i didn't know the christian thing, but i would guess that it's Jesus's Love = Loving One Another, where "loving one another" means having friends and family you're loyal to even when they piss you off.
not my idea of love.
i'm in the same boat where the things that really drew me into the books were the things that turned out to be significantly awry from what i thought they were - specifically snape's and lupin's (and, less so, harry's) characterizations - which again goes to the idea that "moral" value comes from interpersonal connections with people (snape/lily, lupin/tonks, dubledore/family, harry/friends) rather than a strictly personal sense of integrity and right vs wrong.
She undercut all the ways I thought I identified with the series. Still going off on this tangent... it reminds me of born-again right-wing conservatives who are capable of friendship and love and pity for the people they can personally connect with but who have no sense of the bigger picture - how their actions impact society at large. except that Rowling does overtly acknowledge some of the flaws in her society, but does nothing to indicate that any of the characters really understand *why* it's wrong to judge muggles/slytherins/magical creatures (other than - because that can create trouble for us later on?)
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Date: 2007-07-21 11:20 pm (UTC)not my idea of love.
i'm in the same boat where the things that really drew me into the books were the things that turned out to be significantly awry from what i thought they were - specifically snape's and lupin's (and, less so, harry's) characterizations - which again goes to the idea that "moral" value comes from interpersonal connections with people (snape/lily, lupin/tonks, dubledore/family, harry/friends) rather than a strictly personal sense of integrity and right vs wrong.
She undercut all the ways I thought I identified with the series. Still going off on this tangent... it reminds me of born-again right-wing conservatives who are capable of friendship and love and pity for the people they can personally connect with but who have no sense of the bigger picture - how their actions impact society at large. except that Rowling does overtly acknowledge some of the flaws in her society, but does nothing to indicate that any of the characters really understand *why* it's wrong to judge muggles/slytherins/magical creatures (other than - because that can create trouble for us later on?)
frustrating. >:{