Things I learned from Harry Potter and the Heartily Botched Plot

[joe_mulcahy]

Er, I meant to say Half-Blood Prince, silly me! Anyway,

Comments

[whalesandowls]

I actually hated the book version, the original version, of Hermione for the first time when I read that book.

[joe_mulcahy]

I was only indifferent to her initially, it's when she slowly became cruel(insulting Eloise Midgen for her pimples, and using a hex that caused permanent pustules on the person's face) that I started disliking her greatly.

This list however, shows how I didn't like many of the things various characters did. *Sigh* Sad really, I actually used to like Ron before the last the book, he was my favourite character in fact.

[whalesandowls]

Much too much angst and snogging in one book, in my opinion...

[joe_mulcahy]

hear hear, I thought I was reading a trashy Romance novel!

[killewatson]

I'm becoming just as anti-Hermione as anti-whormione with your enriching posts. I think I might go find an anti-hermione community now.

[joe_mulcahy]

If you're looking for an anti-Hermione community to join, you might wish to try anti_hermionegr, incidentally, I've recently been made a moderator there, although I fear I lack the needed proficiency at the job being the technophobe I am.

I actually found the character of Ron to be hardest to tolerate in the latest book. The way he treated Lavendar is deplorable. If I were Harry, I would surely have a talk with my best friend as to the acceptable ways to treat the fairer sex. Of course, being that Harry behaved like nothing more than a moody sack of testosterone in book five, the chances of that are nil.

[killewatson]

Ron's definitely proved himself a prat. But I say Hermione gets me raging the most. However, I'm not quite ready for the passionate anti's over at anti_hermionegr. Maybe the next book will earn my greatest distaste towards 'hermione-sue', though.

[joe_mulcahy]

Gee, I hope I'm not too scary then, I've always thought myself to be a moderate-anti. No matter though, the community has been rather quiet since mid-summer. I think after Heartily Botched PlotHalf-Blood Prince, with so many other charaters exibiting unlikeable traits, it's harder to dislike Emmione Hermione alone as much.

[diabolicalwoman]

I still loooove Hermione, Ron, and Ron/Hermione, but these were tres funny/true.

If your best friend is dating a paramour who isn't you, comission wildlife to leave him/her wounded

Sooooo great!

[joe_mulcahy]

Thanks, I'm quite glad there won't be more than seven books actually, I can only imagine how a relationship like theirs would turn out in the future. Both Ron and Hermione are my age, so it's quite easy to imagine them in the present day.

< Scenario >

Muggle Police dispatcher (received a call at 2 am): What seems to be the problem?

Mrs. Humbug: I'd like to report my neighbours again! They've been carrying on since 6 o'clock! Here, listen (holds the phone toward the Weasley residence)

Hermione: Honestly Ron, if you don't like my cooking, why don't you do it yourself?

Ron: I've tasted better potion residue at the bottom of my pewter caldron than your cooking! Besides, I can't get my head around that Muggle cooker!

Hermione: You ought to put your head IN the cooker, then

[diabolicalwoman]

See, everyone thinks that they will become verbally abusive and stuff and maybe in the real world that would happen, but JKR isn't going to write that. Unless, she does make them get married and go through a messy divorce, but yeah, we will probably never see that. Who knows, Ron may die, Hermione may die.

LMAO! As great as your scenario was Joe I think only this line : Hermione: Honestly Ron, if you don't like my cooking, why don't you do it yourself? would actually be something that would be said between them. *Shrugs* I think that Jo is using Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy as a set for Ron and Hermione, so everything will be ok.

[joe_mulcahy]

Thanks, the scenario was supposed to be an exaggerated farce. At least I didn't do the 'Ron running amid the daffodils whilst being chased by a bewitched cast-iron kettle' scene.

I've sort of worked out that JKR wouldn't follow statistical occurence and write the outcome of the Ron/Hermione relationship too close to what is likely to happen in real life. Where would the fun be in that, after all? If Superman (Kal-El) could survive a trip through interstellar space and have super-powers to boot, why couldn't Ron/Hermione live happily ever after?

[kaskait]

Too Funny! And sadly all too true.

I never thought of Hermione as a Sue but now since SuperGinnyJoSue has taken center stage, I can see the past HermioneJoSue also. To me, Ginny was Hermione transformed into something outrageous.

7)Arguing=Love in the Harry Potter universe, and engaging in it daily is a sign of twooo lurve

I experienced the Ron/Hermione dynamic. It wasn't pretty and lost it's flirty quality very quickly. It baffles me that this is presented as something to aim for...

Right now, I am dreading book 7. Maybe JoSue will do the right thing and have Tom and Snape win the day!!!

[joe_mulcahy]

One can always tell when a Mary-Sue is present, the characters around them suffer from bad and inconsistent writing, whilst Sue saves the day more times than is believable, suddenly becomes the most desirable character in the books, and develops the capability of omnipresence. When there are two sues, one of the sues will suffer, but not much, and the characters about them will be abysmal.

Sorry about you being in a Ron/Hermione dynamic type romance, glad you've survived it.

Oh yes, if Tom and Snape win the day, I'll actually cheer, as even Harry is too much of a prat for me to like any more.

[cutelca]

Thank God I´ve only read the Voldemort and Snape´s bits...I was never fond of reading about the love lives of magical teenagers.

[joe_mulcahy]

I think in the Seventh book, I'll only read the Voldemort and Snape bits as well. My wife loves Severus Snape and Alan Rickman, and as a result, so do I. I wonder why the extent of Snape's cruelty to Harry is verbal insults? I actually long to see him hex Harry for once, Harry is such a prat of late.

[cutelca]

I thought you had given up on the entire HP series.

[joe_mulcahy]

Not quite, but I have very little love for it of late. I just figured that it would be senseless to leave now, when the series is practically at an end.