The wiki, like Pottermore, rather pisses me off but for now, since it's the only one of the few sources we have, we have to make do. But I can also say this; as fabu as JKR's world is, she ain't exactly on the ball either. When the damned creator can't even keep shit straight in their own world, then it isn't going to be easy for anyone else either. We're all human, you know?
So, yeah, moving on.
I can honestly say I took the moments to mean Draco's failure. Here's why. In the book, we are shown everything through Harry's eyes. He wants Draco to fail. Doesn't matter what it is. Books don't translate easy, to movies and there's an wider, easy method of getting everyone;s POV across without confusion. So I figured this was Hollywood translation of Draco's talking with Moaning Myrtle. If I recall correctly, he's talking about his failures and he's crying is how it happened in book canon.
Movie translation canon: The missing chunk of the apple to me reminded me of the kid Fred and George shoved in the cabinet: don't remember his name but he was a Slytherin. Anyway, he was lost for some time before he reappeared later in the year. His memory had been altered, if I remember correctly.
The dead bird, honestly no clue cause it creeped me out, but again, I thought, shit failed again because of the look on his face. It never occurred to think about his transitioning character, just his desperation that he wasn't doing any better than his father and that he'd alienated Snape.
Me canon: Draco's distress was extreme and with each failure, those of trying to kill Dumbledore included, were just compounding his issues.
It wasn't until I rewatched the clips you posted and my daughter says, 'who bit the apple?' and 'how did the bird die?' that I had to consider it as you had laid it out.
Maybe it is just a personal interpretation of the scenes, characters and not so much about who is wrong or right, because either way they are taken, they both get the point across that this child is in trouble.
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Date: 2013-10-12 09:56 pm (UTC)So, yeah, moving on.
I can honestly say I took the moments to mean Draco's failure. Here's why. In the book, we are shown everything through Harry's eyes. He wants Draco to fail. Doesn't matter what it is. Books don't translate easy, to movies and there's an wider, easy method of getting everyone;s POV across without confusion. So I figured this was Hollywood translation of Draco's talking with Moaning Myrtle. If I recall correctly, he's talking about his failures and he's crying is how it happened in book canon.
Movie translation canon: The missing chunk of the apple to me reminded me of the kid Fred and George shoved in the cabinet: don't remember his name but he was a Slytherin. Anyway, he was lost for some time before he reappeared later in the year. His memory had been altered, if I remember correctly.
The dead bird, honestly no clue cause it creeped me out, but again, I thought, shit failed again because of the look on his face. It never occurred to think about his transitioning character, just his desperation that he wasn't doing any better than his father and that he'd alienated Snape.
Me canon: Draco's distress was extreme and with each failure, those of trying to kill Dumbledore included, were just compounding his issues.
It wasn't until I rewatched the clips you posted and my daughter says, 'who bit the apple?' and 'how did the bird die?' that I had to consider it as you had laid it out.
Maybe it is just a personal interpretation of the scenes, characters and not so much about who is wrong or right, because either way they are taken, they both get the point across that this child is in trouble.