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I’m curious to see how the writers write Merida, are they going to write her so that if you haven’t seen Brave, you still know what’s going on or are they going to assume that everyone has seen Brave?
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Keeper of FelixI don’t really know the direction they will take this, but if I had to wager…this Violet may end up being Henry’s True Love. Emma was what, 18, when she met and fell for Neal….Henry should be pushing 13….Violet being a crush scenario would work best, but I think Adam and Eddy think they’ve played the “crush” trope enough with Gretel and Grace…..Violet may end up being more serious.
I disagree. It’s too soon for Henry to have “true love”, he’s only 13/14, kids that age have no clue about real love. They’re all a bunch of raging hormones. I could see Henry thinking he’s found his true love because he’s crushing on this girl so hard but to make her actually his true love when she is the first person his own age that Henry has had a proper conversation with just seems a little….fast.
I agree with RG, it would be better for Henry to develop an actual friendship with someone his own age before they start throwing him into the world of romance.
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Keeper of FelixWay to be a buzz kill….
Expect the worst, so that whatever happens doesn’t seem as bad.
Unless this series picks up and/or gets rid of Clara, the Christmas special may be the last episode of Doctor Who that I watch.
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Keeper of FelixI think they will possibly kill River off in this episode or make it clear that this episode is based just before she goes to the Library. She is so intricately linked with Matt Smith’s Doctor now that she cant just be placed with 12.
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Keeper of Felixit is emphasized time and time again that Hermione is smart. BUT, as I pointed out above, she does jump to conclusions based on notions already held, like that Snape is the big bad.
I agree. A perfect example of this would be in GOF when Hermione sets up SPEW under the assumption that all house-elves shouldn’t be made to work when in actuality the Hogwarts elves don’t want to be “let go”, they enjoy their job.
It’s not just Hermione though who likes to take the moral high ground, Gryffindors in general seem to have a particular rivalry with Slytherin just because they’re Slytherin. Ron said that “there’s not a with or wizard who went bad who wasn’t in Slytherin”, whilst this may be true certainly with the “bad” wizards/witches we meet in later books, it doesn’t mean that all the kids in Slytherin are going to turn bad. It’s stereotyping that breeds resentment from both sides which then sort of reinforces the stereotype. It’s a vicious cycle that just keeps going. We never see how the Slytherins interact with the students in Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff or vice versa. Not forgetting that the Slytherin kids probably come from parents and families that were also in Slytherin and also had to endure the same treatment. Harry’s “not Slytherin, anywhere but Slytherin” moment came about because he heard nothing but bad things about that particular house. Not every kid in Slytherin is going to be a Draco or a Voldemort, but when they are looked down upon by the other houses because of their house, you can see why joining a group of likeminded individuals that don’t treat them like something on the bottom of their shoe might start to sound appealing.
As mentioned on tvtropes.org, for Voldemort to become as powerful as he did, he must’ve had supporters. His “political view” would never have gained as much traction as it did unless people agreed with him. (That’s not to say Voldemort’s view is in anyway right, it isn’t.) But think about it, you’ve got a bunch of ex-Slytherins who’ve spent all they’re Hogwarts years being treated like dirt by at the very least Gryffindor just because their Slytherin and Slytherin is the “bad” house. They then meet an individual who makes them promises that they want to hear, that was in their house and basically offers them the chance to make those that belittled them pay. Suddenly that “political party” is starting to sound good.
The Slytherin house does have a bad reputation because of past events but all its students are being tarred with the same brush and prejudice from past, present and future.
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Keeper of FelixJust read an interesting theory on tvtropes.org on the Harry Potter series regarding the Durleys.
Basically being near a horcrux long enough can cause some corruption in an individual. Eg Ron and the necklace. Well consider this, Harry himself was a horcrux. The Dursleys were around him for 10/11 years. It’s possible that their anger and resentment of him could have been amplified due to being close to a Horcrux.
Read more: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fridge/HarryPotter#ixzz3kWpyMMhB
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Keeper of FelixI think the theme of the Harry Potter series isn’t about fate but rather free will. Whilst we do have certain characters mention fate, a lot of what happens is preceded by choice. For example, Harry “chose” to be in Gryffindor over Slytherin, Harry “chose” not to be friends with Draco, Harry “chooses” to be proactive in trying to save people and stop threats. The Dursleys “chose” to treat Harry poorly. As we later find out in a later book The prophesy regarding the boy who would be Voldemort’s downfall could have referred to either Harry or Neville. Voldemort “chose” Harry. It could also be argued that Voldemort’s true downfall didn’t occur until book 7 and that it is the choice he made that caused the events of the series to happen as they did rather than fate making them happen
Harry chose to do a lot of things whereas he could’ve turned around and gone nope, let the teachers handle it. Ron and Hermione chose to stick by Harry.
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Keeper of FelixChapter 3 of my fanfic
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11449753/3/Ghosts-of-the-Past
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Keeper of FelixConversation Questions
1. Why do you think Hermione can be a haughty know-it-all?
She always raises her hand to answer a teacher’s question, find every opportunity to mention “I’ve read all about it in…”, and tells Ron how to properly do magic. That attitude can easily come across as condescending, which is a natural turn off.
In regards to Hermione, I don’t think she is being deliberately stuck up and condescending. I think when she received her letter, she was excited to learn everything she could about the magic world. It was new and exciting, it caught her interest, so she ploughed through the books and learnt everything she could. At age 11, Hermione lacks the awareness that not everyone is going to be enthusiastic about her interest in the magical world as she is. For Ron, whose grown up as a wizard, the magical world is just an everyday occurrence so, as an 11 year old, he can’t understand why Hermione is so enthused about it so, to him, she comes off as a know it all.
It’s a bit like tourists coming to a country and getting really excited about that country’s landmarks etc whereas that country’s residents are all like “what’s the big deal?”
Another example would be a casual fan discussing a television show with a passionate fan. There’s different levels of enthusiasm and the casual fan might feel put out if something they say is being corrected by the passionate fan and then some eg:
Casual Fan: Regina’s first love was called Darren and he died
Passionate Fan: No he wasn’t, he was called Daniel and he was the stableboy that was murdered by Cora, Regina’s mother, who later became the queen of Hearts etc etc.The passionate fan isn’t deliberately being mean, condescending or a know it all, they’ve just allowed their enthusiasm for the show to overtake their awareness of the feelings of others.
does everyone agree that Draco is worse?
*poofs in* Hmmmm…. That is really interesting. I actually would say Dudley is worse than Draco.
I would say that Dudley and Draco are both equally as bad as each other. Not only does it parallel that magic folk and muggles are more alike than some would care to admit, both Draco and Dudley are products of their parents’ points of view.
Vernon and Petunia hated Harry and mistreated him throughout his childhood. Dudley would not have the awareness as a child to go “this is wrong” so he probably thought it was normal to treat Harry that way. As children, we look to our parents to show us the social protocols of how to behave and interact with others. This can extend from political views down to something simple as smoking. It is up to our parents to teach us the best examples as these core values would likely be passed down through the generations.
Draco wasn’t nasty to Harry when he first met Harry, when he didn’t know who Harry was. He expressed views that Harry disagreed with. It’s only when Harry started challenging Draco’s views and what Draco was raised to believe were core values that the antagonistic relationship between Draco and Harry really began. in later books, we see Draco feeling uncomfortable as he is pressganged into more extreme views by the deatheaters and Voldemort
The question isn’t “is Draco or Dudley worse”, it’s “Whose parents failed them more?”
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