That's really interesting about Harry/Cedric--and it makes sense to me. There is some of that in Cedric, the way his father seems to be far more into his successes than he is, and tends to exaggerate them where Cedric doesn't.
I like that about the Weasleys too. I think we lose a lot when people want to basically take a certain idea *about* the Weasleys and make it the truth. It seems like Percy's unforgivable sin was stating the obvious about their financial situation--and in a lot of families that just wouldn't be an issue, but it seems like there's a lot of pressure there to buy into a single idea of how they've come to be the way they are, so it's taboo to suggest something else. I think it's almost that this same idea, that they're a big happy family, is what makes them put pressure on themselves. Like maybe they identify with their family so much the family just becomes really stressful.
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Date: 2005-12-16 11:49 pm (UTC)I like that about the Weasleys too. I think we lose a lot when people want to basically take a certain idea *about* the Weasleys and make it the truth. It seems like Percy's unforgivable sin was stating the obvious about their financial situation--and in a lot of families that just wouldn't be an issue, but it seems like there's a lot of pressure there to buy into a single idea of how they've come to be the way they are, so it's taboo to suggest something else. I think it's almost that this same idea, that they're a big happy family, is what makes them put pressure on themselves. Like maybe they identify with their family so much the family just becomes really stressful.