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Re: Anti-hype? Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 28/06/2017 03:21:59 AM

View original postG is definitely not my fave, but I can see why people like it. It's too egotistical and energetic for me.

Cheerfully conceded.


View original postSlytherin is popular because of the way it's written. We see mostly G, with a bit of (generally positive) input from R and H. Slytherin basically gets ALL the (darker) gray area. Not super smart? Not dopey? Not particularly brave? Sometimes a bit grumpy? Maybe you're a Slytherin! More worried about yourself and your family than others/the world/etc? Brexit + Trump makes me realise how Slytherin we all can be.

I feel like it's Hufflepuff that ends up being the grab-bag. Slytherin is mostly just terrible.



View original postBeing serious for a sec - it's an extreme example, but one of my fave people struggles with depression, gender issues, etc, and does not feel like they fit in mainstream society. They identify strongly with Slytherin, because it's "other."

That's interesting to me, but also really quite alarming. I wonder the extent to which people end up engaging in destructive behavior (not accusing your friend of it; just triggered the thought) simply because they feel relegated to "outside" groups, which generally have fewer compunctions about such behavior.

Something I will give thought to! Glad you posted.

"We feel safe when we read what we recognise, what does not challenge our way of thinking.... a steady acceptance of pre-arranged patterns leads to the inability to question what we are told."
~Camilla

