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Aaand edit:

Trope Anatomy posted a video some time after I wrote this, and there you go! He perfectly explains what I was talking about. Convenient, isn’t it? 😜

Some Harry Potter Books/Movie Debate

I’m going to suppose that you know Harry Potter, if not, don’t worry, it’s everywhere. So in medias res, folks: me and my twin sis stumbled upon a YouTube video recently:

Basically, she compared the three main characters’ looks in the books (looks in the books, you go rhymes!) and in the movies, and tried to draw their appearances accurately based on the books. 

Probably as soon as one does something that’s… a hot topic, meaning, what loads of people care about (like Harry Potter), there will be a wave of criticism attacking them like a sea monster.

Honestly, I don’t see why she deserves hatred, while other comments are just kind of… dumb. (Sorry :() If you happen to be one whose comment I include, I’m honestly sorry for being the first one to criticize your remarks (I wish someone would have done it before me).

Animaker wrote:  “I don’t really agree on your points. I belive they look fine in the movies”

The commenter is not being impolite, yay, but I honestly think this is not a very smart comment, still 757 people have liked it - so far. Of course they look fine in the movies, but that is not quite how it is in the books. LavenderTowne, who made the video was not quite happy with Hermione being a glamurous nerd. Honestly, neither am I, because in the books she is not particularly pretty, but let’s face it, in the movies they really went for that - like movies generally do. There’s nothing wrong with that, but I’m still happy that her looks is not in the centre of the books.

Jennifer Morales: “Hermione’s first year hair is actually really on point. Unwell kept curly hair looks like that. …” (2.5K likes)

Ida lovinden:  “ When i take Care of my hair it looks like the second picture of hermione. When i dont take Care of my hair its like in the first photo / first and second movie. They Got hermione super right after my opinion. Also there is something called puberty if you know what that is. People OFC change from the age of 10 to 20! Also most People’s hair changes alot from being frizzy to more straight or whatever its called which obviusly happened to Emma / hermione.“

Vamos. Obviously, they didn’t get Hermione super right since that is not how she’s described in the books. She’s not particularly pretty there (as I’ve said) and already in the first one, she’s extremely annoying and far not as likeable as in the movie. Thank Goodness (and Rowling) for her character development.

“There is something called puberty if you know what that is.” Now that’s rude… I’m sorry for the girl who made the video, since this is just the tip of the mocking iceberg she received.

Well, the “problem” here with the movies is obviously not how Hermione’s hair changes as time progresses. LavenderTowne talked about the effort that’s put into her hair and makeup in the second picture, and compared it to the Hermione of the books. This effort is totally understandable, since we’re talking about the big - and small - screen, but calling a visibly curled hair a natural phenomenon… oh well.

Wolffie Girls: “To be honest, the way I saw this video was that you were sort of “picking” on the actors, they can’t get it perfect you know.”

Gacha React: “Exactly!”

Jaspreet Digpal: “Yesss! She was literally moaning that Rupert Grint had normal sized hands and feet!“

…

Why would anyone criticize the actors for not looking exactly like book characters? I really don’t think she was “picking on the actors” in her video, but in some cases on the way they were depicted, and in others she mainly highlighted the differences. Sometimes depicting a character differently is unavoidable, since they cannot look exactly on point, naturally, but I fully agree that making Hermione a “glamorous nerd” has kind of a “being smart in itself is not enough if you’re not pretty” message - since cinema usually suggests this, and also a lot of books. - But I love those movies (e.g. Grease). O.o *.*

All in all, what these commenters really don’t get is that for somebody who loves the books the way they are, it is quite difficult to cheer for somewhat significant changes when they watch the movies. Harry’s eye color is one example since his “maternal heritage eyes” pretty much accompany the whole story. Of course, it can’t prevent a good actor from getting the role and he couldn’t wear contacts, as they say, but people should also be considerate to those who love the books so much that a change like this is not utterly unimportant for them. Another example is Ron’s height and long nose, which is the exact opposite of the movie’s Ron, but I’m perfectly okay with that since I love Rupert Grint’s acting.

