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Mira:
--- Quote from: exartiem on February 19, 2020, 08:56:31 PM ---Two points:
First, we should be careful about how deep we get into religious doctrine because this story is coming from Jim's mind. It doesn't necessarily have to jive with his own beliefs. He has said in interviews that he was raised fundamentalist Christian, but more from the "fun" end of fundamental rather than the "mental" end.
Second, as to whether we should care about Margaret, you guys seem to be treating this topic as it's own story. This is Harry's story. Harry cares about his mother, all the good and bad. If you care about Harry then you should care about what affects him.
Of course, if you don't care about Harry, then why are you reading his story?
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We care about Margaret's story, because without her story taking the turns that it did, we wouldn't have Harry's story. At some point if Harry reaches another crossroads like he did when he was down with a broken back, the choices his mother made and why may be very relevant to him, the same goes to how and why his father died.
morriswalters:
--- Quote from: exartiem on February 19, 2020, 08:56:31 PM ---Second, as to whether we should care about Margaret, you guys seem to be treating this topic as it's own story. This is Harry's story. Harry cares about his mother, all the good and bad. If you care about Harry then you should care about what affects him.
Of course, if you don't care about Harry, then why are you reading his story?
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Context is king. If Maggie's story doesn't land then Harry's story is weaker. And we talk about her because Jim keeps dragging her to the forefront. So he wants you thinking about Maggie. Arguably Margaret is Harry's mentor. More than anyone else other than Malcolm she has made Harry what he is. And if you don't understand her story then you can't understand Harry's. She is mentioned in almost every book and is connected to all the people in Harry's life. His daughter was named after her.
123Chikadee:
Hm, I tend to agree with morriswalters, Mr. Death, and Mira. Bad Alias makes some very good points as well. I think my ideas of Margaret are a tad different. I think that while she ultimately had a good heart, but she was running with a bad crowd for a reason and I think part of her liked the power that came with it, if only so she could use it to do good.
Narrative wise, I bet she's a dark reflection of Harry and when he finds out, it'll really throw him for a loop before he ends up believing that she did end up redeeming herself. I have a feeling that she might actually had a harder time dealing with her darker side than Harry had. Plus, I think this would be fairly interesting.
I also think that a lot of her calculations for how Harry came to be were both intelligent but also desperate. I think she overestimated her intelligence and it came back to gite her in a really big way. Maybe her creation of Harry was more of a last ditch attempt to combat outsiders. I don't know if Thomas was an accident or not; she did leave him, despite not wanting to.
I know that people were comparing Morgan and Margaret's situation to Lily and Snape, but what if in this variation, Margaret is Snape?
g33k:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on February 17, 2020, 12:53:09 AM --- ... Jim's kept it so vague that she could be a closet nun. I'm just wore out with it ...
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You're... just wore out with vague hints, speculations, possible/probable/improbable/nothing's-impossiblities ??!? :o
Dude. ???
You're hanging out on the wrong forum.
;)
Bad Alias:
--- Quote from: Dina on February 19, 2020, 09:05:03 PM ---Perhaps the story is interesting enough to be read without actually caring for the lead character.
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In my experience, that's not a thing. If I don't care about the main characters, I don't care enough to keep going.
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