Hey guys!
So I've been going back and forth with the idea of a rewatch. I did quite a bit of Doctor Who but as soon as I got to season 4 it got hard. The next episode is Turn Left and I can't get myself to press play. I love Donna and I love The Doctor, but I especially love them together and I absolutely believe that their friendship is the reason the ten became my Doctor despite meeting nine first.
So not ready to say goodbye again I turned to the other 2 fandoms I wanted to rewatch: Harry Potter and Smallville. I have the same problem with both that I did with Doctor Who: I'm not ready to say goodbye. Despite the fact that I had 10 wonderful years with both I still didn't want either of them to leave. I've only seen HP 7 1+2 only once each: midnight showings opening day, and Smallville Seasons 8,9, and 10 have been bought but still unwatched. I mean, I saw the episodes weekly but when the seasons were released on DVD I usually automatically do a rewatch but I hadn't for those seasons despite being absolutely fantastic. But since I had already marathoned How I Met Your Mother I needed to suck it up and watch something. So I ended up with smallville. Since I've rewatched season 1 so many times and my firend Ashlyn has my season 2 (also rewatched countless times) I decided to start on Season 3. It's fun to see Lex again, and the Magnificent Bastard the Lionel Luthor was back then. Lana isn't nearly as annoying as she later became, and seeing Pete "The Boss" Ross was just weird. And, of course, I love, absolutely Love Chloe, and seeing Jonathan and Martha again just brings a smile to my face even though I keep flashing forward to season 5, especially after Jonathan's heart attack.
I know eventually I'll have to suck it up and say goodbye to 10 and deal with all those deaths in Harry Potter. But right now, I'm just happy seeing Clark Kent, little by little, adventure after adventure, become the Man of Tomorrow again.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Dumbledore and Love
*I've been thinking about this for awhile, and I guess I want to put it out there. But, before I begin, I just want to say that while it's been on my mind for awhile I have not done more research besides what I remember. I think I have the facts straight, but let me know if there's something I'm missing or something thats been mis-stated.
So according to Albus Dumbledore, Love is the greatest thing of all. Harry's love saves him time and time again. Voldemort can't touch him at first because of it, after Dobby's death Harry can go past Voldemort's rage, Lily's love saved her son, and the whole of the wizarding world etc etc. In the books the examples are endless.
I don't disagree with this, but I was thinking about how its Albus who reveals this to us. And its Albus who we always look to when we think about how wonderful Love is. Its Albus who speaks about how powerful love is. But, how much does Albus really know of Love? I think that a part of Albus' fascination with the power of love has to do with the fact that he never really had it in his life. Not in the way that Harry has it, that the Weasleys have it, that Lupin and Tonks, or James and Lily had it.
He loved his family and they loved each other, but I think when Ariana was hurt their family was broken, and no one quite knew how to fix it. Albus' dad, in his grief, went on the offensive, his mother seems to have tried so hard to push it away that it seemed to never happen, and Albus turned to books and knowledge, instead of moving closer together this family moved further and further apart, leading all the way to Ariana's death and the almost completely severed ties of Albus and Aberforth.
After that, the only example of Love we recieve in Albus' life is Grindelwald. And I don't know if that was love or infatuation. If I remember correctly Grindelwald was supposed to exceptionally charismatic and we know he was powerful, and I think Albus may have been sucked in by that. I think Grindelwald's plan to take over the world appealed to the part in Albus that was still angry over what happened to his sister. I mean, i don't think the family ever had closure, so the wound was probably festering by then.
After that, after Albus and Grindelwald severed ties with each other I think Albus may have been shocked by what his feelings for Grindelwald had him considering. I think Albus is generally a good man, he's not Grindelwald, he's not Voldemort. He was just a young man still in pain. It took the death of his sister (who may have been the last honest example of love in Albus' life) to make him realize what he was doing. I think he's right: Love is powerful. But I think Albus has put the emotion on a pedastal too. I think he wanted something he had seen other people have, but something he didn't have. I think, he may have been scared too. Love can give the other person power over you, Grindelwald certainly may have used Albus' emotions against him. And Albus almost made a huge mistake. I don't think Albus ever let himself get close to another person again becuase he was scared of what he could be compelled to do.
I think Albus may have been a rather sad person sometimes. I think he wanted love but didn't want to get hurt again, and I think the idea may have scared him a little.
