Entries for October 23rd, 2007
[ October 23rd, 2007 ]
Rowling just sunk lower
Dumbledore isn't really my favorite character, but you have to admit, he's cool. I'm pretty upset not because he's gay, it's because Rowling says it NOW, after the series, after he's looked so good in our eyes and there isn't ANY evidence whatsoever of his sexuality in the books aside from the fact that he isn't married (which can happen to any straight spinster). It's so obviously a way to catch attention after the series is over. Pathetic and revolting for a writer I admired half a decade ago.
Not to mention that the seventh HP book was so full of
1. Harry is alive. Now I understand this is a children's book of sorts, so the main character should live by the unwritten laws of literature, BUT she's set him up to die since what, the fourth book? (not sure 'bout that) And then the reason for his being alive just comes up and you think, 'what the hell is that crap?' I dunno bout you guys, but there seems to be something lacking in that explanation, like it was some fangirl's fanfiction plot so haphazardly made up. Some might argue that this is to balance the deaths of a lot of characters, but I point out that the deaths are not of MAIN characters at all. Fred is just a support character, and Lupin was only a main character in one book. If Rowling wanted to kill someone off to give a reason to keep Harry alive, kill Ron or Hermione. I'd say that's balanced.
2. The epilogue. So obviously fanservice for the fans of the canon pairings. There was no point in it, as everything would have been wrapped up all right after the last battle. No, don't tell me it would have been an insight into the world after Voldemort is dead, or an assurance that the guy IS gone. It would have been wrapped up like the other books were, with a little scene just after everything. Her last bit of fanservice irritated me.
3. The last battle. Not really fanservice, but crap nontheless. I expected mroe from this. I mean, this was THE end of the end, the icing on the cake, the last Boss battle. And we have a single wave of the wand and Voldemort's dead, not even showing his legendary dueling prowess. Damn.
So yeah, Rowling SUCKS now. Don't be mistaken, I don't regret reading the books. Maybe I regret reading the seventh, but the first ones were cool. Too damn bad Rowling had to let her fans get to her.