Re: NO FAIR!!!!
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I do agree, totally, that Severus would have been, ahm, opposed to bullying in all forms.
If he'd ever had the chance to articulate that.
Ah, yes, that's the key. I think, in his own way, he was trying to counter the abuse and bullying he'd experienced in childhood. If you view the Gryffindors through Slytherin eyes, it makes sense: the Gryffindors are the bullies, and Slytherin can never do any right in their eyes. Slytherin is always the scapegoat in that school. Their virtues are overlooked, their vices magnified. And then people wonder why they circle their wagons and take refuge in the pureblood-superiority crapola. Which reminds me that I read, but have yet to comment on, your July 1st essay on that subject.
Music and magic?
I drew my inspiration from the scene where Severus heals Draco wiht the musical counter-curse to Harry's Sectumsempra. I've always found that a beautiful and moving scene--not to mention evidence that Severus' study of the Dark Arts was most likely motivated by wanting to understand how they worked so he could understand how to counter them and defend himself against them. But that requires using one's brain beyond a simplistic, "Oh, teh Dark Artz, they're eeeeevvvvuuullll, don't look, don't touch!"
Serving bravely? How about living well?
Heh. Well, yes. My point, exactly. I thought my irony was subtle as a ton of bricks, there. ;-)
As in the saying: Living well is the best revenge....
Oscar Wilde, if I recall correctly. Another master of snark. ;-)
If he'd ever had the chance to articulate that.
Ah, yes, that's the key. I think, in his own way, he was trying to counter the abuse and bullying he'd experienced in childhood. If you view the Gryffindors through Slytherin eyes, it makes sense: the Gryffindors are the bullies, and Slytherin can never do any right in their eyes. Slytherin is always the scapegoat in that school. Their virtues are overlooked, their vices magnified. And then people wonder why they circle their wagons and take refuge in the pureblood-superiority crapola. Which reminds me that I read, but have yet to comment on, your July 1st essay on that subject.
Music and magic?
I drew my inspiration from the scene where Severus heals Draco wiht the musical counter-curse to Harry's Sectumsempra. I've always found that a beautiful and moving scene--not to mention evidence that Severus' study of the Dark Arts was most likely motivated by wanting to understand how they worked so he could understand how to counter them and defend himself against them. But that requires using one's brain beyond a simplistic, "Oh, teh Dark Artz, they're eeeeevvvvuuullll, don't look, don't touch!"
Serving bravely? How about living well?
Heh. Well, yes. My point, exactly. I thought my irony was subtle as a ton of bricks, there. ;-)
As in the saying: Living well is the best revenge....
Oscar Wilde, if I recall correctly. Another master of snark. ;-)