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Today's status update on Facebook:
"It's December the first today! :)"
Thanks for your information, Facebook friend who I haven't talked with for years! What would us mortals do without you? It's also so reassuring to log on Facebook in the mornings knowing that you don't have to remove the curtains to find out how the weather is.
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HPF, come in here, I've changed my mind about something.
Magic is no excuse for characters being one-dimensional. I'm not saying Dumbledore is, but in general it's just a lazy argument. I don't take the characters in Potterverse having magical abilities into account in my way of perceiving them. That said, how skilled they are, what spells they are willing to use etc may be a reflection of their personalities, but magic being unrealistic doesn't mean I should accept unrealistic characters.
Nothing in JKR's universe indicates that wizards are better than muggles at keeping their emotions in check, nor that their emotions are less intense. So human psychology is of course our only reference point in understanding their personalities. Dumbledore is private, calm and collected as you said. While he might not react immediately off an emotion, his behaviour in general is still impacted by his emotions like any other. That's all I wanted to point out. Now here's the thing: Reading about Dumbledore seeming calm is fine in the novel as Harry can narrate us through the scene and note that Dumbledore looks worried for a slight moment behind his cool mask, but on the screen it just gives the wrong impression about the character as if he doesn't give a fuck about Harry, especially since he is the one who announces the champions.why would a person gifted with insanely high amounts of magic ability in the body and brain not be able to be this way 99% of the time?Post edited by Pumpkinjuice on
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Movies Without Flaw?
You know what ratings annoy me the most? To rate something out of one hundred, like 88/100, 74/100, 94,343533/100. I have no clue what a person actually thinks about a movie with such a mathematical approach to rating movies in which cinematography, music, acting, script etc usually have their own scores which are ultimately added to a whole sum. Then, to top it off, it's usually accompanied by one or two sentences explaining that "because x or y happened, I have to deduct two points. Therefore it gets 98/100%".
That's the strive for perfectionism in a nutshell.Post edited by Pumpkinjuice on
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Movies Without Flaw?
I kind of think The Twilight series is flawless because vampires are flawless you know, and Meyer's characters are all so perfect. Hence perfectionism.Post edited by Pumpkinjuice on
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HPF, come in here, I've changed my mind about something.
He sounded so weak and moved so slowly in CoS that I can't picture it.
I think Richard would have surprised us all... Atleast I think he would have.
Honestly, I don't think he would have been strong enough to do the scene. Gambon really nailed his powerfulness and authority.I would have loved to see Richard Harris VS Ralph Fiennes.
