Outside of a Dog: Rowling, J.K.: (01-02) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (audio)

oyceter

oyceter wrote on March 30, 2007 at 2:01 AM:

This is the dorkiest comment ever and totally OT, but that rot13 bookmarklet is awesome!

Also, I think your link is broken, but I managed to find it here.

To be more on topic, I do think Rowling is moving more toward a "not all Slytherins are nasty," particularly with (book 6 spoilers) qenpb naq fancr va obbx fvk. gung fnvq, gurl arire fgbc orvat anfgl, ohg ng yrnfg gurer'f fbzrguvat oruvaq vg orfvqrf "gurl ner whfg gung jnl." But I hope she does more with it in book 7 than she has been, as it's one of the things about the universe that has really been bugging me. Ditto with the assorted status of various races (elves, giants, etc.).

Kate

Kate wrote on March 30, 2007 at 7:38 AM:

Two things I forgot.

Re: Slytherins: the end of book 1 doesn't help this any, as (ROT-13) sbe nyy gung fancr vfa'g gur guvrs, gur punatr va gur ubhfr phc vf qbar jvgubhg gur fyvtugrfg uvag sebz nalbar gung gur znaare bs gur njneqvat jnf arrqyrffyl fgvpxvat vg gb gur fylgurevaf.

Re: flaws with book 2: (ROT-13): "Tvaal Jrnfyrl jnf cresrpgyl unccl ntnva", evtug nsgre fur'f qrcbffrffrq? Yeah, right. I'd like to think that this is Harry being unobservant, but there's no "seemed" in there, so I think we're supposed to take it as true, which I just don't buy.

Kate

Kate wrote on March 30, 2007 at 10:12 AM:

Oyceter: sorry you got tossed in the spam folder; I forgot to check it this morning. And, what link is broken?

Glad you like the bookmarklet; I found it somewhere, couldn't find it again, and so have put it up to refer to on my own.

I agree about the Slytherins, and also about the non-human species, which comes up more later: the books are doing some with this, but I'm not sure I think it's enough, or will be enough when the series is done. Oh well--just a few months, now . . .

oyceter

oyceter wrote on April 2, 2007 at 12:55 AM:

Oops, sorry! I always forget to check back for blog comments!

Originally, the rot13 link hosted on Steely Pips was broken, but it looks like it's working now.

Kate

Kate wrote on April 2, 2007 at 6:45 AM:

Oyceter: thanks. Also, there's a handy-dandy RSS feed for new comments (link below the new-comment form) just so people won't have to remember to check back!