Subj : Re: Potter Redux To : alt.tv.farscape From : Jim Larson Date : Mon Aug 29 2005 03:34:00 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Rick Savoia wrote: > 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 can live with that... -- Jim .