they both deserved awards for grudge-holding.
but this is the first time i've actually really thought about petunia, and i think i feel more sorry for her than snape. that doesn't excuse how crappy she was, but...
first she was super jealous because she didn't get to go to hogwarts. if you think about it, that would be terrible. think about what it would be like if you found out your sibling got to go to disney world and you just had to stay home. and not just a week at disney world. the next 8 years
. and then when she comes home over the summer she gets all the attention from your parents. and this is what petunia went through every single year until lily turned 17, and then lily moved away from home to live with another of "her kind" and that was the last she saw of her.
but this is the first time i've actually really thought about petunia, and i think i feel more sorry for her than snape. that doesn't excuse how crappy she was, but...
first she was super jealous because she didn't get to go to hogwarts. if you think about it, that would be terrible. think about what it would be like if you found out your sibling got to go to disney world and you just had to stay home. and not just a week at disney world. the next 8 years
. and then when she comes home over the summer she gets all the attention from your parents. and this is what petunia went through every single year until lily turned 17, and then lily moved away from home to live with another of "her kind" and that was the last she saw of her.
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The Great Harry Potter re-read: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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Chapters 1-3
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Dobby
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I hate Dobby.
- 20/07/2010 11:32:58 AM
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Stuff
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The Dursleys.
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Re: The Dursleys.
- 26/07/2010 06:02:14 AM
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she reminds me a bit of snape
- 26/07/2010 01:01:35 PM
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Chapters 4-6
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Another character we love to hate!
Gilderoy Lockhart. Plus Weasley vs Malfoy.
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Gilderoy Lockhart. Plus Weasley vs Malfoy.
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I can't remember how much I hated him the first read
- 21/07/2010 03:44:15 AM
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You're right. It's not as bad the second (or third) time around with him.
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My problems with Dobby are very different from my problems with Lockhart
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More stuff
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This section really brought home to me how well Rowling writes about love and relationships.
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That last remark made me check out the names in the French translation...
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Don't get me started on the Norwegian translation.
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That is indeed genuinely awesome.
- 27/07/2010 12:24:07 AM
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Re: That is indeed genuinely awesome.
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McSnurf? MCSNURF?? WTH? *NM*
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Chapters 7-9
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Colin Creevey.
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Re: Colin Creevey.
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Even more stuff
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Chapters 10-12
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Three good chapters
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Yup.
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I agree. And plain jealousy that Harry's hogging the spotlight time and again.
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Chapters 13-15
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Heh. I'd forgotten how near the end of the book the spiders are.
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"Goodbye friends of Hagrid..."
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Chapters 16-18
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Overall thoughts
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Thoughts on the movie quality
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I always felt that the first two movies were the best, and the others bungled the atmosphere. *NM*
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I wonder if Rowling ever looks back and wishes she could change some stuff
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Suggestions for the re-read?
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Do we want a wee break before the next book?
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we need an impatient smiley that taps its foot while looking grumpy. *NM*
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It's not Wednesday yet!
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But it was a question:
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Yes, but the two possibilities in Rebekah's post were either Wednesday or next Monday.
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