Don't apologize; it's a nice icon. (JKR, otoh? She can apologize.)
Glad to hear you're another Sirius fangirl. Awesome. :) He really is fascinating, like you said, there's so much going on with him. Layers and layers to explore.
I was *praying* that Hagrid would die as I read book 5. I figured it was either him or Sirius (and I kept thinking, look, she's setting up so much for Sirius, how stupid would it be to kill him now with his arc barely begun???) jaydk reassures me that Sirius' death will have meaning because it'll provide a valuable lesson to Harry, but dude, I don't give a fuck about Harry's life lessons! Not when Sirius is dead!
It's cool that you like other characters. My tendency, when I really like a character, is to see everything completely through that character. So nothing is really very interesting anymore unless it relates to him. It's a pretty horrible way to be a fan, unless you're a fan of a main character, because no matter what, the supporting characters always have to bow to the main plot and main character's arc.
But, dammit, 99% of the time main characters are black and white and boring; only the supporting characters are allowed to really be grey and fucked up and deeply interesting. So I get enthralled by these supporting characters and then it breaks my heart when their arcs get overridden by the "real" story.
This is why I love George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. It's an ensemble, so Jaime Lannister gets his chance for a great arc that deals in depth with him as a character and his personal growth. The overall story isn't about him, but he doesn't get short-shafted in favor of more "important" stories.
But, y'know, no one is writing Jaime Lannister fanfiction! Possibly because the books are incredibly thick, and the series is unfinished, but still.... If that actually had a fandom to embrace, I'd happily embrace it instead.
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Glad to hear you're another Sirius fangirl. Awesome. :) He really is fascinating, like you said, there's so much going on with him. Layers and layers to explore.
I was *praying* that Hagrid would die as I read book 5. I figured it was either him or Sirius (and I kept thinking, look, she's setting up so much for Sirius, how stupid would it be to kill him now with his arc barely begun???)
It's cool that you like other characters. My tendency, when I really like a character, is to see everything completely through that character. So nothing is really very interesting anymore unless it relates to him. It's a pretty horrible way to be a fan, unless you're a fan of a main character, because no matter what, the supporting characters always have to bow to the main plot and main character's arc.
But, dammit, 99% of the time main characters are black and white and boring; only the supporting characters are allowed to really be grey and fucked up and deeply interesting. So I get enthralled by these supporting characters and then it breaks my heart when their arcs get overridden by the "real" story.
This is why I love George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. It's an ensemble, so Jaime Lannister gets his chance for a great arc that deals in depth with him as a character and his personal growth. The overall story isn't about him, but he doesn't get short-shafted in favor of more "important" stories.
But, y'know, no one is writing Jaime Lannister fanfiction! Possibly because the books are incredibly thick, and the series is unfinished, but still.... If that actually had a fandom to embrace, I'd happily embrace it instead.