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@@ -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