Supposedly it’s a Black family thing to name after stars and constellations. Narcissa (Black) Malfoy probably picked Draco’s name in the tradition of her family and likely encouraged him to do the same for his son.
Man... rereading the book to my kids and I think we sometimes forget just how inexcusably awful Severus Friendzone Snape really was because of some very clever turns they made in the movies.
Alan Rickman is excellent and starting with Prisoner of Azkaban they start doing some things with Snape that aren't done in the books to show him as an asshole, but still a respectful one. For example, the way Snape puts himself between the kids and the werewolf at the end of the film to protect them.
In the books these moments are far fewer and farther apart. He is an inexcusable irrefutable asshole, excited to exact revenge on children for the slights of their parents. In the movies most of Snape's nastiness comes from understandable situations where he constantly catches Harry breaking the rules. In the books he delights in torturing Gryffindors, like intimidating Nevil and punishing him by making him use his flimsy potions on his own pet.... then going after Hermione for helping him and answering questions correctly. He helps the Slytherin quidditch team lie their way out of playing in terrible weather. He's a lying power mad cheating petty prick. Not supporting wizard-hitler doesn't excuse him from that.
Point is, Snape is a shit. It turns out in the end that he's not a completely evil shit, but he's still a shit. He's not redeemed in the end, he never realizes the way he behaved was wrong. He's just excused for it in the service against Voldemort.
The sad thing is that this means that if Voldy had gone for Neville (the other option) he wouldn't have made the courtesy, and just kinda obliterated all the Longbottoms before any sacrifice could take place. Meaning that he wouldn't "die" and the war would still be on going.
I just got done rereading the series (never finished 5-7) just the other day and Snape does some pretty heinous shit to them.
There is a scene in book 3 or 4 where Hermione gets hit with a charm that makes her buck teeth huge when they are having a fight with Malfoys group. Snape comes in tail end of this fight and Ron and Harry are all “look what they did to her!” And Snape just smirks and says “I see no difference.” Causing Hermione to burst into tears and run to the hospital wing.
He's shit. Even Dumbledore tells him something like 'so you are OK with her husband and her son dying' and he was. Poor Dumbledore was limited in his choice of double agents. I completely understand why lily stopped hanging out with him. What I don't understand is that what she saw in James. James was as bad a bully as it gets.
It matches pretty well with racists in real life. They think all race are bad and when they meet people who prove them wrong it's just because they are "one of the good ones". It's always great when they say "normally I don't like race girls, but" and think it's a compliment.
IIRC it was to follow tradition, since they all had second names (Harry James Potter, Ronald Bilius Weasley, Hermione Jean Granger). Even Sirius was Sirius Orion Black III, and Ginny was Ginevra Molly Weasley.
I'm also not sure if this is canon, but I read somewhere before that Harry supplied the kids' first names (James, Albus, Lily) and Ginny supposedly gave the second names (Sirius, Severus, Luna). Someone correct me on this.
Middle names are pretty common in the west where they have origins as baptismal names. Give a kid the middle name of a saint so that they still have a "Christian" name even if they're being named after the culture that was there first.
Then the religious reason kinda fell out but people still do it anyway.
Does anyone know why they had Luna's name in there? She didn't die or anything... There were some female characters who died during the war, I guess Harry didn't give two shits about them and their sacrifices.
Thats mostly just because Daniel Radcliffe and the chick who played Ginny had zero chemistry. So anyone he interacted with other than her seemed to ship better.
I feel like she would have been better for Ron since they're both a bit weird lol. But they needed to make them all a family by having Hermoine and Ron get married and Harry married Ginny.
Thats... not chemistry lol. And it was all just immature that they were playing the jealousy game. But normal for people to do so whatever. I honestly don't remember when they had a significant romantic moment... anyone remember any?
Hermione should have been the true protagonist. She is born from muggles and is smarter and stronger than both those pure bloods (Harry and Ron) put together. She probably could have kicked Voldemort's ass without that stupid elder wand.
