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Anyone Else Surprised or Disappointed That Harry
StrayDog:
--- Quote from: Mira on October 16, 2020, 06:05:48 AM ---I don't think that will happen, simply because Harry is a parent now. He wants to be a good parent, he also has Michael mentoring him on that subject. A good parent cannot be immature nor narcissistic. Reread Christmas Eve.
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Thank you for the advise on rereading but I already have several times and am still allowed to have/express my counter opinion.
Mira:
--- Quote from: StrayDog on October 16, 2020, 02:03:52 PM ---Thank you for the advise on rereading but I already have several times and am still allowed to have/express my counter opinion.
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Of course, as do we all, and you still could be right about how Harry turns out in the end. However it is very clear in Christmas Eve, that Harry wants to be a good parent to Maggie. It is also clear that Michael is his role modal as to what a good father should be and how one should act. Parents everywhere are flawed human beings, but a consistently good parent, isn't immature nor narcissistic.
It may happen sometimes,but they fight it. Harry knows it isn't all about him, he wants to bring joy to little Maggie so he continues the frustrating job of the bike assembly and finds the reward there. It isn't just Murphy's death that he is grieving, it is for all those who had died and got hurt. He felt their pain when they fought under his banner, he felt their deaths, I believe that too has changed him.. Yes, he will always be a smart ass, because that is who he is, a smart ass, however I think we will find him less immature in the future applying it. He is all about his daughter, he knows he has been arrogant, he knows it isn't all about him, and he is striving to do better.. So maybe you don't have hope for Harry, but I do, or have hope that he is headed in the right direction.
StrayDog:
--- Quote from: Mira on October 16, 2020, 03:42:31 PM ---Of course, as do we all, and you still could be right about how Harry turns out in the end. However it is very clear in Christmas Eve, that Harry wants to be a good parent to Maggie. It is also clear that Michael is his role modal as to what a good father should be and how one should act. Parents everywhere are flawed human beings, but a consistently good parent, isn't immature nor narcissistic.
It may happen sometimes, but they fight it. Harry knows it isn't all about him, he wants to bring joy to little Maggie so he continues the frustrating job of the bike assembly and finds the reward there. It isn't just Murphy's death that he is grieving, it is for all those who had died and got hurt. He felt their pain when they fought under his banner, he felt their deaths, I believe that too has changed him.. Yes, he will always be a smart ass, because that is who he is, a smart ass, however I think we will find him less immature in the future applying it. He is all about his daughter, he knows he has been arrogant, he knows it isn't all about him, and he is striving to do better.. So maybe you don't have hope for Harry, but I do, or have hope that he is headed in the right direction.
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I don't imagine any parent wanting to be a bad parent, every one wants to be the best there is. If they are insane, would they know it? The "Hero's Journey" is always to goal of every author too. My point is that JB seems a bit long in having Harry come to that important realization in his life where he understands that his attitude is only cool to him, ie he succeeds in spite of his mouth, not because of it. Michael is a good role model, has Michael been taken by Nemesis though?
Mira:
--- Quote from: StrayDog on October 16, 2020, 04:17:49 PM ---I don't imagine any parent wanting to be a bad parent, every one wants to be the best there is. If they are insane, would they know it? The "Hero's Journey" is always to goal of every author too. My point is that JB seems a bit long in having Harry come to that important realization in his life where he understands that his attitude is only cool to him, ie he succeeds in spite of his mouth, not because of it. Michael is a good role model, has Michael been taken by Nemesis though?
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I very much doubt that, I don't think Michael's angelgoonsquad would allow that. I think Harry is beginning to realize that he attitude is only cool to him. As to parents, if asked, no, nobody wants to be a bad parent, but there are sure a lot of them out there, ranging from abusive to indifferent and over indulgent.. Being a good parent takes work.
Dina:
A lot of work. That is one of my reasons for hating Maggie's existence. She has changed Harry (as she should). As Mira says, he is now more mature and less narcissistic. He is becoming a better man. But one that is less fun to read about.
I don't think Michael is nemfected either. In fact, I suspect that the fact that Molly can enters the home is a hint that she is not nemfected.
I am wondering if there is a way to detect nemfections. Soulgazes? the Sight? Mouse? Can any of those detect it?
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