No problem at all :-) You see, this entire post was somewhat inspired by your recent post on Bill, on which I intended to comment but didn't manage to due to RL stuff, so I fully understand your position *g*
he way Bill dresses and the way people look at him kind of reminds me of what Sirius might have been like in his younger years
This is very true. But I sort of started to see young Sirius as tinted by depressions* already and, of course, driven by aggressions. Bill, I see as quite normal. His growing-up was far less painful than Sirius' and his behaviour as an adult shows that he is a clear-thinking, responsible person.
Which kind of makes me think that he sits back and lets people assume whatever they'd like about him without ever really feeling the need to correct them if they totally get it wrong.
Yes. Exactly. I so think that Bill is very laid-back and relaxed about things. He knows his own worth and he leaves it to others to find out about it. And if they don't - well, as far as he's concerned, it's their loss.
Which would make him a lot like Lupin, except they're kind of mirror images then.
I was going to say, in my original post, that Bill is what Remus could have been, in a way - without the werewolf-thing and the tragedy of his past. Canon!Remus doesn't seem too concerned about people knowing that he's a werewolf, not on a personal level. He probably prefers it to be kept a secret for job reasons, but in interaction with others, he doesn't go all angsty about it. - To draw a parallel to Bill, who seems rather confident about himself, too.
Of course, Remus calm demeanour and Bill's laid-back attitude are both personae they have assumed. But - and that's a general assumption of mine - people always assume a public persona, and it is always rooted in the person's character and abilities. No-one displays attributes and shows a behaviour that is completely unfounded in the original character.
Bill's almost like someone who once upon a time did some rebeling, grew out of it, but forgot to change his wardrobe to reflect the new found maturity.
I wonder how much rebelling Bill really did. He doesn't strike me as the rebel type par excellence. He lacks the fierce conviction and the anger (cf. Sirius) that makes out the 'real' rebel. I think, part of it is to piss off his mother, and part because he finds those clothes really cool.
most likely I am making up things I want to see...I do that a lot.
Don't we all? *g*
*As far as I know, teenagers suffering from depressions behave in an overly aggressive and violent manner. They're not, for lack of a better word, melancholy. This would also go for Harry.
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Date: 2004-02-19 01:08 am (UTC)No problem at all :-) You see, this entire post was somewhat inspired by your recent post on Bill, on which I intended to comment but didn't manage to due to RL stuff, so I fully understand your position *g*
he way Bill dresses and the way people look at him kind of reminds me of what Sirius might have been like in his younger years
This is very true. But I sort of started to see young Sirius as tinted by depressions* already and, of course, driven by aggressions. Bill, I see as quite normal. His growing-up was far less painful than Sirius' and his behaviour as an adult shows that he is a clear-thinking, responsible person.
Which kind of makes me think that he sits back and lets people assume whatever they'd like about him without ever really feeling the need to correct them if they totally get it wrong.
Yes. Exactly. I so think that Bill is very laid-back and relaxed about things. He knows his own worth and he leaves it to others to find out about it. And if they don't - well, as far as he's concerned, it's their loss.
Which would make him a lot like Lupin, except they're kind of mirror images then.
I was going to say, in my original post, that Bill is what Remus could have been, in a way - without the werewolf-thing and the tragedy of his past. Canon!Remus doesn't seem too concerned about people knowing that he's a werewolf, not on a personal level. He probably prefers it to be kept a secret for job reasons, but in interaction with others, he doesn't go all angsty about it. - To draw a parallel to Bill, who seems rather confident about himself, too.
Of course, Remus calm demeanour and Bill's laid-back attitude are both personae they have assumed. But - and that's a general assumption of mine - people always assume a public persona, and it is always rooted in the person's character and abilities. No-one displays attributes and shows a behaviour that is completely unfounded in the original character.
Bill's almost like someone who once upon a time did some rebeling, grew out of it, but forgot to change his wardrobe to reflect the new found maturity.
I wonder how much rebelling Bill really did. He doesn't strike me as the rebel type par excellence. He lacks the fierce conviction and the anger (cf. Sirius) that makes out the 'real' rebel. I think, part of it is to piss off his mother, and part because he finds those clothes really cool.
most likely I am making up things I want to see...I do that a lot.
Don't we all? *g*
*As far as I know, teenagers suffering from depressions behave in an overly aggressive and violent manner. They're not, for lack of a better word, melancholy. This would also go for Harry.