The Official Adam Pascal Love Thread, part two — Page 336

Lari, I would love more than anything to see the 'backround' characters (Hogwarts students) developed more because she's been using them for years and yet hardly using them at all, but if she does continue on her current route, which IS to add more people, then she needs to let some of the others go. Books with too many characters become chaotic messes because you're just trying to squeeze them all in and thus stretching them even thinner than before. I'd rather have twenty solid personalities than forty that are little more than names alone, even if it means waving good bye to some of my favorite backrounds. eta- and if you DON'T ever introduce new people over the course of seven books, things will become dreadfully dull.

I think she is holding off on Lupin's development- I see a big revelation coming our way concerning him. It'd twist things up nicely for people who thought we knew all about him.

Neville kind of bores me. Stock character. Clumsy, sweet boy with tragic past. Yawn. Make him join the dark side or become suddnely sexy or something. Why can't we talk about someone else, like Lavender or Dean or Seamus? They've got some potential. And how about Malfoy? The nemisis thing is old, let's see him grow some depth.

Snape's direction is pretty bleh too. 'But look! We can excuse all his nastiness because he was PICKED ON in school!' Character is picked on=character is victim and can't be blamed for anything. One plus one equals bland way out of exploring conflict. I hate that method. He's an adult and it's time to get over it. It's very bad to just blame a character's faults on one incident- so much more has happened to him in life and those things have influenced him too. I'd like to see some evidence of change due to other aspects before I can even consider buying that crap. The only good thing that came out of that plot point was that we found out about James' faults and Harry's reaction to them.

Funny how I can't write the essay I'm supposed to be working on, but this epic post comes to me with no trouble at all.

Updated On: 7/10/05 at 04:26 PM

If there is nothing more to Snape than his bad childhood, he'll be one of the most sorely neglected characters in children's literature. As I said, more than one thing happens to every person and you can't pin the entire personality upon a single event, 'proufound affect' or not. It's a very narrow way of writing and it's taking the easy way out of looking into the character and deciding what else has kept him spiteful and what contrasting incidents might have imbued a sense of care- he isn't completely heartless, he did help Harry and co. in the Shrieking Shack and he's presumably assisted Dumbledore with other things. What prompted that?

Lari, too many characters=nonsensical. It just does. Read Catch-22 and see what I mean... it's got about a million 'lead' roles. The only way it escapes chaos is by chunking things up and telling the story out of order so we only have to remember a few people at a time. If it were chronological a la Harry, things would be too hard to follow and characters too hard to develope due to being spread out.

Help is the key word.

I like new characters; it would be too easily to fall prey to formula without shaking it up a bit. I can understand why she does some things, like cutting out Quidditch in book four- much as I love it, too much of the same becomes boring. It'd be like reading a form book. Insert Quidditch here.

Still want to learn more about Lavender. I really like her for no particular reason. And I wish Harry would go visit someone else's house, like Hermione's.

hee. Harry Potter. I really should re-read the other books, though. It's been so long.

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I've only read each of them once.

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I need to get money so I can actually BUY the new one.

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I know, I know! I shouldn't be spending it, butbutbut... oh, you know.

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"Harry Potter, Oy" is correct. But I am looking forward to the new book, mainly because it'll give me something to do once my show is over...

And with that, I leave to go to bed. Hopefully the multitude of Minellis won't follow me.

I can't wait for the new Harry Potter book! But I can't seem to recall exactly what happened in The Order of the Phoenix. I loved it, and read it from start to finish at lightning pace, but alas...what happened again? I don't know why I can't remember the details - maybe it says more about my dimwittedness than JK Rowling's writing.

I want to read it again before the new one comes out on Saturday, but like Emcee, I am too lazy. Who wants to read when they can loll about on sun-loungers with their tongues hanging out like dogs? Not me!

Wait - Lari, you can SEE the animation on this avatar? I assumed it wouldn't appear, but figured I'd use it anyway.

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I thought not. I'll IM you the animated version later. I think I'm going to change it back tonight, though. I miss the smirky grin.

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I can see the animation if you click to enlarge the avatar. It's very lovely dancing.

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