tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post3676103942581866544..comments2023-10-20T16:03:03.157+01:00Comments on Devouring Texts: "There are horrors in your past that the others don't have."Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-35210698553420873922013-02-11T03:50:24.629+00:002013-02-11T03:50:24.629+00:00That first time we see Snape bring Lupin a potion,...That first time we see Snape bring Lupin a potion, when Harry's in Lupin's office, the whole thing is a weirdly civil interaction, hey? Maybe Snape was just thrown off by having Harry in the room. But you'd think that would make him angrier. <br /><br />Also, Percy would have been all for having the Dementors search the school. Phbt. Percy.Kayleigh vWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889972089506839071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-57659734070512159022013-02-10T09:57:47.410+00:002013-02-10T09:57:47.410+00:00Um. I really haven't seen any of this film. Or...Um. I really haven't seen any of this film. Or the next one. But YES TO ALL THE OTHER THINGS. I really and truly want to marry Lupin. Bless him.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-48602295744359875172013-02-10T09:56:31.080+00:002013-02-10T09:56:31.080+00:00Yeah, Snape is kiiiind of a massive misanthrope......Yeah, Snape is kiiiind of a massive misanthrope... But he has REASONS (if they're good ones or not is up to each individual reader, I think).<br /><br />Hehehehe, it's genuinely so fun having you reading these! It's like 'I KNOW STUFF IS GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT WHAT IS IT?!?!' Love it :)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-56305793526349663402013-02-09T16:16:29.793+00:002013-02-09T16:16:29.793+00:00I get stupid about this book. And the film. Beca...I get stupid about this book. And the film. Because basically my thoughts just pan down to "OMG that flight with Buckbeak makes me cry", "OMG I want to marry Lupin", "OMG Sirius is awesome later so we'll ignore him being a bit psychotic" and "OMG JOHN WILLIAMS THIS IS MY FAVOURITEST SOUNDTRACK". With maybe a bit more crying because of the whole Marauders being back together thing and Harry finding out more about his mum and dad and having these surrogate uncle figures kind of gathering out of nowhere... and then I go read FanFiction instead because then you get more Marauders and less death. I KNOW I KNOW.Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246472269477492583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-82854180027545579122013-02-09T02:26:05.020+00:002013-02-09T02:26:05.020+00:00*loathes**loathes*Brie @ A Slice of Briehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02445361407533018855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-16245504996375965412013-02-09T02:25:48.080+00:002013-02-09T02:25:48.080+00:00I think Snape loates EVERYONE. I mean, who does he...I think Snape loates EVERYONE. I mean, who does he like? Except maybe Malfoy? But he doesn't seem to like any of the other main characters, professors/staff included. <br /><br />I feel like there is a lot of foreshadowing with Scabbers and Crookshanks even though I have no idea what they are trying to forshadow! Brie @ A Slice of Briehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02445361407533018855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-59647372453179866332013-02-08T19:40:36.487+00:002013-02-08T19:40:36.487+00:00I'm thinking it's because Dumbledore asked...I'm thinking it's because Dumbledore asked him to, and everyone does everything Dumbledore says? I think it's fairly big of Snape not to poison him, tbh!<br /><br />I really don't understand Aunt Marge. She just needs a smack. Or to be blown up like a balloon. Whichever!<br /><br />D-Dore would have been AMAZING as Minister of Magic! But there's an argument for him being more important as Headmaster of Hogwarts, because he can shape a whole generation of people who will want things to be better rather than just changing things for a little bit and then them getting changed back when he dies, if that makes sense? Basically that teachers>politicians.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-14487248852949517932013-02-08T19:34:51.501+00:002013-02-08T19:34:51.501+00:00You may not be. But how did he get out if they sen...You may not be. But how did he get out if they sent him there before, you know?Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-52531895602890834952013-02-08T19:16:47.349+00:002013-02-08T19:16:47.349+00:00Oh yeah, definitely! I mean, I think that's ki...Oh yeah, definitely! I mean, I think that's kind of the point. Or kind of *a* point, anyway. Because if EVERYONE in Azkaban escaped, they'd be preeeetty pissed about what happened to them, you know, and then they'd be even worse. So BOOO crazy bad punishments.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-77040645827083233832013-02-08T19:15:26.578+00:002013-02-08T19:15:26.578+00:00I thought there was something about him "goin...I thought there was something about him "going back to Azkaban" when they arrested him in CoS. But perhaps I am wrong.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-35966703789494532322013-02-08T19:11:05.604+00:002013-02-08T19:11:05.604+00:00Wait, did Hagrid go to Azkaban the first time thou...Wait, did Hagrid go to Azkaban the first time though? Didn't he just get expelled? WHO WANTS TO READ CoS AGAIN TO FIND OUT?