What crack OTPs, may I ask? *approves of rarepairs*
Then I checked out the "I, Remus John..." passages for myself, and I couldn't deal with it anymore. Not only because it sounds like bad Bronte (and I don't even like GOOD Bronte), but because it is utterly STUPID AND POINTLESS for all the reasons you spell out.
He also sounds exactly like Snape in HBP. I've been told by English friends that both of them sound like the Demon King in a Christmas pantomime.
Not nice of either of us, I'm sure, but honestly, authorial intention IS NOT ENOUGH and pisses me off all the more when it's fairly blatant how I'm supposed to react.
Oh, God, yes! I hate being told how to feel. Just tell me what happened, author. I can decide for myself how it makes me feel.
So many of my friends actually like this book that it's reassuring to see other people articulating (more thoroughly, clearly, and snarkily than I can) why it disappointed me so.
Oh, you're welcome! I'm glad that the snark is helping. It's such an annoying book.
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Then I checked out the "I, Remus John..." passages for myself, and I couldn't deal with it anymore. Not only because it sounds like bad Bronte (and I don't even like GOOD Bronte), but because it is utterly STUPID AND POINTLESS for all the reasons you spell out.
He also sounds exactly like Snape in HBP. I've been told by English friends that both of them sound like the Demon King in a Christmas pantomime.
Not nice of either of us, I'm sure, but honestly, authorial intention IS NOT ENOUGH and pisses me off all the more when it's fairly blatant how I'm supposed to react.
Oh, God, yes! I hate being told how to feel. Just tell me what happened, author. I can decide for myself how it makes me feel.
So many of my friends actually like this book that it's reassuring to see other people articulating (more thoroughly, clearly, and snarkily than I can) why it disappointed me so.
Oh, you're welcome! I'm glad that the snark is helping. It's such an annoying book.