We could again talk about Hermione. So let’s do it, shall we?

madison morren wrote:  “ Idk if anyone else has mentioned it, but the reason hermoine in the film gets more ‘glamorous’ was actually at the request of the actress, not the film director. She didnt want to look frumpy and requested to be able to be done up throughout the film. … From what im aware of. I heard about it a few years back. She didnt want to be defined as a frizzy haired girl who wasnt conventionally pretty. I think there may be a small interview on it, if i find it ill link it here. Im sure this is the reason for many changed in lots of these multi series movies but the actors just dont say anything”

NCC-1701-HUFFLEPUFF “I could understand that. She was a child in the public spotlight so it’s normal for her to be self-conscious about her appearance, even if she’s acting in a film.“

Well I can’t understand. If Emma Watson really didn’t want to be defined as a not conventionally pretty character, then that is downright shallow and disappointing from a great actress like her. Honestly, I didn’t go do a research on this as I’m too lazy, my bad. I know though that she’s generally kind to her fans, so I still don’t hold it against her, even if it’s true (though I could… because it’s shallow).

See you next time. Have a nice… life.

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My Theatre Story

So, today I’m going to tell a story about my theatre... as the title suggests. Surprise surprise.

At our uni, theatre groups operate as long as they perform their single play from time to time. Yes, dumb. Totally.

Well, our play got outdated. Out of the troop’s 8 members, our director only invited 2 of us to his new group, my friend and me, but allowed plus 2 to join. It was not based on talent (he had conflicts with some members so he didn’t like them anymore). Well, he had conflicts with half of the group, including me, but he said that was nothing compared to the other ones.

I love theatre - that pic above is so me... well, I put it together, so duh. *.* My sis is more into... ice skating? I guess. So, it was really important to me. Even more so since our former play doesn’t have complex characters, rather five-minute caricatures, and I would really like to play a real character - at last.

The others really hesitated. I told them that for me it’s okay, the only important thing is that we do have a troop. Well, without a director it would have been difficult to find a place to rehearse or sign ourselves up for festivals and stuff like that, but we would have had some creative freedom. You know, when you can’t make yourself heard in any way, but you’re free to entertain yourself.

At the beginning of the summer break, the director wrote us about four times to finally give him an answer. The others voted for this latter option (garage theatre), and I voted for joining the official troop, but I didn’t want to go against them so I stood behind their decision as well, even though I told them my opinion. The new academic year came, and our two additional members got busy with work - they’re not students at the uni. So we were left there with nothing, basically.

My friend, the other former member, changed his mind and said that now he would like to join the new official troop.

One of my professors involved in theatre encouraged us to ask our director to let us join. This director is also the leader of a bigger university theatre, and we hoped for that, too. The next week, the encouraging professor that she sees little hope, since she just gave our director a play script to rehearse, for a certain number of characters. The next week I bumped into our director, so I grabbed the opportunity and asked him if he knows any options for us to be able to perform - there is another small group who just started to practice some basics, they don’t even rehearse any play yet, and there is that bigger theatre I’ve mentioned. He said:

“It’s too late.” He literally just received the play to rehearse the week before, which means they had exactly one rehearsal as they take place on Mondays. My sis said that it was out of pride, and if she as a random person had asked him, probably he would have said yes. He also offered his help to our non-existent troop.

A month later my friend and me went to see a performance during a national university theatre meeting. He was there and talked to us. After the play he stood right next to us, glancing at us, when I told my friend in a sad voice: “I miss stage performing.” Yep, it was on purpose.

About another month later he told my friend that there is an empty place in his group now because one of the members had to quit. He added: “but there’s only one place”. He didn’t ask me. My friend told me about it, and I told him my answer was no, because it’s really rude to offer one place to two people, both of whom he invited months ago and both of whom would like to join but only together. But as it turned out, I was really not asked. My friend said no because he claimed he had enough on his plate, and he didn’t even mention me. I thought our director would then go and ask about me, but he said: “Alright. I see. Best wishes! :)”

He didn’t ask about me at all! What the...?

I did take revenge; by not saying hello to him for weeks.

But since he’s gonna teach me next semester - yep, he’s one of our professors as well - I didn’t dare take it too far and I had to be polite again.

Well, let’s hope for a new semester full of drama, and another director. Break a leg, folks!

[thetwinshere-blog]

Some Harry Potter Books/Movie Debate

I’m going to suppose that you know Harry Potter, if not, don’t worry, it’s everywhere. So in medias res, folks: me and my twin sis stumbled upon a YouTube video recently:

Basically, she compared the three main characters’ looks in the books (looks in the books, you go rhymes!) and in the movies, and tried to draw their appearances accurately based on the books. 

Probably as soon as one does something that’s... a hot topic, meaning, what loads of people care about (like Harry Potter), there will be a wave of criticism attacking them like a sea monster.

