Moved from Main - the Dark is rising series and movie

[dumbledore11214]

> Magpie:
> OT, but dear God I just saw my first commercial. I was 
like, "What's 
> this stupid looking movie...OMG IT'S THE DARK IS RISING AND IT'S 
EVEN 
> WORSE THAN I IMAGINED!!"
> 
> -m


Alla:

I feel your pain dear, I really do :)

I on the other hand finished rereading Grey King today and now a bit 
more confident with referencing the scenes not just in Dark is 
Rising but in all the books but Under the sea :). Rambling to follow.


I like Will still which is good ļ I doubt I will be able to dislike 
him with only one book left, hehehe. I mean he was feeling 
compassion for that guy who shot Bren¡¦s dog. I was impressed, truly.

I finally reread that conversation between John Roland and Will 
about similar nature of dark and light that you mentioned.


See, I am still not sure whether Susan Cooper is speaking with John 
Roland¡¦s voice in that conversation or Will¡¦s.  And not that I mind 
if she is speaking with Will¡¦s voice, you know? I think it is harsh 
but necessary, sort of. Because indeed as Will says we are fighting 
a war not for ourselves, but for you ¡V because we cannot die.

They truly do seem to have the best interests of the mankind at 
heart, no? They just do not care if few of that same mankind will 
fall along the way. 

Scary, but oh so reminds me of Dumbledore again, it really does.

In any even as I said, I am pleased with Will¡¦s character, he has 
the coldness of the old one that I do not like, but he also seems to 
have compassion a plenty, just hope it will not go away later in his 
life.

I am also now not sure if we can so easily judge Old ones as not 
humans only, doesn¡¦t Will say in that very conversation that we are 
not so different from you, just our masters are?

I would imagine that the human parts of old ones do feel human 
desires, right? Whom does he mean as his masters by the way? I mean, 
Merriman is one of the Old ones, master? Other old ones too?
And oh dear I hate how casually they use Drew¡¦s kids. The Light 
needed them in Greenwitch and they still make them forget at every 
possibility? Like when they see Will and Merryman fly. Oh dear,. I 
am so much happier with  memory charms in HP probably because I can 
see that the purpose is to keep two worlds separate, nothing more, 
but here to make marionettes of someone you brought in the heat of 
the moment? Hate it, hate it.


What else to ramble about? Love Bran with all his arrogance. 
Reminded me of Harry in OOP so much. Do wish he would slap Will, 
just for the sake of it.

Oh, oh  even now rereading it, I realize that really it is much 
better not to think to much about some plot points and just accept 
them if I want to enjoy the story, be it JKR or Susan Cooper.

Eh, Merryman is one of the three Lords that watches Harp, is he not? 
Tell me again, what was the whole point of Will¡¦s quest to get it 
for the light? Couldn¡¦t Merriman take it and give it to Will? I find 
it very silly.

Alla.