Like Sirius - can't like him if he's the brave sexy rebel who rides a shiny bike and has the fluffiest relationship ever with his friends and lovers, but can stand him much more when seeing him as this miserable immature screaming remnant of a man who fucked up his life and had to live (and die) with that.
Yes! I mean, what drives you crazy is the way everybody acts like there is no flaw, or only those fake ones that don't really count. Lily and Ginny are practically the same person sometimes--and omg, I am so not looking forward to any hints that she was so perfect that she liked Snape *even though he didn't deserve it* and then he didn't appreciate the wonderfulness. I think that's just often a big problem in this canon is that it's so obvious how all the characters are ranked. Like when Ginny is nice to Luna you know she's supposed to get points for it because Luna is this pitiful loser--and so Luna is forced to constantly kiss Ginny's ass about it. I can totally see the same thing with Snape and Lily.
Perhaps, then, Harry is my shadow, getting away with stuff that I can't
You know, that is totally possible. I mean, like with Ginny I'm somebody who feels compelled to try to understand everybody and give them all equal respect--but she walks around making easy judgments and telling people off accordingly. When something like that pops out of me people usually stare like--wtf did you just say? But Ginny flits around with everybody thinking she's great. I'll bet if Ginny was more someone who did this and was punished for it (perhaps like Malfoy) I'd like her more.
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Date: 2005-12-13 03:44 pm (UTC)Yes! I mean, what drives you crazy is the way everybody acts like there is no flaw, or only those fake ones that don't really count. Lily and Ginny are practically the same person sometimes--and omg, I am so not looking forward to any hints that she was so perfect that she liked Snape *even though he didn't deserve it* and then he didn't appreciate the wonderfulness. I think that's just often a big problem in this canon is that it's so obvious how all the characters are ranked. Like when Ginny is nice to Luna you know she's supposed to get points for it because Luna is this pitiful loser--and so Luna is forced to constantly kiss Ginny's ass about it. I can totally see the same thing with Snape and Lily.
Perhaps, then, Harry is my shadow, getting away with stuff that I can't
You know, that is totally possible. I mean, like with Ginny I'm somebody who feels compelled to try to understand everybody and give them all equal respect--but she walks around making easy judgments and telling people off accordingly. When something like that pops out of me people usually stare like--wtf did you just say? But Ginny flits around with everybody thinking she's great. I'll bet if Ginny was more someone who did this and was punished for it (perhaps like Malfoy) I'd like her more.