Honestly, I don’t see why she deserves hatred, while other comments are just kind of... dumb. (Sorry :() If you happen to be one whose comment I include, I’m honestly sorry for being the first one to criticize your remarks (I wish someone would have done it before me).

Animaker wrote:  “I don't really agree on your points. I belive they look fine in the movies”

The commenter is not being impolite, yay, but I honestly think this is not a very smart comment, still 757 people have liked it - so far. Of course they look fine in the movies, but that is not quite how it is in the books. LavenderTowne, who made the video was not quite happy with Hermione being a glamurous nerd. Honestly, neither am I, because in the books she is not particularly pretty, but let’s face it, in the movies they really went for that - like movies generally do. There’s nothing wrong with that, but I’m still happy that her looks is not in the centre of the books.

Jennifer Morales: “Hermione’s first year hair is actually really on point. Unwell kept curly hair looks like that. ...” (2.5K likes)

Ida lovinden:  “ When i take Care of my hair it looks like the second picture of hermione. When i dont take Care of my hair its like in the first photo / first and second movie. They Got hermione super right after my opinion. Also there is something called puberty if you know what that is. People OFC change from the age of 10 to 20! Also most People’s hair changes alot from being frizzy to more straight or whatever its called which obviusly happened to Emma / hermione.“

Vamos. Obviously, they didn’t get Hermione super right since that is not how she’s described in the books. She’s not particularly pretty there (as I’ve said) and already in the first one, she’s extremely annoying and far not as likeable as in the movie. Thank Goodness (and Rowling) for her character development.

“There is something called puberty if you know what that is.” Now that’s rude... I’m sorry for the girl who made the video, since this is just the tip of the mocking iceberg she received.

Well, the “problem” here with the movies is obviously not how Hermione’s hair changes as time progresses. LavenderTowne talked about the effort that’s put into her hair and makeup in the second picture, and compared it to the Hermione of the books. This effort is totally understandable, since we’re talking about the big - and small - screen, but calling a visibly curled hair a natural phenomenon... oh well.

Wolffie Girls: “To be honest, the way I saw this video was that you were sort of "picking" on the actors, they can't get it perfect you know.”

Gacha React: “Exactly!”

Jaspreet Digpal: “Yesss! She was literally moaning that Rupert Grint had normal sized hands and feet!“

...

Why would anyone criticize the actors for not looking exactly like book characters? I really don’t think she was “picking on the actors” in her video, but in some cases on the way they were depicted, and in others she mainly highlighted the differences. Sometimes depicting a character differently is unavoidable, since they cannot look exactly on point, naturally, but I fully agree that making Hermione a “glamorous nerd” has kind of a “being smart in itself is not enough if you’re not pretty” message - since cinema usually suggests this, and also a lot of books. - But I love those movies (e.g. Grease). O.o *.*

All in all, what these commenters really don’t get is that for somebody who loves the books the way they are, it is quite difficult to cheer for somewhat significant changes when they watch the movies. Harry’s eye color is one example since his “maternal heritage eyes” pretty much accompany the whole story. Of course, it can’t prevent a good actor from getting the role and he couldn’t wear contacts, as they say, but people should also be considerate to those who love the books so much that a change like this is not utterly unimportant for them. Another example is Ron’s height and long nose, which is the exact opposite of the movie’s Ron, but I’m perfectly okay with that since I love Rupert Grint’s acting.

We could again talk about Hermione. So let’s do it, shall we?

madison morren wrote:  “ Idk if anyone else has mentioned it, but the reason hermoine in the film gets more 'glamorous' was actually at the request of the actress, not the film director. She didnt want to look frumpy and requested to be able to be done up throughout the film. ... From what im aware of. I heard about it a few years back. She didnt want to be defined as a frizzy haired girl who wasnt conventionally pretty. I think there may be a small interview on it, if i find it ill link it here. Im sure this is the reason for many changed in lots of these multi series movies but the actors just dont say anything”

NCC-1701-HUFFLEPUFF “I could understand that. She was a child in the public spotlight so it's normal for her to be self-conscious about her appearance, even if she's acting in a film.“

Well I can’t understand. If Emma Watson really didn’t want to be defined as a not conventionally pretty character, then that is downright shallow and disappointing from a great actress like her. Honestly, I didn’t go do a research on this as I’m too lazy, my bad. I know though that she’s generally kind to her fans, so I still don’t hold it against her, even if it’s true (though I could... because it’s shallow).

See you next time. Have a nice... life.