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swatkatIt's been five days since HBP. Five days. And fandom has already gone from hysteria to insanity to accusations of plagiarism and homophobia to sickening shipwars (as opposed to the normal lunatic ones) and classy diatribes against werewolf-stealers. Man.
I am, however, saving this F_W link for posterity.
Also, why am I seeing question marks instead of alphabets in the LJ frontpage????? (they're sort of like this)
I am, however, saving this F_W link for posterity.
Also, why am I seeing question marks instead of alphabets in the LJ frontpage????? (they're sort of like this)
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Date: 2005-07-20 08:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-20 08:56 am (UTC)Swatkat
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Date: 2005-07-20 12:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-20 02:01 pm (UTC)Heh, good point.
Criticism is always good. I'll look forward to reading your opinions on it - while I can crit them in general (when I'm over being fangirly), I would certainly love to read some criticism with respect to the series' genre.
Swatkat
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Date: 2005-07-20 02:02 pm (UTC)*loves your icon*
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Date: 2005-07-20 02:09 pm (UTC)And I love everything, so whatever JKR writes is okay with me. *g*
Blaise *is* awesome - he's so pretty and cool and vain in a very Slytherin way. *g*
Swatkat
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Date: 2005-07-20 03:35 pm (UTC)But then I'm a fan of the fandom instead of the source material, so it's like a marathon airing of a television series to me: I can't stop watching no matter how tired I get, because I *must* know what happens next!
it is indeed a freeway wreck
Date: 2005-07-20 04:22 pm (UTC)oh totally, totally with you there -
Date: 2005-07-20 04:32 pm (UTC)I've even enjoyed some of the essays that didn't seem all that wanky, really, to me - other than the fact that they are hardline pro/con on something that I think is pretty muddy (well - me and obviously lots of others). Like the one about how horrid the Weasley twins are.
What I'd love to see is a really good essay about how utterly horrid and violent the entire HP universe is. There is no *normal* or *sensibly safe* there, at all. I mean - Harry slept in a closet under the stairs for 11 years - and no one seems all that impressed by that. Even Harry. In that context - the twins aren't really standouts, other than the fact that they appear far more talented than many (most?). IMO - but still, enjoyed the essay if only for the opportunity to think that. Again. *sheepish grin*
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Date: 2005-07-20 04:51 pm (UTC)Swatkat
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Date: 2005-07-20 05:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-20 05:33 pm (UTC)Swatkat
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Date: 2005-07-20 05:34 pm (UTC)Swatkat
Re: oh totally, totally with you there -
Date: 2005-07-20 05:37 pm (UTC)There *have* been discussions regarding this in the past (I mean, the wizards go around *armed* all the time - you couldn't get anymore paranoid than that). I'll try to dig up some links for you.
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Date: 2005-07-20 06:21 pm (UTC)Of course the extent of the cra-zee has stunned me a bit.
I mean - WTF is up with the slashers who seem to have seriously believed that JKR was writing openly gay characters in Sirius and Remus??? And are now furious to learn that she never was?
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Date: 2005-07-20 06:38 pm (UTC)So far, nothing has topped the childfree person who went to the book release party, though. Although OMGBlaiseisblack! comes pretty close.
But judging by the JKR interview people keep frothing about, she seems to be well aware of the firestorm and quite amused by it. Honestly, if I were her, I'd probably be cackling in evil glee that my own words had the power to unleash such worldwide insanity. (Well, that, alternating with rolling naked in my enormous piles of cash. LOL.)
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Date: 2005-07-20 06:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-20 06:54 pm (UTC)I'm still surprised by how few people there seem to think that Percy's a spy for Dumbledore....that was my very first thought the first time we saw him in the last book. They are also all convinced that Percy's an approval hound ---- which really strikes me as more fanon than canon. ... still, interesting reading.
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Date: 2005-07-20 08:48 pm (UTC)"few people there seem to think that Percy's a spy for Dumbledore"
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Date: 2005-07-21 02:10 am (UTC)Swatkat
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Date: 2005-07-21 07:43 am (UTC)Just call me cynical, though. ;-)
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Date: 2005-07-25 01:21 pm (UTC)Swatkat