Discussion: Aging in the Wizarding World

[hpgoldenage_mod]

Time for our first discussion post. :)

What does canon tell us about aging in the wizarding world and what is your own head canon on the topic? Feel free to cite canon examples as well as reference fanworks, perhaps a favorite fic that matches your head canon or made you see aging in a whole new way.

Comments

Re: *resists* Oh Sod it, wank incoming.

[sdkshelly.livejournal.com]

I agree with Torino, shockingly. LOL But even if I agreed with you and thought that Draco was an unrepentant, unredeemed bad guy, I don't see why that should preclude me from liking him and wanting to read about him and write about him.

I have to say, I actually thought that comment might invite wank about JKR, not Draco, lol.

Re: *resists* Oh Sod it, wank incoming.

[lightofdaye]

But even if I agreed with you and thought that Draco was an unrepentant, unredeemed bad guy, I don't see why that should preclude me from liking him and wanting to read about him and write about him.
It shouldn't and in no way was I trying to imply it should. I was expressing my own opinion and not trying to cast implications about people who didn't share it. Apologies if that didn't come through.

Though to my thinking, there's a difference between liking a bad guy because he's a cool bad guy and thinking 'this guy's not as bad as he's painted'. But in any case, people are free to think or write whatever they like.

Re: *resists* Oh Sod it, wank incoming.

[sdkshelly.livejournal.com]

You said you were mystified, which I took to mean that you couldn't understand why people would like him. Not that you minded, but it sounded like, "why do people like Draco, he's a bad guy!" which I misunderstood as you don't think anyone should like bad guys in fiction. So that's where I got that from. I'm glad I was mistaken because I was totally o_O.