You know, for the longest time I never really understood Harry Potter the Person (and hee I love that tag!), but reading everyone's thoughts on him as gotten me to a place where I think I finally do. And I'm so glad.
He's only a child, you know. except everyone forgets he never really has been.
MOST BRILLIANT SENTENCE. I WANT TO MARRY IT.
I would also like to wed your entire Snape paragraph because I thought I was the only one who wasn't entirely enamoured with Alan Rickman's performance. There were so great moments, especially in the quieter bits, but some of it felt ham-fisted. I do like Snape the character, but I feel like fandom does it wrong in that they cannot reconcile Snape the Asshole with Snape the Tragic Hero (in that... they forget about Snape the Asshole the minute they finish "The Prince's Tale". NO. I think part of his tragedy is his assholery but I digress).
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Date: 2011-07-18 07:46 pm (UTC)He's only a child, you know. except everyone forgets he never really has been.
MOST BRILLIANT SENTENCE. I WANT TO MARRY IT.
I would also like to wed your entire Snape paragraph because I thought I was the only one who wasn't entirely enamoured with Alan Rickman's performance. There were so great moments, especially in the quieter bits, but some of it felt ham-fisted. I do like Snape the character, but I feel like fandom does it wrong in that they cannot reconcile Snape the Asshole with Snape the Tragic Hero (in that... they forget about Snape the Asshole the minute they finish "The Prince's Tale". NO. I think part of his tragedy is his assholery but I digress).