Of course. I love how Draco is the 'bad' boyfriend, despite Harry being the one who's shown no hesitation about hitting people who disagree with him. I know how safe I'd feel in a bloke like that's arms!
It's the same with Snape and Sirius, of course - JKR feels the need to warn us away from Snape, and wonder publicly how anyone could possibly want to go out with him, when it's her own apparent crush Sirius who fits the image of the "bad boy" so completely - the roguish but charming ex-con who is prone to violence and irresponsible actions, right with the tattoos and the motorbike.
And hey, if I ever agreed with a friend over him, I know he'd react well, just as Harry did when Cho didn't immediately cast Marietta out. What an unappreciative bitch Cho was, not appreciating her 'perfect' boyfriend!
People you can't argue rationally with are the worst kind of characters for me, and JKR favours them all over the books. The only rational adult seems Snape, despite his fits of hissing and screaming, and we know how much she appreciates that. With Hermione, I find it daunting how much her own rationality is denigrated in favour of the Harry-and-Ron Show of rushing in. She's useful when they need some piece of information, but they don't appreciate her way of thinking at all. She is the only one who thinks teachers should be respected, and rules should be followed, but of course that's an attitude she really needs to lose if she wants to be a Good Guy, and in OotP I think we're seeing her on that slippery slope. (Incidentally, I loathed her "change" in PS/SS after the Troll Incident - what the fuck was wrong with the way she was before, apart perhaps from the overeagerness?! Become more rule-breaking, and you become the hero's friend. Thank you, but no, thank you.)
AtS seemed to deal with this problem much more maturely...
You're so right! One of the major differences between BtVS and AtS was how they dealt with shades of grey. They were supposed to be set in the same universe, but the cosmology/morality didn't really tally up at all.
And don't let me get started on the AR, or on super-strong heroes who nevertheless get to be the poor widdle victim if they want to, or how Buffy beating Spike to a pulp is excusable, but Spike's one truly violent act towards her isn't.
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Date: 2004-09-03 03:18 am (UTC)It's the same with Snape and Sirius, of course - JKR feels the need to warn us away from Snape, and wonder publicly how anyone could possibly want to go out with him, when it's her own apparent crush Sirius who fits the image of the "bad boy" so completely - the roguish but charming ex-con who is prone to violence and irresponsible actions, right with the tattoos and the motorbike.
And hey, if I ever agreed with a friend over him, I know he'd react well, just as Harry did when Cho didn't immediately cast Marietta out.
What an unappreciative bitch Cho was, not appreciating her 'perfect' boyfriend!
People you can't argue rationally with are the worst kind of characters for me, and JKR favours them all over the books. The only rational adult seems Snape, despite his fits of hissing and screaming, and we know how much she appreciates that. With Hermione, I find it daunting how much her own rationality is denigrated in favour of the Harry-and-Ron Show of rushing in. She's useful when they need some piece of information, but they don't appreciate her way of thinking at all. She is the only one who thinks teachers should be respected, and rules should be followed, but of course that's an attitude she really needs to lose if she wants to be a Good Guy, and in OotP I think we're seeing her on that slippery slope. (Incidentally, I loathed her "change" in PS/SS after the Troll Incident - what the fuck was wrong with the way she was before, apart perhaps from the overeagerness?! Become more rule-breaking, and you become the hero's friend. Thank you, but no, thank you.)
AtS seemed to deal with this problem much more maturely...
You're so right! One of the major differences between BtVS and AtS was how they dealt with shades of grey. They were supposed to be set in the same universe, but the cosmology/morality didn't really tally up at all.
And don't let me get started on the AR, or on super-strong heroes who nevertheless get to be the poor widdle victim if they want to, or how Buffy beating Spike to a pulp is excusable, but Spike's one truly violent act towards her isn't.