Well, that's because you're intelligent. :P I think JKR had a serious sense of wish fulfillment going on with the Weasleys, but the problem was that she didn't know what it was she was wishing for! She has no background in psychology or sociology that I'm aware of, and she had no idea how people who were not exactly like her would react to the Weasleys, nor was she aware that she was not creating a perfect family but rather a mockery of a perfect family. *headdesk* Someone needs to get that woman some knowledge. Th Weasleys are ALL unfunny, unendearing, unkind, and idiotic--I couldn't have put it better myself.
I never got that Harry-hatred, or the Hermione-hatred. I just avoid these things so I don't have to stress over them. Harry was a real character at some points of the series, unlike most of the other characters who who shallow stereotypes. That doesn't mean I didn't like them, but thank God for fic! LOL, then you've done more than I have because I've never tried to understand them and I never will. :P
I like your Ginny mind-link with Tom theory--I was wondering the same thing myself for a while. JKR just sucks and you're right--her fans were way cleverer than she was, and it ended up screwing her over. I hated the idea of the Deathly Hallows for that very reason--a set of powerful God-like magical items that will kill Voldemort. HOW FUCKING CONVENIENT TO ONLY INTRODUCE THESE IN THE LAST BOOK WHEN NO ONE COULD HAVE GUESSED THEM BEFORE, JKR. *headdesk* Such a cop-out, truly. LOL, I introduced the way my epic battle is going to be won in the first fifty-sixty pages of the first book. It's just a matter of playing the ball and cups game, really--look over here while I do this other thing right in front of you, but if I get lucky you won't notice! XP
Oh, I said so before, but my HP essays aren't up online. I've got to find them first, then I'll post them. I do this one up online, which I should post on LJ but for now it's at Fiction Alley, called Of the Same Coin (http://www.fictionalley.org/authors/kowaiyoukai/OTSC01.html) and it deals with how alike Gryffindor/Slytherin and Harry/Draco are. But it's very generic b/c it was for a class that my professor didn't know anything about HP. So I had to make a lot of obvious statements to get my point across. Still, not my best writing, but it might be worth a quick read when you're bored.
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Date: 2009-07-29 07:07 am (UTC)I never got that Harry-hatred, or the Hermione-hatred. I just avoid these things so I don't have to stress over them. Harry was a real character at some points of the series, unlike most of the other characters who who shallow stereotypes. That doesn't mean I didn't like them, but thank God for fic! LOL, then you've done more than I have because I've never tried to understand them and I never will. :P
I like your Ginny mind-link with Tom theory--I was wondering the same thing myself for a while. JKR just sucks and you're right--her fans were way cleverer than she was, and it ended up screwing her over. I hated the idea of the Deathly Hallows for that very reason--a set of powerful God-like magical items that will kill Voldemort. HOW FUCKING CONVENIENT TO ONLY INTRODUCE THESE IN THE LAST BOOK WHEN NO ONE COULD HAVE GUESSED THEM BEFORE, JKR. *headdesk* Such a cop-out, truly. LOL, I introduced the way my epic battle is going to be won in the first fifty-sixty pages of the first book. It's just a matter of playing the ball and cups game, really--look over here while I do this other thing right in front of you, but if I get lucky you won't notice! XP
Oh, I said so before, but my HP essays aren't up online. I've got to find them first, then I'll post them. I do this one up online, which I should post on LJ but for now it's at Fiction Alley, called Of the Same Coin (http://www.fictionalley.org/authors/kowaiyoukai/OTSC01.html) and it deals with how alike Gryffindor/Slytherin and Harry/Draco are. But it's very generic b/c it was for a class that my professor didn't know anything about HP. So I had to make a lot of obvious statements to get my point across. Still, not my best writing, but it might be worth a quick read when you're bored.
Chronic insomnia FTW!! \o/ *headdesk*