"But JKR went further, depicting marriage as a covenant, totally deemphasizing the role of exploring sexuality, of love while it lasts, which is how she can come to a situation where high school sweethearts stay together.
Truthfully, I don't think it was a noble choice on her part, rather a lack of skill. "
I hated when the Phlegm/Bill wedding was set up as an Unbreakable Vow. WTF? Punish adultery with death? What message is Jo preaching? Stone adulteresses to death?
Or is she preaching Gryffindors rule and the Greater Good? Mwah hah hah, Wizards are superior to Humans: Wizards kill adulteresses with Magic which proves their moral superiority to inferior Muggles who have to use rocks like a phalange of monkeys.
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Date: 2012-04-26 08:49 pm (UTC)Truthfully, I don't think it was a noble choice on her part, rather a lack of skill. "
I hated when the Phlegm/Bill wedding was set up as an Unbreakable Vow. WTF? Punish adultery with death? What message is Jo preaching? Stone adulteresses to death?
Or is she preaching Gryffindors rule and the Greater Good? Mwah hah hah, Wizards are superior to Humans: Wizards kill adulteresses with Magic which proves their moral superiority to inferior Muggles who have to use rocks like a phalange of monkeys.