I hate all of the Weasleys, too. In short: -Mr. Weasley: puts himself and his family in danger to do experiments that are dangerous and also forbidden with objects that he knows next to nothing about; is unable to provide financially for his family and yet continues to have more children -Mrs. Weasley: is only caring to children she deems "worthy" of care--notice how she ignores or talks badly about a lot of the Slytherin kids (if I remember correctly); was only created as a "good mother" figure for Harry and takes to him so soon it's creepy (I've always thought she had ulterior motives to "adopting" Harry Potter) -Bill: marries Fleur seemingly without actually caring about her (she seems fond of him, however, and lucky him bagging a hottie *shakes head*); generally ignores his family pre-Fleur -Charlie: has a dangerous low-paying job like his father; generally ignores his family -Percy: abandons his family to suck up to the Ministry (despite his good reasons, the lack of loyalty is strikingly appalling) -Fred & George: (being a twin myself, I hate putting them into one category, but unfortunately that's how they present themselves) viciously cruel to Slytherins in every book; they dropped out of school to run a joke shop with money they made from gambling; take great pleasure in causing other people pain -Ron: nasty to everyone he doesn't outright like; jealous of Harry (who's an abused orphan) and often gets upset about this; would rather have indiscriminate sex than be with someone intelligent who loves him -Ginny: (... there's too much, but I'll try) weak and cowardly; nobody trusts her with anything important; constantly makes bad decisions and has other people to cover for her; gets with several guys in a misguided attempt to make Harry jealous; gets away with bloody murder b/c her older brothers will protect her and she knows that and uses it
So I do have a lot of Weasley hate. As for Harry being gay, well, that's b/c he is gay in canon. I think a lot of readers were struck by just how gay Harry comes off as, and then for him to try and mack it with Cho was just revolting and humorously awkward all at the same time. I wrote an essay on homosexuality and HP for my Critical Writing class, and there really is just so much allegory that it's ridiculous. What always strikes me the most is that the school Dudley was going to, which Harry wanted to avoid, was Stonewall, which as you most likely know is considered the start of the current gay rights movement. So that's a whole bunch of interesting right from the beginning of the series, and the fact that JKR claims she didn't put any homosexual aspects into her series smacks me of dishonesty and bullshit, especially b/c after she said that she told everyone Dumbledore was gay.
LOL, I really think too much about this kind of thing, really I do. But you're welcome! I can keep this up for hours. *headdesk*
Okay, that's it now. *EPIC HEADDESK* LOL, this thread should be up somewhere, srsly.
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-Mr. Weasley: puts himself and his family in danger to do experiments that are dangerous and also forbidden with objects that he knows next to nothing about; is unable to provide financially for his family and yet continues to have more children
-Mrs. Weasley: is only caring to children she deems "worthy" of care--notice how she ignores or talks badly about a lot of the Slytherin kids (if I remember correctly); was only created as a "good mother" figure for Harry and takes to him so soon it's creepy (I've always thought she had ulterior motives to "adopting" Harry Potter)
-Bill: marries Fleur seemingly without actually caring about her (she seems fond of him, however, and lucky him bagging a hottie *shakes head*); generally ignores his family pre-Fleur
-Charlie: has a dangerous low-paying job like his father; generally ignores his family
-Percy: abandons his family to suck up to the Ministry (despite his good reasons, the lack of loyalty is strikingly appalling)
-Fred & George: (being a twin myself, I hate putting them into one category, but unfortunately that's how they present themselves) viciously cruel to Slytherins in every book; they dropped out of school to run a joke shop with money they made from gambling; take great pleasure in causing other people pain
-Ron: nasty to everyone he doesn't outright like; jealous of Harry (who's an abused orphan) and often gets upset about this; would rather have indiscriminate sex than be with someone intelligent who loves him
-Ginny: (... there's too much, but I'll try) weak and cowardly; nobody trusts her with anything important; constantly makes bad decisions and has other people to cover for her; gets with several guys in a misguided attempt to make Harry jealous; gets away with bloody murder b/c her older brothers will protect her and she knows that and uses it
So I do have a lot of Weasley hate. As for Harry being gay, well, that's b/c he is gay in canon. I think a lot of readers were struck by just how gay Harry comes off as, and then for him to try and mack it with Cho was just revolting and humorously awkward all at the same time. I wrote an essay on homosexuality and HP for my Critical Writing class, and there really is just so much allegory that it's ridiculous. What always strikes me the most is that the school Dudley was going to, which Harry wanted to avoid, was Stonewall, which as you most likely know is considered the start of the current gay rights movement. So that's a whole bunch of interesting right from the beginning of the series, and the fact that JKR claims she didn't put any homosexual aspects into her series smacks me of dishonesty and bullshit, especially b/c after she said that she told everyone Dumbledore was gay.
LOL, I really think too much about this kind of thing, really I do. But you're welcome! I can keep this up for hours. *headdesk*
Okay, that's it now. *EPIC HEADDESK* LOL, this thread should be up somewhere, srsly.