Order of the Phoenix
Jun. 22nd, 2003 04:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pearwaldorfI'm finished.
The sad thing is, I think the best part about this book is that everybody is finally old enough for me to write about without me feeling I'm commiting some sort of unpardonable sin with Fear of Divine Retribution looming over my head as I type.
Harry/Sirius! omg they are so mfeo!!1111!!!! I must admit this pairing totally made me go "eww" for the longest time, but I have seen the light. Hallelujah amen.
And yes, Tonks is a total Mary Sue (especially with the "Who's Cedric?" part. It made me laugh), but oh well. So's Phedre no Delaunay, and I don't really care. Although to be fair, Tonks and Phedre are better-written Sues than most I've had the (mis)fortune to read.
I thought the stuff with Snape's memories and Harry's coming to terms with his father was quite well-done, and quite crucial to Harry's development as a person. I mean, it's damn near universal, that horrible jolting experience where you realize your parents aren't shining paragons of virtue like you always thought, which was also nicely echoed in Dumbledore's confession of his mistakes. The HP world has existed for too long in too much of a black and white context, and I'm really pleased that Rowling finally injected a little bit of moral complexity into the issue.
The sad thing is, I think the best part about this book is that everybody is finally old enough for me to write about without me feeling I'm commiting some sort of unpardonable sin with Fear of Divine Retribution looming over my head as I type.
Harry/Sirius! omg they are so mfeo!!1111!!!! I must admit this pairing totally made me go "eww" for the longest time, but I have seen the light. Hallelujah amen.
And yes, Tonks is a total Mary Sue (especially with the "Who's Cedric?" part. It made me laugh), but oh well. So's Phedre no Delaunay, and I don't really care. Although to be fair, Tonks and Phedre are better-written Sues than most I've had the (mis)fortune to read.
I thought the stuff with Snape's memories and Harry's coming to terms with his father was quite well-done, and quite crucial to Harry's development as a person. I mean, it's damn near universal, that horrible jolting experience where you realize your parents aren't shining paragons of virtue like you always thought, which was also nicely echoed in Dumbledore's confession of his mistakes. The HP world has existed for too long in too much of a black and white context, and I'm really pleased that Rowling finally injected a little bit of moral complexity into the issue.