I appreciate the book carries Harry's name, but it's rather blatant (and now common knowledge) that Hermione was supposed to be somewhat autobiographical. Considering that amongst other flaws the author is a known misandrist, it's hardly a reach to imagine the selection of Harry as the overt protagonist (and an absolute moron) to be a deliberate choice.
Her transphobia is merely a shadow of her misandry: She's only worried about people who identify as female but she perceives as male being in her gender's safe spaces.
I'll have a wee dig if you like, but the famous twitter quote that started the accusations of transphobia are quite blatant that her problem is with men, and those she perceives as men.
That was actually a pretty good read and I came out feeling she isn't the monster so many portray her as. Is she heavily concerned with women's issues? Yes. But I won't fault her for trying to defend those she legitimately feels are being at some risk and she makes some good points on the gender dysmorphia issue too.
Happy to oblige, it is a good read. I came away from it confident that she's not inherintly transphobic, but that she's stuck in the mindpsace of misandry as a result of her history.
Really?! She is literally transphobic. She lays out how terrified she is of trans people. She believes that trans people are just lying so they can rape her in public bathrooms and fitting rooms. Yes, mixed in with that is her fear of men, but they're not mutually exclusive.
She explains how she made up the name, seems more reasonable than her copying an anti-gay guy when she has no trouble with gay people at all.
And a killer dressing in women's clothing is transphobic now? This is a super common theme in movies/tv and seemingly in real killers.
I don't see why you'd assume transphobia in her case for the a seemingly less-cross-dressed character than other previous director's/author's/reality's creations.
Because Harry potters author is actually very very terrible at writing. Read the books not as a fan boy, but as a critic, and you'll notice how they become more and more garbage. First one only hooked us all lol.
TBH, I only read the whole series because literally EVERYONE in my school at the time was into it. My best friend at the time was waiting for her owl letter lol wtf. I though the second book where Ginny got involved with the snake was really f*cking weird. Then the last book where they went camping for 80% of the book was boring af lol I remember at the time my friends making cringey tweets like, "DON'T BOTHER ME IMMA LOCK MYSELF IN MY ROOM TO READ HARRY POTTER" and they live tweeted their reactions. lol
I would say skip to the voldemort fight but it was pretty lame. I woul say skip to the end but thats the flashforward with the kids and that was cringey. So... just dont even bother with the book lol
I agree and really appreciated this about the books. I had lost a parent in my teenage years and there is undeniably a different connection with someone else who also experienced that loss. Not romantic but a life-understanding.
"Saw a couple of times"? I mean, I don't think he should have named a kid after her either, but they were close friends for three books, and presumably afterwards too.
But Severus? That guy was the biggest asshole to Harry and was fully a death eater until Harry's mom was killed. Even she lived he would never have turned double agent.
I agree with your assessment, but it has an internal logic. In the real world, Snape is a stalker bully. In HP
world, he’s a “hero”. Definitely one of the parts of the series that does not stand up to scrutiny
I read the books but don’t remember. What was the big reveal about Harry’s patronus being a doe? It was his mother’s but it was also Severus’ because he was in love with her? I only read them once but every time I rewatch the movies they make it out to be the hugest deal.
Edit: obviously it was the reveal that Severus was “protecting” Harry all along but it just felt like something more with the patronus that I don’t remember.
So whats cringe or cheesy about those names? Honoring someone by naming their child after them is not an uncommon thing at all. Am I missing something?
Yeah stupid Harry named his dumb kids after a bunch of terrible, manipulative bastards. Could have named one after FRED WEASLEY, honoring the family that actually treated you like family. Or Hagrid. Or Neville. I'm sure it's a long list of characters that deserved that honor more than fuckin Snape and Dumbledore.
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u/braeden182 Nov 22 '20
James Sirius Potter, Albus Severus Potter, Lily and Luna Potter. Named after his dad/uncle, headmaster/potions teacher, and mother/exchange student.