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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 1355 Views
Contrarian & deconstructionist fashions Cannoli - 26/06/2017 11:13:55 AM 983 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 945 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 923 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 810 Views
Claps *NM* Roland00 - 27/06/2017 09:38:46 AM 520 Views
Maybe there's also room for different takes on morality in children's books? Legolas - 26/06/2017 07:58:21 PM 949 Views
I mean, I tend towards black and white morality as a general principle, so... Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 12:46:53 AM 871 Views
How is Gondor theocratic? I think I missed something *NM* Ghavrel - 26/06/2017 05:45:55 PM 530 Views
Appendix J to the Return of the King is essentially just religious laws of Gondor. Tom - 26/06/2017 07:49:08 PM 922 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 903 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 546 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 585 Views
I got placed into Slytherin at Pottermore back in the day. The Shrike - 26/06/2017 01:30:13 PM 1027 Views
Re: I got placed into Slytherin at Pottermore back in the day. Ghavrel - 26/06/2017 05:43:34 PM 990 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 1001 Views
Nah. I have vague glimmerings of a conscience. Disqualifying trait for House Sociopath. *NM* Ghavrel - 26/06/2017 06:08:44 PM 529 Views
Ah I see. You're in denial. In the closet as it were. The Shrike - 26/06/2017 06:27:37 PM 787 Views
Yet you're studying for the bar so you can join Profession Sociopath. Tom - 26/06/2017 07:56:47 PM 944 Views
Ugh. Don't remind me. *NM* Ghavrel - 26/06/2017 07:58:03 PM 507 Views
Meanwhile future "sociopath" The Shrike - 28/06/2017 12:20:27 PM 819 Views
I'm going into public defense. Don't be too proud of yourself. Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 08:31:04 PM 914 Views
Just a self-righteous and masochistic form of sociopath. *NM* Tom - 28/06/2017 10:05:18 PM 628 Views
But intensely charitable in its sociopathy! Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 10:54:14 PM 842 Views
How many years, do you guess, as a PDA before he bails for the bucks? damookster - 28/06/2017 11:13:43 PM 844 Views
I went to law school specifically to be a public defender. Bailing is unlikely. Ghavrel - 29/06/2017 12:19:42 AM 910 Views
You are an American, bail---ing is part of our judicial system Roland00 - 29/06/2017 02:45:05 AM 909 Views
I thought about making that pun but demurred. Ghavrel - 29/06/2017 03:22:46 AM 839 Views
Well we slytherin folk we have our own role models in regards to humor Roland00 - 29/06/2017 04:50:58 AM 866 Views
Well we slytherin folk we have our own role models in regards to humor Roland00 - 29/06/2017 04:50:58 AM 976 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 810 Views
I re-watched the eight HP movies a while back. Legolas - 26/06/2017 07:38:39 PM 973 Views
You think "Eyebrows" Watson improved the films? Yeesh. *NM* Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 01:59:55 AM 704 Views
What do her eyebrows have to do with anything? And yes, I do. *NM* Legolas - 27/06/2017 06:13:20 AM 586 Views
They comprise about 98% of what passes for her acting ability. Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 06:14:31 AM 818 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 857 Views
Hasn't BEEN in anything else. That anyone else saw, anyway. Cannoli - 27/06/2017 03:18:48 PM 933 Views
Pretty sure that a lot of people saw her in Beauty & The Beast The Shrike - 27/06/2017 03:26:29 PM 902 Views
In which, incidentally, she could neither act nor sing. *NM* Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 03:13:32 AM 567 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 549 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 866 Views
Voldemort came from Slytherin. He was awesome. Tom - 26/06/2017 01:50:46 PM 888 Views
*NM* Ghavrel - 26/06/2017 05:44:33 PM 532 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 934 Views
I agree with most of this. Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 01:03:19 AM 974 Views
As a fellow "Never Slytherin"... Clover - 27/06/2017 12:22:17 AM 1198 Views
Re: As a fellow "Never Slytherin"... Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 01:15:15 AM 882 Views
Perhaps the houses Roland00 - 28/06/2017 01:44:35 AM 892 Views
Anti-hype? nossy - 27/06/2017 10:35:22 AM 932 Views
Ok, so, everybody beat me to it nossy - 27/06/2017 10:45:33 AM 872 Views
Nossy you are our hufflepuff Roland00 - 28/06/2017 01:47:40 AM 847 Views
Re: Anti-hype? Cannoli - 27/06/2017 03:24:12 PM 928 Views
Re: Anti-hype? Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 03:21:59 AM 775 Views
Re: Anti-hype? nossy - 28/06/2017 01:14:09 PM 872 Views
Stop it, you are meant to enjoy the books not analyze them to death. Roland00 - 28/06/2017 01:40:41 AM 834 Views
I don't watch anime. RWBY is safe. *NM* Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 03:12:56 AM 445 Views
Hun, that product is made in America it is not Anime Roland00 - 28/06/2017 03:17:45 AM 823 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 495 Views
Perhaps you should watch it Roland00 - 28/06/2017 03:29:59 AM 764 Views
Enjoyment =/= thinking about, or having feelings toward, something. Good to know Cannoli - 01/07/2017 02:57:42 PM 773 Views
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