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[phineasjones]

rach is off interviewing at a temp agency this morning. in celebration of her productivity, i am doing... nothing. at all. not since ironing her clothes for her anyway.

this has a little something to do with not getting any decent sleep last night. i went to bed nice and early but i could not sleep. i don't know why. that almost never happens to me. it sucked.

i talked to annelarissa last night and we chatted some about HPB. i felt bad though, because i don't want to go bumming people out with my negativity. i know a lot of people loved this book and i think i'll probably be able to at some point. what it basically comes down to is that i'm hurting. the book wasn't bad or anything, it just upset me and i'm not over it. i'm with you all now, thoroughly convinced of snape's goodness and... god, that's just awful. i mean, it's awful what he's had to do, what he'll suffer because of it. snape's whole story breaks my heart into pieces.

and harry... just watched another person die. that's one a year for three years. and lupin wasn't writing to him.

and lupin. ok, this part i am NOT OVER. and i don't want to be. if other people are loving it, excellent. but i can't. can we review this scene?


"And I've told you a million times," said Lupin, refusing to meet her eyes, staring at the floor, "that I am too old for you, too poor... too dangerous ..."


ok, i know we have to see everything through harry's pov, and thus he has to be present if we're to hear any of this but... remus would not have this conversation in front of so many people! i simply cannot believe it. and...

"This is ... not the moment to discuss it," said Lupin, avoiding everybody's eyes as he looked around distractedly. "Dumbledore is dead."

damn straight! and they're all pausing from hearing about snape killing dumbledore to be like, awwww, remus, give tonks a chance! whatever.

and, also, tonks. she becomes so lovesick she can't make her hair pink? i don't know... it's just... bleh. i just didn't like it.

and, not quite related...

"But she wants you," said Mr. Weasley, with a small smile. "And afterall, Remus, young and whole men do not necessarily remain so."

He gestured sadly at his son, lying between them.


omg, tactless much? this scene just... at the moment i read it, it filled me with rage. i don't know, it's not like i expected remus to declare his undying love for sirius. but... yeah. i just don't know. now tonks is rosie for me. i bear her no ill will. it's not her fault. it's jkr's. it's tolkien's. we all knew the love was there, but now we have to pretend this other "canon" love is the true one. eh.

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[musesfool.livejournal.com]

we all knew the love was there, but now we have to pretend this other "canon" love is the true one. eh.

No, not at all.

Sirius is dead. What Remus does after that doesn't change what came before. The R/S subtext is still there, still the same. There is no R/T in OotP. None. Rowling herself said it was supposed to come out of nowhere. Which makes it bad writing, but whatever. It doesn't invalidate the past.

Do I like it? No. Will I ever not hate that part of the book? No.

But it doesn't change anything, because Sirius was never gonna come back.

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

Sirius is dead. What Remus does after that doesn't change what came before.

yeah, i know. but the kicker is that s/r was never technically canon, while r/t now is. i, personally, would have been so much happier if she'd just left it alone.

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

I know. I wanted her to leave Remus alone as well, but I can deal. I say Tonks->Remus may be canon, but I have as yet no indication that Remus reciprocates. Holding hands at a funeral means nothing.

*la la la I can't hear you*

[semielliptical]

Ack! Comparing Tonks to Rosie is frightening - I hope JKR won't have Remus and Tonks produce a brood of babies, but just thinking about it - *shudders*

And I'm seconding musesfool - JKR did not convince me that I "have to" believe in Tonks as the love of his life. Though I'm still very unhappy that JKR went this way.

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

JKR did not convince me that I "have to" believe in Tonks as the love of his life.

yeah, well. i've never really believed in rosie either. i can't help that comparison. it feel so similar - following this beautiful, tragic story between two characters i adore and then hey, whoa, who? what? uh... ok.