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author | Matěj Cepl <mcepl@cepl.eu> | 2021-01-08 00:46:26 +0100 |
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Review of werewolf stories
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diff --git a/faith/what-wrong-with-Ginny.rst b/faith/what-wrong-with-Ginny.rst index 0aca6c5..e4a4470 100644 --- a/faith/what-wrong-with-Ginny.rst +++ b/faith/what-wrong-with-Ginny.rst @@ -17,36 +17,36 @@ is about! Why did she move from A to B? What were the obstacles on the way? How did she overcame them? Actually points A and B are not so important as the travel between them. -One of the most horrible sins of every literary work is when in -the first act of a drama the character (let’s say Draco Malfoy or -Severus Snape) is in point A (marked Death Eater believing -honestly in the pureblood ideals), and in the second act he is in -point B (member of the Order of Phoenix fighting pureblood -mentality). Change happened sometime during the intermission. -That’s completely and absolutely wrong! The most important part, -the only part we are interested in, is how he changed. What moved -him to leave the Voldemort’s camp? Was it difficult? What -obstacles he had to overcome? What precious things he had to -sacrifice and leave behind? This is for example problem of most -stories with Severus Snape as the main character. In books we -have rather horrible person persecuting Harry just because he -looks like his dad. Then suddenly in the story he is fair, a bit -hurt by the nasty Dumbledore, smart guy who is the best friend -with Harry without much problems. WHAT? How did they get there? -Why Severus changed his attitude towards Harry? How did Harry -struggle to accept this change? etc. The story in this area -I rather like (“`Becoming Harriet`_” by Teao; another problem is -that amount of smut is so big that it hurts the narrative) is -exactly with this problem. Suddenly without any transition, Snape -is the only professor who was always honest with Harry (WHAT?), -desperately hoping for just treatment for his Slytherins, etc., -and Harry (well, Harriet, it is a gender bending story) accepts +One of the most horrible sins of any literary work is when in the +first act of a drama the character (let’s say Draco Malfoy or +Severus Snape) is in point A (marked Death Eater believing +honestly in the pureblood ideals), and in the second act he is in +point B (member of the Order of Phoenix fighting pureblood +mentality). Change happened sometime during the intermission. +That’s completely and absolutely wrong! The most important part, +the only part we are interested in, is how he changed. What moved +him to leave the Voldemort’s camp? Was it difficult? What +obstacles he had to overcome? What precious things he had to +sacrifice and leave behind? This is for example problem of most +stories with Severus Snape as the main character. In books we +have rather horrible person persecuting Harry just because he +looks like his dad. Then suddenly in the story he is fair, a bit +hurt by the nasty Dumbledore, smart guy who is the best friend +with Harry without much problems. WHAT? How did they get there? +Why Severus changed his attitude towards Harry? How did Harry +struggle to accept this change? etc. The story in this area +I rather like (“`Becoming Harriet`_” by Teao; another problem is +that amount of smut is so big that it hurts the narrative) is +exactly with this problem. Suddenly without any transition, Snape +is the only professor who was always honest with Harry (WHAT?), +desperately hoping for just treatment for his Slytherins, etc., +and Harry (well, Harriet, it is a gender bending story) accepts it immediately without any objections (WHAT?). The similar thing happened to Ginny in the books. She starts as a very shy girl with her elbow in the butter dish when seeing Harry, then she is a damsel in distress (OK, that part is -covered, that’s what COS is about), a princess saved by her +covered, that’s what CoS is about), a princess saved by her knight in (not so much) shining armour from a dragon, and then … she is completely forgotten. Suddenly she shows up two and half books later as a self-confident sport-loving the most pretty girl |