And with regard to Umbridge, the jinx...discussion was one of the places where Umbridge was definitely right, but the text applauds the opposite simply for "standing up to her." Just like Harry's monumental stupidity (or should I say masochism) that drove him to antagonise her again and again, even knowing what he'd get for it.
I couldn't really feel sorry for Harry in the detention scenes. I know I probably should, that many people did, and it was specifically written with that objective in mind, but it just annoyed me so much that after the first one, he still wouldn't stop mouthing off, knowing he'd recieve another! His priority was clearly 'It's more important that people see me as in the right (and I play right into her hands!) than it is to not have a scarred hand.' Fine, that's his choice, but don't ask me to cry over it. And I don't see the difference between say, Moody punishing a student by incapacitating them and bouncing them against stone walls, and Umbridge making Harry cut his hand, except that one was presented as a funny, acceptable way to punish a student and one wasn't.
Or how Xander...gets away scot-free with the consequences of..."OMWF", despite the fact that he actually killed people here.
It's okay to kill people if you're a Scooby, silly!
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Date: 2004-09-03 06:30 am (UTC)I couldn't really feel sorry for Harry in the detention scenes. I know I probably should, that many people did, and it was specifically written with that objective in mind, but it just annoyed me so much that after the first one, he still wouldn't stop mouthing off, knowing he'd recieve another!
His priority was clearly 'It's more important that people see me as in the right (and I play right into her hands!) than it is to not have a scarred hand.'
Fine, that's his choice, but don't ask me to cry over it.
And I don't see the difference between say, Moody punishing a student by incapacitating them and bouncing them against stone walls, and Umbridge making Harry cut his hand, except that one was presented as a funny, acceptable way to punish a student and one wasn't.
Or how Xander...gets away scot-free with the consequences of..."OMWF", despite the fact that he actually killed people here.
It's okay to kill people if you're a Scooby, silly!