she seemed to really invite you to assume that she was an annoying person who saw herself as a victim who was better than everyone and that's why she had to beat them down.
Oh yes. I do remember her mentioning several times how she'd been bullied - it's like, you probably weren't bullied by this particular fictional character though, unless JKR has powers beyond any ordinary mortal.
Likewise, I don't really identify with the Slytherin's bullying (although I don't think that's due to any great moral courage of mine - I was always keen to keep my head down in school etc and bullying would have earned me too much attention! And I've no stomach for physical violence. Perhaps why the Gryffindor style of bullying always offends me more. Don't think anyone gets through school without being bullied and bullying at least once though, just perhaps not in such stark black and white situations as HP.) I imagine I would have hugely looked up to a Slytherin style figure, (how lame is that? Colin Creevey to a Draco Malfoy/Pansy Parkinson - can't get much lower!) for having the balls to say what I was thinking to the Gryffindor types (who to me fit the 'popular kid' role as much as the wealthy 'court'. Of course in the UK, I think lines like that are more blurred. Never been to the US, but there's always about six movies a year in which a high school is introduced to new comer by walking past the tables of various cliques!) and didn't dare. Of course, I wouldn't have relaxed around them particularly myself, and I doubt I'd have hung around while they were getting punished for it (heh, now I sound more of a Pettigrew type, I suppose ;)
That a fan of Draco, for instance, would turn him into someone who is vulnerable underneath a cool snarky exterior both says something about how they see canon and says what they see in Draco. Fanon!Harry, by contrast, usually seems to be compassionate and forthright and endearingly socially inept and that again I think says something about what people like to see in Harry.
I will make a huge generalization now and say that a lot, not all, but a lot of the Harry fans I've met seem to idolise themselves (I would never have done this and that cause I'm a natural Gryffindor, I hate Nazis/Racists/Bullies because I simply don't understand prejudice, I'm a simple kind type) whereas a lot of Draco fans are honest with themselves to the point of perhaps reinforcing the myth we're all really horrible! ;) I should ask a Harry fan what their impressions are, but I don't wish to associate with any. *looks snotty* ;)
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Date: 2004-12-01 04:51 pm (UTC)Oh yes. I do remember her mentioning several times how she'd been bullied - it's like, you probably weren't bullied by this particular fictional character though, unless JKR has powers beyond any ordinary mortal.
Likewise, I don't really identify with the Slytherin's bullying (although I don't think that's due to any great moral courage of mine - I was always keen to keep my head down in school etc and bullying would have earned me too much attention! And I've no stomach for physical violence. Perhaps why the Gryffindor style of bullying always offends me more.
Don't think anyone gets through school without being bullied and bullying at least once though, just perhaps not in such stark black and white situations as HP.)
I imagine I would have hugely looked up to a Slytherin style figure, (how lame is that? Colin Creevey to a Draco Malfoy/Pansy Parkinson - can't get much lower!) for having the balls to say what I was thinking to the Gryffindor types (who to me fit the 'popular kid' role as much as the wealthy 'court'. Of course in the UK, I think lines like that are more blurred. Never been to the US, but there's always about six movies a year in which a high school is introduced to new comer by walking past the tables of various cliques!) and didn't dare. Of course, I wouldn't have relaxed around them particularly myself, and I doubt I'd have hung around while they were getting punished for it (heh, now I sound more of a Pettigrew type, I suppose ;)
That a fan of Draco, for instance, would turn him into someone who is vulnerable underneath a cool snarky exterior both says something about how they see canon and says what they see in Draco. Fanon!Harry, by contrast, usually seems to be compassionate and forthright and endearingly socially inept and that again I think says something about what people like to see in Harry.
I will make a huge generalization now and say that a lot, not all, but a lot of the Harry fans I've met seem to idolise themselves (I would never have done this and that cause I'm a natural Gryffindor, I hate Nazis/Racists/Bullies because I simply don't understand prejudice, I'm a simple kind type) whereas a lot of Draco fans are honest with themselves to the point of perhaps reinforcing the myth we're all really horrible! ;)
I should ask a Harry fan what their impressions are, but I don't wish to associate with any. *looks snotty* ;)