ext_17151 ([identity profile] penny-lane-42.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] lirazel 2011-07-21 02:48 pm (UTC)

recognize that there's a lot going on with him and I find fan-stuff that pulls back the surface intellectually engaging, and he has a lot of characteristics that normally would get to me, but overall, he just doesn't do it for me.

I KNOW. This is exactly how I feel.

Ambition is not evil! Ambition is as ambition does, same as brains or courage or work ethic.

Absolutely. And honestly, I think it's a dangerous message to send to kids.

♥! I love this idea.

Still in mourning that it doesn't exist.

What if someone had successfully intervened in time? We didn't see a war in the books like we might have expected because the plot presented what's probably an on-the-ground best-case-scenario in terms of real-world conflict, with the DE faction neutralized quickly by domestic forces. And whether or not that works for people plot-wise (I liked the last couple books, but totally subjective, I know), I wonder if that's not part of the massive appeal on some level, is this very comforting answer to the hypothetical.

I had never considered this, but it's a fascinating angle to approach it. That's a reality we'd like to live, but it's not a story I'm that interested in reading unless it's Inglourious Basterds but that's just because I'm obsessed with Shosanna. It's good for me to keep in mind, though. I like your brain!

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