Subj : Re: Potter Redux To : alt.tv.farscape From : Rick Savoia Date : Sun Aug 28 2005 22:01:57 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Jim Larson wrote in news:Xns96C06B441A6ED3v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: > I'm now most of the way through the Phoenix one. A couple of random > thoughts: > > 1. The books are nicely engaging, but Harry Potter is becoming > increasingly annoying as the story progresses. Yes, I know this goes > with the territory when the main character is a 15 or 16 year old boy. > However, the various and sundry Weasleys and Hermione have managed to My thinking on that was that the secondary characters are supposed to endear while the main character is not. If he wasn't a pig-headed buffon, the secondary characters would have nothing to do. > endear themselves to me, so what's his problem. On the plus side, I > was rather heartened to learn that Potter Sr. was an outright asshole > at that age, so annoying is something of a step up. > > 2. It's interesting that the magical folks' view of muggles throughout > the books ranges from backwards children on the high end to house pets > on the low end. Clueless, pointy-hatted bastards...on the other hand, > I've always wanted to be a housecat, so I am torn. > I picture you as that white cat from 'Stuart Little'. -- "I'm just very selective about the reality I accept." - Calvin .