I feel it's time for the obligatory analysis/rant on HP, now.

[tammaiya]

Well, let's see. I tried to hate the book cause of the whole SIRIUS thing, but unfortunately I couldn't. BAH. I kept getting the feeling that I was reading exceptionally well-written fanfiction for a variety of reasons that really all came down to character changes, but it was made odder by the fact it wasn't slash and I had this nagging feeling that it OUGHT to be. Well, obviously everything ought to be, but this felt like it actually was but the slash was just... absent. I've been reading too much fanfiction, but we all already knew THAT.
Characters... I simultaneously loved and hated almost everyone in the book. ^ ^; Of course, there were some I just plain HATED (read: Kreacher, Fudge, Umbridge... CHO CHANG.) and there were some I just plain LOVED. (You go, McGonagall! NEEEEEEEVILLE! GINNY WAS SO COOL!)

Harry: Acted like a self-centred, teenage angsty prick. Yet despite this, I still felt really attached to him. Probably the fact that purity and wonder can only get you so far before people get irked, and it's nice to see him gain an attitude. It added to the bizarre feeling of fanfiction- usually you either get Crankypants!Harry or Sweetinnocentnaive!Harry. Suffice to say I prefer mr cranky. However, Harry's extreme STUPIDITY pissed me off IMMENSELY. I mean, how fucking DUMB do you have to get?! "Oh look. Bad things are happening. Should I do as Hermione says, and go to Dumbledore? That's always worked in the past... but Dumbledore's being MEAN to me! SCREW THAT!" *stuffs up several important plans* "Sirius gave me a present and told me to use it if I needed to talk to him. Hm. I think I'll just leave it in my trunk, shall I? I'll have forgotten ALL ABOUT IT by the time it good be used to save Sirius' life! Ohohoho, those wacky hijinks!" "Let me see. Professor Snape is my least favourite teacher, he hates my guts, and he has briefly stepped out of the room. Let's rifle through his posessions and delve into his most personal and painful memories, shall we? Brilliant idea, what a great way to make him like me!" "GASP! Snape isn't being worried over my warning about Sirius in front of Umbridge! HE MUST NOT CARE!" "Oh, I'm just going to go charging off and risking people's lives whilst telling no adults, now. Don't mind me, I know everything." Well, yes. Etc. His selfishness got a tad grating, too... Obviously, I wasn't duly impressed. Still loved him though- I'm such a sucker. ^ ^;
Ron: Was Ron, actually. Um. Not much more to say. Was amusing to watch him dodge the twins. Er. Yeah.
Hermione: Was great, except for being a bit of a crap friend. I mean, HONESTLY. Yes, let's be all snoopy about the marks when there's no way your friends did anywhere NEAR as good as you, very nice of you! Still, continued to be sane and intelligent to Harry's hormonal outbursts, which was welcome.
Ginny: WAS SO DAMN COOL! Heh, she was SO like fanfiction Ginny! You gotta love the girl now she's got spunk... "Oh, so is Dean a better choice?" *grin* She just plain ROCKS. No more on the matter, aside from the fact that my relief is never-ending that she no longer wants Harry. Now that she's gotten over the whole "OMG HARRY! *squeak, blush*" thing, she's just great.
Neville: WAS THE BEST THING EVER. Dude, I love Neville now. I intend to delude myself that he's actually quite cute and attempt to slash him. ^ ^ And I just loved how he started getting good at stuff. Yay!
Cho: Was an EVIL SHE BITCH FROM HELL. She totally SUCKED. I mean, GOD. How insensitive can you GET? "Oh, yes, I'm with Harry. I didn't see my ex-boyfriend die, I seem to be perfectly over him, and Harry saw him die. Why don't I bring it up REPEATEDLY and turn on the fucking waterworks?" Oh, she pissed me off SO DAMN MUCH. I begin to believe that she was put in solely to create a sense of relief that whoever Harry ends up with is NOT her. *shudder*
Draco: *cries softly* Why? WHY? Why is he such a 2D PRAT? I mean, he always was, but fanfiction gave me HOPE. *sob* Clearly not BELIEVABLE hope, but now even the highly unrealistic "daddy is mean and he makes me do it!" defense is gone, given that DADDY is locked up in AZKABAN. I can't slash him when he's such a total prick. I just can't, he's disgusting me too much with his behaviour.
Hagrid: Was hardly there. But his ridiculous behaviour annoyed and frustrated me. "Oh yeah, I'm just going to waltz into the Forbidden Forest now to take care of my baby brother GIANT who I kidnapped against his will, despite the fact that both he and the centaurs are trying to KILL ME." *sigh* Yep, REAL smart move there. Still, I love him for being Hagrid. And the Thestrals were damned cool. How come Harry couldn't see them before, though? I mean, don't his parents count as seeing death? Maybe not, maybe you have to be old enough to see and comprehend. Ah well.
Dumbledore: As Helgy put it, was DA BOMB. Man did he bust dem funky moves. He was SOOOOOOO GOOD. Aside from the whole avoiding-Harry-and-telling-him-nothing-USEFUL thing. That was minorly annoying. Wait, scratch minorly- I spent the whole book waiting for the bit on the back, and it didn't happen till the end! GR! Still, da BOMB. He calls good ol' Voldy-thing "tom"! *giggle* And you just gotta love the bit with Harry's temper tantrum: "Oh, by all means, continue to destroy all my posessions. I dare say I have more than enough of them as it is." Or something. All these quotes are from memory, people, just for the record.
James Potter: ... I should probably hate him. But I don't. I think I'm too weak, and loving him is just so very tempting. And the hair ruffling was rather endearing. However... that does not excuse the utter BASTARD-LIKE BEHAVIOUR. How could he DO that? JEEZ. He had to be such an absolute WANKER, didn't he? Dang it. And the thing with Lily was just sad. So like a boy, but sad. As if she'd say yes to going out with him when he's being such a shit. *snort* And the snitch thing was just silly. Silly James. *shakes head* Why do I love him? Ah, I don't know. I'm quite happy doing so, though, so don't rant, Eugar. I admit he sucks quite freely.
I do feel that JK was sort of right to do it, and show that being a Griffindor doesn't automatically mean being wonderful, but still. Aw.
Wormtail: Was pathetic. Ooh, how I hatesies him. Nasty little cowardly bully. How did he get into Griffindor, again? I think there was a mistake, there.
Luna: Was quite cool. I rather liked her. Her lunacy occassionally got on my nerves, though, I must admit.
Seamus: I've always liked him, even though he's only a minor character. He made a bit of a jerk of himself, but I feel he's redeemed himself. Sort of.
Percy: *wails* WHY? WHYWHYWHYWHYWHY? Why must he be such a TOOL? I can't slash him with Oliver if he must persist in sucking so badly! I want fanfiction Percy back! *whine* I still like him. I suspect that I actually like fanfiction Percy, and just delude myself that it's REAL Percy. Ah well, ce la vie.
Remus: *giggle* I lovesies Moony. I don't care what anyone says, I still do. He has a great sense of dry humour. And maybe he didn't stop his friends, but... well, it would be a bit hard. I mean, sticking up to your friends is hard enough in the first place, but given how hard it is for him to get close to people in the first place, what with the whole lycanthropy thing, he'd understandably be very scared of losing the really close friends he has. I felt a bit jipped by the lack of Remus mourning Sirius scene, I must say. I mean, go to pieces over losing your last remaining best friend, or prevent Harry from losing the plot? Latter is certainly more PRACTICAL, yes, but it just don't cut it from the slash-fan perspective! *sniff*
Snape: Has anyone noticed how NONE of us refer to him as Severus for the majority of the time? Not even Eugenie? Odd, that. Anyway, I loved him already as the combined results of fanfiction and Eugenie's efforts. That reminds me, I have some cute pictures of him for her. ANYWAY. Victim status endeared him more. Poor baby... However. Hate points, which I have been emphasising on most people. His curses were more violent than James in the flashback, but that's totally understandable and I don't blame him one IOTA. HOWEVER. Calling Lily a mudblood after she had just stood up for him did nothing to impress me. *snorts* And his bratty behaviour after Harry's privacy-breaching stupidity, whilst amusing, endearing and identifiable to some degree, was also annoying. "Whoops, I just broke Potter's potion! No marks for YOU!" Yeah, real mature, bradley! Very teacherly of you, I must say. But what actually pissed me off was the halt in the Occlumency lessons, which contributed to the death of Sirius. *cries*
Um, aside from my BABY *sob* I think that's all, so...
Sirius: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! I WANT SIRIUS BACK! I DIDN'T WANT HIM TO DIE! He is... was... no, IS my favourite character! *sniff* I love him SO DAMN MUCH. And he's GONE. *bursts into tears* I'm just going to join the others in deluding myself, I think. And just as a backup, I'll create an alternate universe in my head where Azkaban never happened and they all lived happily ever after. Er, except for Peter. And Lily and James, cause they're dead. And I'm aware of how utterly childish this is; leave me my last refuge, please. But while I really do love him still... he annoyed me a bit. Like everyone else. He was too reckless, and his sulleness was just immature if believable (and probably something I'd do, but I never profess to LIKE me, do I?). He needled Snape unecessarily- well, they did it to each other, and given their long-standing enmity, I see why. But... the past! He was so arrogant! *sigh* And I think the treating-harry-like-james thing wasn't too good an idea. Was bound to end in tears, I think he was trying to delude himself. Ah well. Poor baby, I want him back.

