tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post2818443281714118145..comments2024-03-28T11:00:36.392-04:00Comments on Cyganeria: Harry Potter again at last! (Oh my goodness, really, I wrote that!?!)Mashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943998810222103926noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-12728851445092663902013-10-08T00:18:14.485-04:002013-10-08T00:18:14.485-04:00War and Peace Six Months!
Jenna, don't feel p...War and Peace Six Months!<br /><br />Jenna, don't feel pressured or anything, but SERIOUSLY you will love War and Peace SO. MUCH. <i>SO</i> MUCH. <br /><br />M., I hope you guys have a great time!Lauranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-24843000196488260732013-10-07T20:04:13.199-04:002013-10-07T20:04:13.199-04:00But WHY doesn't he..sometimes, you have to adm...But WHY doesn't he..sometimes, you have to admit, the only reason he doesn't is because it would ruin the story for the kiddos ;)Mashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943998810222103926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-31481521798941748102013-10-07T20:03:17.615-04:002013-10-07T20:03:17.615-04:00Ooh, right! I forget everyone can see those!!! The...Ooh, right! I forget everyone can see those!!! They're so funny, aren't they! I can't resist..I should be able to..but I just can't.<br /><br />We will definitely have to revisit it in book 7!!! I feel like after this whole series is done, we're going to have to post a few overall reflections, just to round everything up you know..because SPOILERS ruin everything.Mashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943998810222103926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-29899070834357865572013-10-07T20:00:10.033-04:002013-10-07T20:00:10.033-04:00Laura~ It's all sorts of carelessness on my pa...Laura~ It's all sorts of carelessness on my part - a leftover from <i>last weeks</i> blog, but I wasn't drinking, I was supporting a small, enthusiastic body on my lap while typing and lost tract trying to keep her from lapping up my coffee (Luba on coffee is a nightmare in the making!!) <br /><br />I was <i>not</i> aware! But I'll see them soon enough, and the phone store gave me back my repaired phone <i>with NO charge</i> on the battery, so the conference call will have to wait.<br /><br />Jenna: Maybe make NaNoWr month NaWAR&PEACE month???? ;) That could be fun..but then, it looks like we'll be into book 3 by then, and I don't know if you'll be able to spare the time ;)Mashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943998810222103926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-65811985884576854602013-10-07T15:32:21.402-04:002013-10-07T15:32:21.402-04:00I think it's clear, both from this book and fr...I think it's clear, both from this book and from later books, that Dumbledore's omniscience doesn't extend quite as far as knowing who opened the Chamber this time. He knows who's behind it (as he says "the questions is not who, but how"), but not who is going around strangling roosters and painting graffiti, and he doesn't suspect the role of the SPOILER, in part because he'd never suspect that anyone would use a BIGGER SPOILER in such a way. <br /><br />Basically, Dumbledore knows a lot about what's going on, but by no means everything. The fact that he never suspected SPOILER in the third book or, especially, MASSIVE SPIKEY SPOILER in the fourth prove that. BTanakahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03247800533467244131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-27444672492515456872013-10-07T13:51:25.644-04:002013-10-07T13:51:25.644-04:00The meme is adorable, but it's the Pinterest t...The meme is adorable, but it's the Pinterest things that pop up from you on Facebook that just destroy me. I don't hit Like on them all because I'm such a lazy Pinterester, but I don't just like them, I love them. :D<br /><br />The point about Dumbledore's connection to Hogwarts is lovely. I think his omniscience is a real and powerful thing on an ordinary level, and he's obviously connected enough to have realized somehow when Harry was being attacked by Voldemort and Quirrell at the end of the last book... but I don't think he knows how or where to find Slytherin's monster. He might know what it is; surely <i>he</i> thought to question Moaning Myrtle. He, however, is apparently not a SPOILER and therefore for once Harry has an advantage over him.<br /><br /><i> In part, I think because kid's books need to give the children space to save the world, and in part because Rowling's created a too-powerful character, who knows too much and is too capable to be anything but passive. But because he's so passive, he stands to lose much of his goodness.</i><br /><br />Yeah, I see it more predominantly as a plot weakness than as a Dumbledore weakness. Dumbledore is brilliant and the most powerful wizard of his age... but he can't fix too many problems or Harry would have nothing to do. Hmm. SPOILERY thoughts come to mind... I think we're going to have to revisit some of these points near the end of book 7. ;)Jenna St. Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474588706124865006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-28416937071086629592013-10-07T13:38:52.558-04:002013-10-07T13:38:52.558-04:00I FORGOT I'd promised to read War and Peace th...I FORGOT I'd promised to read War and Peace this year. I don't know how I'm going to fit a book that long into my fall calendar, but thanks for the reminder. Some things simply <i>must</i> be done.Jenna St. Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474588706124865006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-57531100994518181842013-10-06T22:13:00.629-04:002013-10-06T22:13:00.629-04:00Don't drink too much, M! It looks like you los...Don't drink too much, M! It looks like you lost part of your first paragraph there. . . <br /><br />Also also, were you aware that mom is currently reading <i>War and Peace</i>? You should call her up so you can squee together about all the joy and sadness and Rostovy goodness and Pierre changing his life sixty different times. We should make it a CONFERENCE CALL. <br /><br />We went out to dinner and it turned into mom & I haranguing everyone else at the table to READ WAR AND PEACE RIGHT NOW OMGZ. As is right and just. <br />Lauranoreply@blogger.com