Warrior of the Wasteland: Is by Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
Remus "Hi, Peter; bye, Peter" attitude: I don't think it has anything to do with his werewolf background. It's Remus the person feeling betrayed not just because of the James and Lily deaths but because Sirius spent the last twelve years in Azkaban. But I agree, considering Remus is otherwise presented as mild-mannered and the ultimate nice guy, it's startling.
MWPP: Moony, Wormtail, Prongs and Padfoot - the nicknames Remus, Peter, James and Sirius used for themselves. In fanfic, it's a handy short term to indicate a story is set in the "Marauder" era.
Tolkien influences: of course. Though most people equate Peter with Grima Wormtongue, not Gollum, probably due to his nickname. Incidentally, Peter is back in volume 4 as well.
Why Slytherin? Because ambition and smarts and a disregard for the rules are not, per se, negative traits. (Pointed out, among other things, by the Tom Riddle/Harry Potter parallels - in Chamber of Secrets but also throughout the series.) Also, with Slytherin House Dumbledore has a chance to influence those kids whereas if there was no Slytherin at Hogwarts they would get send to a Dark Wizards Only school, presumably, and be doomed for sure.
Interestingly, when one checks the main villains of the books, we get by no means a confirmation of what Ron tells Harry about Dark Wizards coming all from Slytherin: Philospher's Stone: The villain turns out not to be Slytherin Severus Snape but ex-Ravenclaw Quirrel. Chamber of Secrets: Tom Riddle aka Voldemort, of course, but as I said, this is also the book which points out the parallels between him and Harry most strongly. Prisoner of Azkaban: Peter Pettigrew (ex-Gryffindor) Goblet of Fire: Crouch Junior in disguise; another ex-Gryffindor. OTOH, really evil Slytherins aside from Voldemort: well, the Malfoys. Draco is a petty bully and Lucius is a ruthless bastard, but neither of them is the main villain in any of the existing books. Snape, as stated earlier, is shades of grey, certainly an antagonist in the sense that he makes Harry's life difficult but not a villain. And the film version of Chamber of Secrets, which was done in consultation with JK Rowlings, shows that Moaning Myrtle (remember, the toilet ghost?) was a Slytherin.
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Re: All of the above
Date: 2003-04-29 10:38 pm (UTC)Remus "Hi, Peter; bye, Peter" attitude: I don't think it has anything to do with his werewolf background. It's Remus the person feeling betrayed not just because of the James and Lily deaths but because Sirius spent the last twelve years in Azkaban. But I agree, considering Remus is otherwise presented as mild-mannered and the ultimate nice guy, it's startling.
MWPP: Moony, Wormtail, Prongs and Padfoot - the nicknames Remus, Peter, James and Sirius used for themselves. In fanfic, it's a handy short term to indicate a story is set in the "Marauder" era.
Tolkien influences: of course. Though most people equate Peter with Grima Wormtongue, not Gollum, probably due to his nickname. Incidentally, Peter is back in volume 4 as well.
Why Slytherin? Because ambition and smarts and a disregard for the rules are not, per se, negative traits. (Pointed out, among other things, by the Tom Riddle/Harry Potter parallels - in Chamber of Secrets but also throughout the series.) Also, with Slytherin House Dumbledore has a chance to influence those kids whereas if there was no Slytherin at Hogwarts they would get send to a Dark Wizards Only school, presumably, and be doomed for sure.
Interestingly, when one checks the main villains of the books, we get by no means a confirmation of what Ron tells Harry about Dark Wizards coming all from Slytherin:
Philospher's Stone: The villain turns out not to be Slytherin Severus Snape but ex-Ravenclaw Quirrel.
Chamber of Secrets: Tom Riddle aka Voldemort, of course, but as I said, this is also the book which points out the parallels between him and Harry most strongly.
Prisoner of Azkaban: Peter Pettigrew (ex-Gryffindor)
Goblet of Fire: Crouch Junior in disguise; another ex-Gryffindor.
OTOH, really evil Slytherins aside from Voldemort: well, the Malfoys. Draco is a petty bully and Lucius is a ruthless bastard, but neither of them is the main villain in any of the existing books. Snape, as stated earlier, is shades of grey, certainly an antagonist in the sense that he makes Harry's life difficult but not a villain. And the film version of Chamber of Secrets, which was done in consultation with JK Rowlings, shows that Moaning Myrtle (remember, the toilet ghost?) was a Slytherin.