<br /><br />But yeah, I think it is more of a 'poor Sirius thing' more than anything else.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-11781816855129745542013-02-08T15:32:06.051+00:002013-02-08T15:32:06.051+00:00I agree that Azkaban is so horrible mostly to be l...I agree that Azkaban is so horrible mostly to be like "look at what Sirius had to go through" and to set up this super creepy prison area instead of a commentary on how terrible this sort of prison really is. I mean, the only reason anyone is upset about Hagrid going there the first time is cos he was actually innocent. Instead of anyone being angry they sent a KID to this crazy prison.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-26494850399374028532013-02-08T15:28:06.891+00:002013-02-08T15:28:06.891+00:00Why does Snape dislike Lupin but ALSO makes him th...Why does Snape dislike Lupin but ALSO makes him that potion to help him?? <br /><br />Aunt Marge is extra mean to Harry. Like she has some extra grudge against him. Maybe it's just cos Vern bitches about Harry to her so the few times she seems him she really lets him have it?<br /><br />You know, Dumbledore should have really taken the job as Minister of Magic. Sure, we wouldn't get him as the headmaster and that would suck, but if he was in a position of actual power, he could, you know, NOT use Dementors as guards. Because they're awful.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-42340650921197157432013-02-08T10:44:12.261+00:002013-02-08T10:44:12.261+00:00I think the Voldemort thing is probably the reason...I think the Voldemort thing is probably the reason, but all I can think of now is all the terrible instances where after war/famine/something countries have turned to something evil and seen it as a necessity to never-let-the-bad-thing-happen-again and it has proved the undoing for everyone. And now I'm sad, and I'm not supposed to start getting sad until the next book at least. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259549933849264277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-41490038345302088102013-02-08T10:36:13.150+00:002013-02-08T10:36:13.150+00:00BUT IT IS SO OBVIOUS!! And I didn't even think...BUT IT IS SO OBVIOUS!! And I didn't even think I remembered anything about PoA before I started reading it, but it's really all there. <br /><br />Why does everyone indulge Malfoy so much?! Harry grew his bones back in like a night, right?! And Malfoy has a SCRATCH? Everyone sucks. <br /><br />I dunno, man, maybe they've been so scarred by Voldemort that they're like 'well, we clearly NEED them to keep the bad guys in line.' Which is terrrrrible logic, but whatevs. I just love that Dumbledore is totally vocal in hating them. GO D-Dore!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-42449569692719175112013-02-08T10:25:22.961+00:002013-02-08T10:25:22.961+00:00I don't know that I'd EVER be ok with Deme...I don't know that I'd EVER be ok with Dementors, you know. I'd definitely like to think that JK's going 'oh prisons, you are TERRIBLE' but I think she's more just going 'poor Sirius, look what he's BEEN through!' Only, you know, later. Shhhh Laura...<br /><br />SO MUCH SETTING UP! The thing is, I totally wouldn't have realised it if we hadn't been reading in sections, so you know, it doesn't really matter? Lupin is really awesome, I LOVE HIM. Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-41345120395202906492013-02-08T09:05:53.860+00:002013-02-08T09:05:53.860+00:00Nice not so subtle hint dropping about next week L...Nice not so subtle hint dropping about next week Laura, ha!<br /><br />It annoys me so much that no one says, "ummmmm Malfoy, we're witches and wizards. We grow bones back overnight so stop your bitching and get your shit together". <br /><br />I find the dementors <i>terrifying</i>. In so many ways, but mostly because there doesn't seem to be a huge uproar of people being anti-dementor. Each read seems to hit home the fact that Wizards/witches are dark and terrifying people, and they do a lot of not great things.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259549933849264277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-26441830494216322342013-02-08T08:22:24.688+00:002013-02-08T08:22:24.688+00:00Dementors are kind of brutal... but if we had some...Dementors are kind of brutal... but if we had something like Dementors in our world, I think I'd be okay with them for the worst criminals. I don't like that any wizard that commits the tiniest crime gets carted off to Azkaban, THAT's extreme. (Although I live in a country where you get harsher penalties for drug-related crimes than murder, so maybe JK is purposely using Azkaban/Dementors to show how cruel and unjust prison systems can be? Or maybe I'm trying to look for Rowling's hidden meaning in EVERYTHING now? Lol.) <br /><br />There's SO MUCH SETTING UP in this book, but I think it's done pretty well for first-time readers. I still think the way she sets up all the Scabbers stufff is genius. And LUPIN! He really is the best DADA teacher. The students are finally actually learning stuff in that class!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196903315080725315noreply@blogger.com