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What the hell is with people's fondness for Slytherin? Ghavrel - 26/06/2017 09:48:07 AM 1363 Views
Contrarian & deconstructionist fashions Cannoli - 26/06/2017 11:13:55 AM 991 Views
I think it's more because people are rejecting facile black-and-white depictions of the world. Tom - 26/06/2017 02:27:21 PM 962 Views
I can't help but think a children's series is the wrong venue for this sort of protest. Ghavrel - 26/06/2017 05:52:52 PM 929 Views
I can't help but think a children's series is the perfect venue for such a protest. Tom - 26/06/2017 07:45:47 PM 814 Views
Claps *NM* Roland00 - 27/06/2017 09:38:46 AM 523 Views
Maybe there's also room for different takes on morality in children's books? Legolas - 26/06/2017 07:58:21 PM 952 Views
I mean, I tend towards black and white morality as a general principle, so... Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 12:46:53 AM 883 Views
How is Gondor theocratic? I think I missed something *NM* Ghavrel - 26/06/2017 05:45:55 PM 533 Views
Appendix J to the Return of the King is essentially just religious laws of Gondor. Tom - 26/06/2017 07:49:08 PM 930 Views
I remember the first time reading those appendices at the end of The Return of the King The Shrike - 26/06/2017 08:09:18 PM 914 Views
I recall that one. Very bittersweet. As is most of the end of the trilogy. *NM* Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 12:43:16 AM 550 Views
I didn't say it was, I said that people like coming up with nonsense like that *NM* Cannoli - 27/06/2017 11:05:58 AM 591 Views
I got placed into Slytherin at Pottermore back in the day. The Shrike - 26/06/2017 01:30:13 PM 1045 Views
Re: I got placed into Slytherin at Pottermore back in the day. Ghavrel - 26/06/2017 05:43:34 PM 997 Views
Your replies do show a large streak of Slytherinesque views. I think you were mishoused. The Shrike - 26/06/2017 06:06:09 PM 1016 Views
Nah. I have vague glimmerings of a conscience. Disqualifying trait for House Sociopath. *NM* Ghavrel - 26/06/2017 06:08:44 PM 532 Views
Ah I see. You're in denial. In the closet as it were. The Shrike - 26/06/2017 06:27:37 PM 797 Views
Yet you're studying for the bar so you can join Profession Sociopath. Tom - 26/06/2017 07:56:47 PM 950 Views
Ugh. Don't remind me. *NM* Ghavrel - 26/06/2017 07:58:03 PM 514 Views
Meanwhile future "sociopath" The Shrike - 28/06/2017 12:20:27 PM 823 Views
I'm going into public defense. Don't be too proud of yourself. Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 08:31:04 PM 917 Views
Just a self-righteous and masochistic form of sociopath. *NM* Tom - 28/06/2017 10:05:18 PM 633 Views
But intensely charitable in its sociopathy! Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 10:54:14 PM 849 Views
How many years, do you guess, as a PDA before he bails for the bucks? damookster - 28/06/2017 11:13:43 PM 852 Views
I went to law school specifically to be a public defender. Bailing is unlikely. Ghavrel - 29/06/2017 12:19:42 AM 920 Views
You are an American, bail---ing is part of our judicial system Roland00 - 29/06/2017 02:45:05 AM 921 Views
I thought about making that pun but demurred. Ghavrel - 29/06/2017 03:22:46 AM 848 Views
Well we slytherin folk we have our own role models in regards to humor Roland00 - 29/06/2017 04:50:58 AM 879 Views
Well we slytherin folk we have our own role models in regards to humor Roland00 - 29/06/2017 04:50:58 AM 983 Views
The Practice aired what 8 seasons, 7 with Bobby, only to be replaced with the much better show Roland00 - 29/06/2017 02:42:07 AM 819 Views
I re-watched the eight HP movies a while back. Legolas - 26/06/2017 07:38:39 PM 984 Views
You think "Eyebrows" Watson improved the films? Yeesh. *NM* Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 01:59:55 AM 708 Views
What do her eyebrows have to do with anything? And yes, I do. *NM* Legolas - 27/06/2017 06:13:20 AM 589 Views
They comprise about 98% of what passes for her acting ability. Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 06:14:31 AM 823 Views
Nonsense. She does a great job - at least in those movies, haven't seen her in anything else. Legolas - 27/06/2017 06:20:26 AM 863 Views
Hasn't BEEN in anything else. That anyone else saw, anyway. Cannoli - 27/06/2017 03:18:48 PM 944 Views
Pretty sure that a lot of people saw her in Beauty & The Beast The Shrike - 27/06/2017 03:26:29 PM 916 Views
In which, incidentally, she could neither act nor sing. *NM* Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 03:13:32 AM 573 Views
That's not the point. The point is she was seen in a film that garnered over $1billion. *NM* The Shrike - 28/06/2017 12:18:14 PM 552 Views
The point is she hasn't been in anything that would support a positive assessment of her ability Cannoli - 01/07/2017 02:56:26 PM 877 Views
Voldemort came from Slytherin. He was awesome. Tom - 26/06/2017 01:50:46 PM 895 Views
*NM* Ghavrel - 26/06/2017 05:44:33 PM 535 Views
One of the rather few things in the series that I'd say Rowling got wrong... Legolas - 26/06/2017 07:32:43 PM 946 Views
I agree with most of this. Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 01:03:19 AM 986 Views
As a fellow "Never Slytherin"... Clover - 27/06/2017 12:22:17 AM 1223 Views
Re: As a fellow "Never Slytherin"... Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 01:15:15 AM 893 Views
Perhaps the houses Roland00 - 28/06/2017 01:44:35 AM 897 Views
Anti-hype? nossy - 27/06/2017 10:35:22 AM 945 Views
Ok, so, everybody beat me to it nossy - 27/06/2017 10:45:33 AM 878 Views
Nossy you are our hufflepuff Roland00 - 28/06/2017 01:47:40 AM 859 Views
Re: Anti-hype? Cannoli - 27/06/2017 03:24:12 PM 941 Views
Re: Anti-hype? Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 03:21:59 AM 786 Views
Re: Anti-hype? nossy - 28/06/2017 01:14:09 PM 884 Views
Stop it, you are meant to enjoy the books not analyze them to death. Roland00 - 28/06/2017 01:40:41 AM 841 Views
I don't watch anime. RWBY is safe. *NM* Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 03:12:56 AM 447 Views
Hun, that product is made in America it is not Anime Roland00 - 28/06/2017 03:17:45 AM 835 Views
That's anime. I don't watch anime or its derivatives. But if you want me to criticize it... *NM* Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 03:23:01 AM 499 Views
Perhaps you should watch it Roland00 - 28/06/2017 03:29:59 AM 769 Views
Enjoyment =/= thinking about, or having feelings toward, something. Good to know Cannoli - 01/07/2017 02:57:42 PM 778 Views
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