Chapter Thirty Three--The Prince's Tale

[erastes]

This endeavour having caused Erastes to have a nervous breakdown, she’s had to take herself off to a remedial writing course where she is being soothed with the cool application of the proper use of colons and gentle repetition of sentence structure until she recovers.

Her spork therefore will be conducted by our old friends The Random Death Eaters (1 and

Comments

[smurasaki]

"She and James put their faith in the wrong person," said Dumbledore. "Rather like you, Severus.

Lance: Yes. They did. So does everyone. They put their faith in YOU!

YES!!! The Random Death Eaters have a better grasp of Dumbles than JKR does.

There's so much wrong here and it's so blindingly obvious. If JKR had an editor or proofreader or beta reader or anything, she drugged them. It's the only explanation.

[erastes]

I think possibly she had a very minor editor, but perhaps it was her husband.

[lonewolf_eburg]

"You know, I sometimes think we Sort too soon…"

So, if you, being a Slytherin, do something decent, that means that you aren't really a Slytherin after all?
Seriously, we don't need more Slytherin bashing, Jo!

"Do not forget that it must be taken under conditions of need and valor."

Them why Dumbledore was able to use the Sword when destroying the ring? What valor Albus had demonstrated to be able to use the sword? And didn' the sword recognize Harry as a true Gryffindor in book 2?

"Jumping into a pond will do nicely, then".

Well, jumping into the pond will demonstrate more greed them bravery.

[gehayi]

So, if you, being a Slytherin, do something decent, that means that you aren't really a Slytherin after all?
Seriously, we don't need more Slytherin bashing, Jo!

It's like in C.S. Lewis's The Last Battle where Aslan says that any evil deed, even if it's done in his name, is accepted by the demon-god Tash, and that any good deed, even if it's done in Tash's name, is accepted by Aslan.

I hated that when I was ten, and I don't like it any better now.

[mary_j_59]

Really? I have to say that I disagree. I loved the story of Emeth from the time I was 9,and still do. What is wrong in saying certain actions - kindness, generosity, truthfulness, self-sacrifice, etc - are good, no matter who does them, while others - torture, to give an obvious example - are bad no matter who does them? What is wrong with saying that virtuous pagans, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, atheists, etc, may be in heaven along with virtuous Christians

[gehayi]

What is wrong with saying that virtuous pagans, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, atheists, etc, may be in heaven along with virtuous Christians?

I'm sure they will be. Why wouldn't they be? I don't think that God practices religious discrimination.

What is wrong in saying certain actions - kindness, generosity, truthfulness, self-sacrifice, etc - are good, no matter who does them, while others - torture, to give an obvious example - are bad no matter who does them?

Nothing. That's perfectly fine, and if Lewis had said that, I would have had no problem.

I think it was the whole "Muslims Calormenes worship Satan the demon-god Tash, and if they manage to do good, then they're truly worshipping Jesus following Aslan" thing. It wasn't just about "right is right and wrong is wrong" --it was "all good deeds are done in service to Aslan-the-Jesus-analogue, no matter who does them

[dacian_goddess]

*sighs in relief and thanks for the heavy snippage

[solar_type_star]

This rather saddened me, because I was a huge proponent of the Snape/Lily theory back when we could still believe her to be the Mary Sue shining light that everyone made her out to be.

I find this interesting -I too liked the idea of Lily/Severus, but I also hated how this turned out. Well, not hated, but I was very disappointed. The way this whole story is written doesn't resonate with me at all. It fell very flat, as you say, and it should have been a tremendous emotional moment, both for the people who sympathize with Snape and for Harry.

As it is, it's canon that I like to ignore because it's very "meh", right on the level of Dumbledore being obsessed with socks. Meh.

[erastes]

Not at all tl:dr - I've been spending too long to getting around to replying!

There are SO many let downs in this book, and I agree that Lily is one of the biggest - although after seeing her fail to Apparate out of a house after hearing her husband being killed, I don't have to worry where Harry got his eyes and his lack of brains from. Also Percy (who I was convinced she was setting up to be the next Dark Lord) and Ginny AND Tonks - Jeez was there ever such kick-ass bitches turned into dishcloths?

"remained hung up on her for the duration of his mortal life"

[terri_testing]

Read that very nice little fanfic, "Light between the Cracks", where Snape manages a very peaceful little married life in the Muggle world in between his commitments to DD....

[dracasadiablo]

"Lance: Severus agrees to kill Dumbledore. I'm surprised that there wasn't a line of volunteers, to be frank."

Truer words were never spoken.
I hope Dumbledore's having "fun" in afterlife. There's a bunch of people waiting to have a few words with him.

[gehayi]

I hope Dumbledore's having "fun" in afterlife. There's a bunch of people waiting to have a few words with him.

Actually, I wrote that fic--before Deathly Hallows:

At the Lord's Door

[dracasadiablo]

Thank you very much for the link.
I have already commented in your journal, but I have to say once more: I am speechless with admiration. Well done.

[bee_in_a_garden]

What a great fic. It'd be cool to read a sequel where the people who died in DH start showing up.

Long Live Chuck and Lance, the RDEs!!

[aunty_marion]

High on a hill stood a lonely Severus - yodel-ee, yodel-ee, yodel-o!

*giggle* I now want to see a totally crack story where Severus is one of the goats (as opposed to sheep, in a Biblical sense. Of course. What do you take me for?) on which whom Aberforth Dumbledore practised his 'inappropriate charms.'

Re: Long Live Chuck and Lance, the RDEs!!

[shyfoxling]

Well, he is a Capricorn after all. ;)

Re: Long Live Chuck and Lance, the RDEs!!

[erastes]

Well, you are just weird.

*chortles*

Re: Long Live Chuck and Lance, the RDEs!!

[aunty_marion]

And you know what happened about a day after I wrote that? This happened. That's internet telepathy for you!