Dec. 1st, 2007
Let us now mock the stupid
Dec. 1st, 2007 12:39 amAh, Harry Potter fandom. How I love you and your utter batsh*t insanity. Here's a quote from some board where apparently somebody was complaining that JKR is mean to Snape:
It's clear that Rowling is trying to steer her readers' reactions by her use of adjectives.
Try re-reading this scene while ignoring the adjectives, and you get a very different picture.
Here's another, from a fic that I grimly slogged through until:
"Hey George how are you?"
Those four words had never sounded so sweet.
Think I'll go to bed now.
It's clear that Rowling is trying to steer her readers' reactions by her use of adjectives.
Try re-reading this scene while ignoring the adjectives, and you get a very different picture.
Here's another, from a fic that I grimly slogged through until:
"Hey George how are you?"
Those four words had never sounded so sweet.
Think I'll go to bed now.