A Horrible Crunching Sound
My favorite response so far to my Slate piece conflating Harry Potter and Tony Soprano comes from blogger Harry Pata, who patiently lists the reasons why my proposed ending to the series obviously wouldn't work at all:
Awesome.
Here's a little bit that was cut from the piece for space:
"Do the Hippogriff" is non-canonical; if you're gonna parody the ending of the BOOKS, don't steal shit from the MOVIES.
Awesome.
Here's a little bit that was cut from the piece for space:
Harry was tired – tired of everything. He walked into the Three Broomsticks and took a seat in a booth near the back, still shaken by his visit earlier that day to Gilderoy Lockhart at St. Mungo’s Hospital – Lockhart, who nearly killed Harry once in the catacombs underneath Hogwarts, but was now demented and sad, with no memory of the power he’d once held.
posted by Dan at 10:35 AM
2 Comments:
Dan--you cite to a Mugglenet editorial that lays out a theory about Snape's love for Lily Potter. Here's mine: http://www.mugglenet.com/editorials/editorials/edit-vwoeste01.shtml
I wrap my theory about the Snape-Lily relationship in an argument about sin and redemption. I think that's what the novels are ultimately about--and what we'll see in Book 7, as today's NYT review suggests, is a process in which Harry comes to experience his own sinfulness as he redeems himself through his love for others.
Cheers--only 36 hours more to go--
Vicky Woeste
Re: your linking Snape & Gollum over at Slate (since you said you weren't reading The Fray, & I'm not registered there anyway)... Kreacher, as a deranged, thieving, hostile, highly reluctant aide with an inclination to betray the mission, is a far, far better analogue to Gollum, at least as of the end of the sixth book. Snape has no real parallel in LOTR, although there could be an argument made that some of his internal struggles both early & somewhat later in life resemble Faramir's. And I expect his redemption will be similar, too.
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