Two things: First, on a logical level, the whole loyalty changing wands business is utter rubbish and it makes me wonder when she came up with the idea. I mean, it seems rather important for the denouement, so I'd have thought it was part of her overall plan from the beginning. But then why did she write 6 books contradicting it? Oh dear, logic...
I far prefer the original idea that Wands are tools of learning that reflect each person's personal experience and the wisdom they gained through it to the one where Wands are phallic weapons turned on by the best fighter This is what bugs me considerably more than just one more stupidity, because it's localized on a more philosophical/ moral plane (and more indication that the original JKR was killed and buried along with Ginny I, Hermione I, Ron I etc. and taken over by some very unsavoury character). The series started out as one where "soft" values like fairness, friendship, sharing, learning - in short civilized behaviour was shown to be "good", whereas the guys drawing on sheer force, strength and power were the bad ones. This started to shift in OotP (there, at least, in situations where you might argue, the good guys were in real trouble and couldn't be too picky as to their methods) and went downhill from there. At the end of the series, we end up not only with the good guys using Unforgivables while the evil arch rival is obviously devastated to have to do the same - this might still be argued to show you can't fight a war and stay white as a lily (wonky argument, I know). No the value structure in itself is totally turned on its head. Being cruel and unfeeling is a sign of heroism, not liking to be so is a sign of cowardice. The only value that remains is power - he who wields it, is right. Voldemort said "there is only power and those too weak to seek it" - well, the JKR imposter seems to be his new incarnation. The disturbing thing about the wands is: I always imagined them to be something like an anima to the wizard - a complimentary being he needed to perform well. A wizard and his wand was like a couple of lovers, so to speak - there are quite a lot of fics that translate that feeling into showing a wizard feeling sort of bereft when his wand is taken away. But in DH, wands are treated like female prisoners are in the Iliad - they just agree to be fucked by the strongest male...
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Date: 2008-02-15 09:43 pm (UTC)First, on a logical level, the whole loyalty changing wands business is utter rubbish and it makes me wonder when she came up with the idea. I mean, it seems rather important for the denouement, so I'd have thought it was part of her overall plan from the beginning. But then why did she write 6 books contradicting it? Oh dear, logic...
I far prefer the original idea that Wands are tools of learning that reflect each person's personal experience and the wisdom they gained through it to the one where Wands are phallic weapons turned on by the best fighter
This is what bugs me considerably more than just one more stupidity, because it's localized on a more philosophical/ moral plane (and more indication that the original JKR was killed and buried along with Ginny I, Hermione I, Ron I etc. and taken over by some very unsavoury character). The series started out as one where "soft" values like fairness, friendship, sharing, learning - in short civilized behaviour was shown to be "good", whereas the guys drawing on sheer force, strength and power were the bad ones. This started to shift in OotP (there, at least, in situations where you might argue, the good guys were in real trouble and couldn't be too picky as to their methods) and went downhill from there. At the end of the series, we end up not only with the good guys using Unforgivables while the evil arch rival is obviously devastated to have to do the same - this might still be argued to show you can't fight a war and stay white as a lily (wonky argument, I know). No the value structure in itself is totally turned on its head. Being cruel and unfeeling is a sign of heroism, not liking to be so is a sign of cowardice. The only value that remains is power - he who wields it, is right. Voldemort said "there is only power and those too weak to seek it" - well, the JKR imposter seems to be his new incarnation.
The disturbing thing about the wands is: I always imagined them to be something like an anima to the wizard - a complimentary being he needed to perform well. A wizard and his wand was like a couple of lovers, so to speak - there are quite a lot of fics that translate that feeling into showing a wizard feeling sort of bereft when his wand is taken away. But in DH, wands are treated like female prisoners are in the Iliad - they just agree to be fucked by the strongest male...