Re: I was most irritated by the ironic names
TaskmasterJack Send a noteboard - 08/04/2010 10:07:40 PM
I mean, isn't it an incredible coincidence that someone with the name of Remus Lupin got bitten by a werewolf and himself became one? Or that someone with the last name of Malfoy is generally expected to be a villain? The list is long indeed of names that are ironic. I would have preferred names that weren't ironic.
Lupus, Lupo, Lupin(e), etc... are actually very common last names in werewolf fiction. So common, in fact, that as soon as you find out their name in a TV show, movie or comic book, you can just nod and say "Yup, werewolf." The only exception I've ever found to this is Deputy Lupo on "Eureka" who has yet to wolf out in three seasons.
As for the other names that you find ironic, I actually appreciate the appropriateness of the naming when it comes to entertainment aimed at young adults. It's sort of cute and amusing.
Harry Potter (the entire series)
- 06/04/2010 11:00:07 PM
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Re: Harry Potter (the entire series)
- 06/04/2010 11:29:49 PM
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Really?
- 07/04/2010 05:41:46 PM
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I honestly think it's a combination of the two
- 07/04/2010 05:55:18 PM
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I'll give you that....
- 07/04/2010 06:11:27 PM
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It does seem logical that the series gets more teenager-oriented as Harry grows older.
- 07/04/2010 06:47:57 PM
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Re: Harry Potter (the entire series)
- 07/04/2010 12:26:22 AM
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I get where you're coming from
- 07/04/2010 06:19:13 PM
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That's kind of the point though...
- 07/04/2010 08:44:26 PM
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This is how I see it too
- 08/04/2010 12:43:03 AM
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just a comment about your rich=bad
- 08/04/2010 02:05:32 AM
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I agree with many of your points.
- 07/04/2010 12:44:31 AM
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I have to dispute the concept of going "too far."
- 07/04/2010 06:32:47 AM
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Hm, I don't know.
- 07/04/2010 11:08:12 AM
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This is a lot like the argument I'm having with Joel on the CMB concerning original sin. 
- 08/04/2010 07:21:39 AM
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- 08/04/2010 07:21:39 AM
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Where is this debate? I'd like to read it.
- 08/04/2010 05:18:38 PM
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I should have put "debate" in quotes. It's about four sentences long.
- 08/04/2010 10:32:43 PM
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More conversation on Snape.
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His death wasn't very spectacular, but he did play an essential role...
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Brief comments on Magic, Dumbledore, and The Epilogue.
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Re: Brief comments on Magic, Dumbledore, and The Epilogue.
- 07/04/2010 06:09:20 PM
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The movies are even worse about this.
- 07/04/2010 06:15:35 PM
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Death doesn't actually happen in slow-motion fit for the cinema screen.
- 08/04/2010 07:24:31 AM
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Re: Death doesn't actually happen in slow-motion fit for the cinema screen.
- 08/04/2010 03:27:09 PM
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Harry Potter and Star Wars have two radically different approaches to this
- 07/04/2010 06:13:25 PM
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When my son asked for his own set of Harry Potter books,
- 07/04/2010 10:26:37 PM
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This is assuming of course...
- 07/04/2010 11:00:15 PM
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I was most irritated by the ironic names
- 08/04/2010 05:38:59 AM
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Re: I was most irritated by the ironic names
- 08/04/2010 10:07:40 PM
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Exactly - it's not as obvious if you're a kid, then it seems clever and it's fun to decode.
- 09/04/2010 01:04:11 AM
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