The Elder Wand thing, I think, is one of the most crucially disappointing moments of the entire series to me.
I mean, talk about an utterly fascinating storyline, had it been done with any *shred* of competence. It could have been mind-bogglingly, eye-wateringly brilliant.
And instead it just felt tacked on and lame. That in and of itself nearly makes my eyes water, only this time from shame and disappointment, and not because I'm overcome with beauty and brilliance.
The other thing that I am really so appallingly horrified about is her treatment of Snape. And given that Draco could never *be* the "master" of the Elder Wand (because he never held it, so *HARRY* could never have "won" it from Draco, by Jo's own logic), and that Snape was apparently only killed so that the Dark Lord could *become* the (presumed) "master" of the wand, I honestly think the two were interrelated.
Jo has always been horrified when someone shows an interest in Snape. I really am beginning to feel like she did this random, half-assed, unbaked story line to have a way to get rid of him, and caused her own story to suffer in the process.
And what really also sucks is, it makes *everything* she did with Snape — making him the wonderfully multi-dimensional character a lot of us have grown to love (even when some of us hate him we love his depth) — it makes all of it a mistake.
And that's really, *really* sad.
Please, don't get me started on the endless camping trip of pointlessness and stupidity. Do you know two years ago I read a fanfic that had them camping in the woods while they tried to find Horcruxes, and moving about every day so they wouldn't get found? Only they ACTUALLY TRIED to find the damned Horcruxes, and studied magic? JEEEEzus.
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Date: 2008-02-19 09:07 am (UTC)I mean, talk about an utterly fascinating storyline, had it been done with any *shred* of competence. It could have been mind-bogglingly, eye-wateringly brilliant.
And instead it just felt tacked on and lame. That in and of itself nearly makes my eyes water, only this time from shame and disappointment, and not because I'm overcome with beauty and brilliance.
The other thing that I am really so appallingly horrified about is her treatment of Snape. And given that Draco could never *be* the "master" of the Elder Wand (because he never held it, so *HARRY* could never have "won" it from Draco, by Jo's own logic), and that Snape was apparently only killed so that the Dark Lord could *become* the (presumed) "master" of the wand, I honestly think the two were interrelated.
Jo has always been horrified when someone shows an interest in Snape. I really am beginning to feel like she did this random, half-assed, unbaked story line to have a way to get rid of him, and caused her own story to suffer in the process.
And what really also sucks is, it makes *everything* she did with Snape — making him the wonderfully multi-dimensional character a lot of us have grown to love (even when some of us hate him we love his depth) — it makes all of it a mistake.
And that's really, *really* sad.
Please, don't get me started on the endless camping trip of pointlessness and stupidity. Do you know two years ago I read a fanfic that had them camping in the woods while they tried to find Horcruxes, and moving about every day so they wouldn't get found? Only they ACTUALLY TRIED to find the damned Horcruxes, and studied magic? JEEEEzus.