Yunaine posted a comment on Monday 12th October 2009 1:29am for Chapter 08 - Minister Stupid

Hello,

If you dislike reviews that come over as an ungrateful reader then I recommend to disable the review-functionality (or ask the admin to do that). Reviewing means opinion and that goes both good and bad.

That said, below my opinion which can be completely wrong but won't change the way I feel about it.

It's funny how the adults always tend to make mistake after mistake, even lie after lie, yet expect the children to face every action instantly and make the "good and wise decision". How can a child make correct decisions if the adults around you don't show you?

Jean seems to be of the opinion to keep making more mistakes. She fessed up to Harry about Snape, and right after setting that error in order she tells people about Harry's abilities... without even discussing it with Harry. Because I'm sure Harry would love some of the wizarding people to know about all his abilities. Oh wait, he didn't want anything to do with them.
Decision of the parent? Perhaps. And then the adult feeds the spoon to the child and forces him/her to swallow, while reprimanding if he/she feels different.
Shorter: Harry gets ignored yet again, secrets get told without his consent, he gets attacked, etc etc. And after all that Harry is the one that needs to "stop acting childish". Right.

Jean is correct. Voldemort will go after him. But that gives no reason why Harry shouldn't follow class somewhere else than Hogwarts and only fight back when he's ready.
Learning in a clean environment that is healthy
vs
Learning in a hostile environment with loads of obstacles
But I'm guessing Jean will make that wise decision since Harry's merely a child that needs to be told several theories until he picks the "right" (read: adult-spoon-fed) decision.

Sorry, but this chapter came over as Harry being angry, adults messing up all the time, and after all that still pushing Harry to stick at Hogwarts which makes 0 sense (to me). Even worse is that the adults that stay in the story-line (Jean and Dumbledore come to mind) keep making errors and none of them ever have a down-side (besides Harry's wrath) while Harry himself only gets short breaks and then gets told to stop "face reality".
Perhaps the adults can finally leave fairy tale land and face reality themselves instead of shoving that off to Harry.

Br,
Sven

sparrowphoenix posted a comment on Monday 12th October 2009 12:13am for Chapter 08 - Minister Stupid

Absolutely Incredible! Well worth the wait. I'd love to see Jean go all Dark Phoenix on the Minister, Ministry and Umbridge and well, let Logan loose on Snape.