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08-07-2007, 07:46 AM | #1 |
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lol this thread turned into a power trip for both Tessar and Hector . I WANNA JOIN THE POWER TRIP!
I AM CABOOSE, GOD OF SARCASM AND ANNOYANCE! BOW BEFORE ME! ... thats better
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08-07-2007, 12:55 PM | #2 |
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you canNOT be the god of sarcasm-
i'm already teh godDESS of sarcasm! so the mantle has been taken! i'm also the Official queen of Everything(tm), and so i trump all of you and any who post after this! and you can't repent until you've actually begun the books! what if you start and realize that, in your opinion (though it'd be mighty wrong) that there was no reason to repent?! you'd have to have this whole dramatic retraction and everyone would be confused and no one would forget it anyway... kinda like britney spears' anullment of her 'first marriage'.... lol
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08-07-2007, 11:11 PM | #3 |
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i know the feeling, Hector. I had to do the same thing with Dragonball Z. Had to make my way back to that chat room.... 'course by then there was only 2 people there and they didn't understand it at all... and DBZ is kind of silly after all....
I'm just reading the books now too. They're better than I remembered. i read for 5 hours straight today. |
08-08-2007, 12:55 AM | #4 |
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I've been reading them myself and enjoying them. She's no master of prose, but then, neither was Tolkien. And while some continuity and plot points bug me from time to time, I love the characters, which is enough for a good read.
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10-20-2007, 12:32 AM | #5 |
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Hey, have you finished yet BJ?
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10-22-2007, 07:37 AM | #6 |
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I got sidetracked... but will get back to it!
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And best of all, there is no obvious "good" or "evil". The only obvious good and evil characters are Dumbledore and Voldemort respectively. Everyone else, even Mr. Potter himself, is on a very complex spectrum. I am currently re-reading the series. I love these books so much. Welcome to the fold Hector, it's never too late to enjoy a good book. Minor spoilers follow Brownie, might want to skip this bit until you're done the series. SPOILERS: Snape is a prime example of this. Throughout the books, Snape does not once give in to evil, or betray Dumbledore's trust. He takes huge risks to save people's lives. However, he is a terrible teacher; he's biased and mean (though he is good at controlling the class). But, he's also brilliant at his subject. He's probably one of the greatest experts in Potions in the wizarding world as well as being a brilliant wizard in general. These skills do not help him be a good teacher though. He is also unbelievably vindictive, to the point where he does flirt with being evil (his actions in the Prisoner of Azkaban, for example), but this is because in some ways he's extremely immature. He, a grown man, nurses a grudge against a teenage boy. I mean, seriously Snape? Grow the heck up. But he's also very mature in other ways, like how he deals with everyone but Slytherins and the other teachers thinking that he's evil; he ignores it. But he can't ignore the antics of a Harry Potter, even though he's just a kid. One of the most complex characters in the books. It's great stuff.
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07-14-2009, 04:39 PM | #8 |
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Nurvi,
"And best of all, there is no obvious "good" or "evil". The only obvious good and evil characters are Dumbledore and Voldemort respectively. Everyone else, even Mr. Potter himself, is on a very complex spectrum." I despair of you, Nurv. Really I do. To make a statement like that betrays how little understanding you actually have of the books. Have you even read them all? I mean really, Dumbledore a "good guy" after the revelation of his feet of clay and misspent youth?! Point to one good thing Voldie ever did. Harry is shown developing a sense of right and wrong and good and evil, and occasionally makes egregious errors, but not ever does he consistently choose the evil/wrong/error. Nurv, did you read the books? Did you pay attention? Brownie, pay no attention to Nurv's erroneous readings!!!!! She is a Death-Eater in disguise trying to beguile you into the Voldie Camp of "there is only power and those afraid to use it". Nurv has missed the boat and fallen into the Slough of Despair!!! Inked, on his 9th re-read of the books and with the posts on Entmoot to PROVE Beyond the Shadow of a Doubt that he has the longest record and claim to "overzealous reader of the books syndrome" waaaaayyyyyyyy before Hector even thought of reading them!) ...end of rant......for now.....
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It would have been immature if Snape only hated James Potter for the pranks he and his pack of followers had played on him in school. But in fact he hated James for taking his Lily away from him, maybe also accusing him of Lily's death (had James not married Lily and got her with child, she would have been alive)- and that is an adult reason. Harry looked so much like James, but with Lily's eyes: seeing him every day must have been agony. |
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