So according to Albus Dumbledore, Love is the greatest thing of all. Harry's love saves him time and time again. Voldemort can't touch him at first because of it, after Dobby's death Harry can go past Voldemort's rage, Lily's love saved her son, and the whole of the wizarding world etc etc. In the books the examples are endless.
I don't disagree with this, but I was thinking about how its Albus who reveals this to us. And its Albus who we always look to when we think about how wonderful Love is. Its Albus who speaks about how powerful love is. But, how much does Albus really know of Love? I think that a part of Albus' fascination with the power of love has to do with the fact that he never really had it in his life. Not in the way that Harry has it, that the Weasleys have it, that Lupin and Tonks, or James and Lily had it.
He loved his family and they loved each other, but I think when Ariana was hurt their family was broken, and no one quite knew how to fix it. Albus' dad, in his grief, went on the offensive, his mother seems to have tried so hard to push it away that it seemed to never happen, and Albus turned to books and knowledge, instead of moving closer together this family moved further and further apart, leading all the way to Ariana's death and the almost completely severed ties of Albus and Aberforth.
After that, the only example of Love we recieve in Albus' life is Grindelwald. And I don't know if that was love or infatuation. If I remember correctly Grindelwald was supposed to exceptionally charismatic and we know he was powerful, and I think Albus may have been sucked in by that. I think Grindelwald's plan to take over the world appealed to the part in Albus that was still angry over what happened to his sister. I mean, i don't think the family ever had closure, so the wound was probably festering by then.
After that, after Albus and Grindelwald severed ties with each other I think Albus may have been shocked by what his feelings for Grindelwald had him considering. I think Albus is generally a good man, he's not Grindelwald, he's not Voldemort. He was just a young man still in pain. It took the death of his sister (who may have been the last honest example of love in Albus' life) to make him realize what he was doing. I think he's right: Love is powerful. But I think Albus has put the emotion on a pedastal too. I think he wanted something he had seen other people have, but something he didn't have. I think, he may have been scared too. Love can give the other person power over you, Grindelwald certainly may have used Albus' emotions against him. And Albus almost made a huge mistake. I don't think Albus ever let himself get close to another person again becuase he was scared of what he could be compelled to do.
I think Albus may have been a rather sad person sometimes. I think he wanted love but didn't want to get hurt again, and I think the idea may have scared him a little.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Wrock Show!
I'm sitting at Wahoo's with RH, C, and S. We're eating dinner after the AMAZING Wizard Rock Show we go to attend at Whimsic Alley (whimsically) with The Whomping Willows, Justin Finch-Fletchly and the Sugar Quills, and The Remus Lupins! There is nothing like spending the afternoon with a group of people who love the same fandom as you do.
This was my third show for The Remus Lupins but
my first time ever for Whompy and JFF. They gave a good show! Jff started the show off with their catchy tunes about going to the Yule ball and liking Millicent Bulstrode, and how Dumbledore's gay but that's ok. Really catchy tunes so I
know I'll be checking out their music soon. Whompy came up next and paired with a few new songs I also got to dance to thier old faves like house of awesome,wizard rock heart throb, and in which Draco and Harry secretly want to make out. And then came The Remus Lupins which is my favorite wrock band of all time! Especially since Alex told us to close the gap so we all got to dance pretty much right next to them. They played all my faves: AWPBD, looking for trouble, loosen your tie and teenage werewolf. And we also got a surprise visit from Ministry of Magic and wow are they cute!!! I need to get some of their music.
All in all this was a GREAT show!
This was my third show for The Remus Lupins but
my first time ever for Whompy and JFF. They gave a good show! Jff started the show off with their catchy tunes about going to the Yule ball and liking Millicent Bulstrode, and how Dumbledore's gay but that's ok. Really catchy tunes so I
know I'll be checking out their music soon. Whompy came up next and paired with a few new songs I also got to dance to thier old faves like house of awesome,wizard rock heart throb, and in which Draco and Harry secretly want to make out. And then came The Remus Lupins which is my favorite wrock band of all time! Especially since Alex told us to close the gap so we all got to dance pretty much right next to them. They played all my faves: AWPBD, looking for trouble, loosen your tie and teenage werewolf. And we also got a surprise visit from Ministry of Magic and wow are they cute!!! I need to get some of their music.
All in all this was a GREAT show!
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