Ok, that was FAR too long. But I wanted to rant a bit. ^ ^; I think that took me between half an hour to an hour, or something. Heh... oop.

Comments

[sanguia.livejournal.com]

i have several things to say.
1. DUMDABOMBBLEDORE
2. reeeeeeeeeeeeal mature, SCHNAPLEY. yeah, so he's a petty nasty childish man. but he also has much more reason to be so as well as about 17 billion times as much searing frustrated intelligence than YOU, pupptr0n, so i'd just keep that in mind when you diss him. also, can you imagine how humiliating it would be to be not only RESCUED from one of the most embarrassing situations you've ever been in but also PITIED by somebody who is in the idiot house you hate, is an attractive girl, and who is of the social caste you've been raised to hate (but obviously in the future no longer want to exterminate)? NO BLOODY WONDER snape lashed out. it's the kind of thing i would have done. how fucking humiliating, especially for someone of his abilities. i'm not saying it's the right thing to do, but it's damn understandable.

i fail to comprehend how you can still love james. you've been teased yourself. i thought you'd understand.

i think we should hold the FUNERAL OF FANNON PERCY. not as much as sirius, but i will miss you.

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[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

Well, I think it's the same thing as percy- I love fannon James. *sigh* Beh. Can we have a funeral for him too? Please?
And yeah, I don't blame Snape. I mean, while it irritated me, I DID understand it.
I l0vex0rz your Percy/laptop avatar. Very beautiful.
... DUMDABOMBLEDORE!

[sanguia.livejournal.com]

percy is blushing. it's not my mental image percy, but it's still so cuuuuute.

bah, fannon james sucked as well. disgustingly nice. vomit inducing. lots of clumsy FORESHADOWING *shudder*

TOMDABOMBADIL AND DUMDABOMBLEDORE!

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[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

Eh, some fannon jameses are cooler than others. You've just gotta form your own, I've come to believe, for all of them.
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