I agree with you about the scars. David Thewlis was so OOC in that movie. I laughed my ass off (in the theatre! - quietly) when 'Lupin' transformed. Peter clearly states in OotP (Snape's Worst Nightmare) that the differences between the werewolf and the true wolf were minimal, not near the Hollywood caracature in the movie. Perhaps they'd completed that scene when OotP came out, I don't know, but that 'werewolf' was a riddikulus joke.
And the cane! OMG, the cane! *cries* Fandom has been poisoned. I Do Not Like the cardigan. I wanted robes! I wanted to see amazing, gritty-real costumes. Instead I got a 'Lupin' with too much fat to be a penniless werewolf, a Sirius with unmatted hair (HELLO, no comb for 12 years!), and a children's-movie 'prison' outfit. Gimme a break.
There's an entry hereon the Lexicon saying that there may be two unidentified female students in Harry's year, but also an editor's note saying that there's not (unclear) because of the roll of DA members.
The throwaway line bit about Lavender makes some sense, and I like the idea of someone as a Seer, but I think it's Ron. Lavender does seem a bit extraneous, and Rowling doesn't do much of anything without a reason. Yes, she makes mistakes, but she has to cut way too much stuff to keep the word count down to waste anything in her books.
Still wondering if Lupin is really allergic to silver or not. He encounters it twice in OotP: 1. The doorknocker after the advance gaurd retrieves Harry, and 2. The goblet at Grimmauld Place that he holds but lowers 'looking wary.'
I also believe that Harry is a natural metamorphmagus. Rowling invested way to much page space in Tonks for her not to have a purpose. Lupin could have taken so many of her lines! Adapted, of course, and damn, but I wanted him to.
Sorry to hijack your journal like this, I think that was a rant. Yup, that was definitely a rant.
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And the cane! OMG, the cane! *cries* Fandom has been poisoned. I Do Not Like the cardigan. I wanted robes! I wanted to see amazing, gritty-real costumes. Instead I got a 'Lupin' with too much fat to be a penniless werewolf, a Sirius with unmatted hair (HELLO, no comb for 12 years!), and a children's-movie 'prison' outfit. Gimme a break.
There's an entry hereon the Lexicon saying that there may be two unidentified female students in Harry's year, but also an editor's note saying that there's not (unclear) because of the roll of DA members.
The throwaway line bit about Lavender makes some sense, and I like the idea of someone as a Seer, but I think it's Ron. Lavender does seem a bit extraneous, and Rowling doesn't do much of anything without a reason. Yes, she makes mistakes, but she has to cut way too much stuff to keep the word count down to waste anything in her books.
Still wondering if Lupin is really allergic to silver or not. He encounters it twice in OotP:
1. The doorknocker after the advance gaurd retrieves Harry, and
2. The goblet at Grimmauld Place that he holds but lowers 'looking wary.'
I also believe that Harry is a natural metamorphmagus. Rowling invested way to much page space in Tonks for her not to have a purpose. Lupin could have taken so many of her lines! Adapted, of course, and damn, but I wanted him to.
Sorry to hijack your journal like this, I think that was a rant. Yup, that was definitely a rant.
-Corrie