being mediocre, surviving only through dumb luck, and full of himself. If he had thrown in, "Oh, and he's also dense to a point where even the grade school children this series is geared for probably think he suffers from some form of mild retardation," I'd declare Snape my favorite character and that all shipping with him is bullshit because no one else in those books deserve the honor of getting fucked in the ass by Snape.
Actually, I'll just go ahead and say he's my favorite character anyway. That's mostly from Alan Rickman though.
I realize now that probably one of the things that really bugs me about Harry Potter is that with his Dickensian X 1000 origins everytime I feel annoyed by the title character I then end up feeling bad about myself.
Like when he starts whining "But my mom didn't like my dad!" and my reaction is No, she's telling him off because she does like him, and even if you can't grasp that worn out cliche the very fact that you are their OFFSPRING is kind of a more telling clue, that, yes, she did. Seriously, you're like 15 years old by this point, how can you be this fucking stupid? I then take a step back and also have to wonder if I'm just being overly mean and callous. Because, you know, if I spent most of my life locked in a cupboard under the stairs I'm guessing an inability to grasp the nuances of human interactions would be the least of my personal flaws.
That's also another point I'd like to put in favor of this book. Dumbledore calls the Dursleys out for their years of child abuse, which,really, is about fucking time. Every goddam book starts off with yet more crippling neglect, and the most you ever get out of any of the SUPPOSEDLY good wizard folk is "Gee, that sounds just awful, Harry". It's like they all assume mental and physical abuse is the typical Muggle child rearing method and are content to leave it alone at that.
By the by, just wondering, who's making me go see the movie this time, and will it have to be opening day?
I'll admit that I like this one probably better out of any of them I've read so far just for the beginning part where Snape sums up Harry as being mediocre, surviving only through dumb luck, and full of himself. If he had thrown in, "Oh, and he's also dense to a point where even the grade school children this series is geared for probably think he suffers from some form of mild retardation," I'd declare Snape my favorite character and that all shipping with him is bullshit because no one else in those books deserve the honor of getting fucked in the ass by Snape.
Actually, I'll just go ahead and say he's my favorite character anyway. That's mostly from Alan Rickman though.
I realize now that probably one of the things that really bugs me about Harry Potter is that with his Dickensian X 1000 origins everytime I feel annoyed by the title character I then end up feeling bad about myself.
Like when he starts whining "But my mom didn't like my dad!" and my reaction is No, she's telling him off because she does like him, and even if you can't grasp that worn out cliche the very fact that you are their OFFSPRING is kind of a more telling clue, that, yes, she did. Seriously, you're like 15 years old by this point, how can you be this fucking stupid? I then take a step back and also have to wonder if I'm just being overly mean and callous. Because, you know, if I spent most of my life locked in a cupboard under the stairs I'm guessing an inability to grasp the nuances of human interactions would be the least of my personal flaws.
That's also another point I'd like to put in favor of this book. Dumbledore calls the Dursleys out for their years of child abuse, which,really, is about fucking time. Every goddam book starts off with yet more crippling neglect, and the most you ever get out of any of the SUPPOSEDLY good wizard folk is "Gee, that sounds just awful, Harry". It's like they all assume mental and physical abuse is the typical Muggle child rearing method and are content to leave it alone at that.
By the by, just wondering, who's making me go see the movie this time, and will it have to be opening day?