Read both Masq and oyceter's reviews, find myself agreeing almost completely with Masq's take on the novel. My difficulty is I'm not sure I trust the writer. (If it were Whedon, I'd know that Snape was not on the side of the Death Eaters...but not so sure about Rowlings.) Also like masq, I like my Snape complex.
I agree with your take on Snape. I think it's highly likely he's against Voldemort, but not on the side of Harry. He may feel towards Harry much the same way Harry felt towards Draco. Far more interesting and complex. Just not sure she'll carry it off.
Heard about the kerfuffles in the Potter fandom from a friend of mine, who told me all about the H/H ship thing. Which puzzeled me. Because I honestly don't see it. But to be honest, again, I'm like Masq here, don't really see romantic relationships in these books. It's not Rowlings strong suite and she put so little of it in the previous books.
As oyceter puts it in her review - the Ginny/Harry romance seems to pop up out of the blue. You see more interaction in Phoenix between Harry and Luna than Harry and Ginny...which says something. Rowlings should have built it up a bit more. Ron and Hermoine - is built a bit, via Ron, which was why I knew Rowlings wasn't going there with Harry. It's an unwritten rule in stories like this, that you NEVER put the hero with the gal-friday character or best-friend. Buffy could never be with Xander. The reason is in serials, the romance can't really happen, because it gets boring fast. You'd have to kill or break up or something. Much better to put them with a minor character or supporting one. Yet, fans of both series for some reason don't get that. The writer will always pick the relationship that takes the character into the most interesting place. Not necessarily the one that would make the character happiest.
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Date: 2005-08-10 02:03 am (UTC)Read both Masq and oyceter's reviews, find myself agreeing almost completely with Masq's take on the novel. My difficulty is I'm not sure I trust the writer. (If it were Whedon, I'd know that Snape was not on the side of the Death Eaters...but not so sure about Rowlings.) Also like masq, I like my Snape complex.
I agree with your take on Snape. I think it's highly likely he's against Voldemort, but not on the side of Harry. He may feel towards Harry much the same way Harry felt towards Draco. Far more interesting and complex.
Just not sure she'll carry it off.
Heard about the kerfuffles in the Potter fandom from a friend of mine, who told me all about the H/H ship thing. Which puzzeled me. Because I honestly don't see it. But to be honest, again, I'm like Masq here, don't really see romantic relationships in these books. It's not Rowlings strong suite and she put so little of it in the previous books.
As oyceter puts it in her review - the Ginny/Harry romance seems to pop up out of the blue. You see more interaction in Phoenix between Harry and Luna than Harry and Ginny...which says something. Rowlings should have built it up a bit more. Ron and Hermoine - is built a bit, via Ron, which was why I knew Rowlings wasn't going there with Harry. It's an unwritten rule in stories like this, that you NEVER put the hero with the gal-friday character or best-friend. Buffy could never be with Xander.
The reason is in serials, the romance can't really happen, because it gets boring fast. You'd have to kill or break up or something. Much better to put them with a minor character or supporting one. Yet, fans of both series for some reason don't get that. The writer will always pick the relationship that takes the character into the most interesting place.
Not necessarily the one that would make the character happiest.