The beginning of last night's Colbert Report was very cute.
Tara: That was funny if you've studied Taglarin mystic rites and... are a total dork... Riley: Then how come Xander didn't laugh?
'Selfless'
The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
This thread is a focused discussion group. Please see the first post below for the current topic and upcoming book discussions. While natter will inevitably happen, we encourage you to treat this like a virtual book club and try to keep your posts in that spirit.
By consensus, this thread is reopened specifically to discuss Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It will be closed again once that discussion has run its course.
***SPOILER ALERT***
-t - Jul 24, 2007 1:42:17 pm PDT #1616 of 3301
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hil R. - Jul 24, 2007 2:01:52 pm PDT #1617 of 3301
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I kind of wish that non-verbal spells had played some part in something. That was the last bit of advice that Snape gave Harry -- learn to keep your mind and mouth shut.
Someone a few days ago linked to a fic with the sort of between-the-lines stuff for the epilogue. I can't find the link now -- anyone know which one I'm talking about?
JZ - Jul 24, 2007 2:03:43 pm PDT #1618 of 3301
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I think I know the one, but if it is the one I'm thinking of then it's lost in the bowels of LJ for the moment.
Polter-Cow - Jul 24, 2007 2:06:41 pm PDT #1619 of 3301
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I kind of wish that non-verbal spells had played some part in something. That was the last bit of advice that Snape gave Harry -- learn to keep your mind and mouth shut.
Hil, there were times during the book where I thought that, too. But I also think there were points where Hermione, at least, was clearly doing a non-verbal spell. There wasn't a big deal about it, but I think there were points where they were under the Cloak and hiding and doing spells where I figured they had to be doing them non-verbally, or else they'd be heard.
Someone a few days ago linked to a fic with the sort of between-the-lines stuff for the epilogue. I can't find the link now -- anyone know which one I'm talking about?
That was me! Here you go, when LJ returns.
Laga - Jul 24, 2007 2:09:36 pm PDT #1620 of 3301
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Non-verbal spells helped Harry stay hidden under the cloak during the final battle.
victor infante - Jul 24, 2007 2:16:18 pm PDT #1621 of 3301
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Okay, fine, you're right, Luna probably is the Potterverse character most likely to take advice from a toy bunny intent on ruling the world. Like that's a BAD thing?)
No, of course not. Not at all. And also, Luna shines with cleverness in "Deathly Hallows," and is the absolute best Quiddich narrator EVAH!
Polter-Cow - Jul 24, 2007 2:29:29 pm PDT #1622 of 3301
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
And also, Luna shines with cleverness in "Deathly Hallows,"
Fuck cleverness, she's also an incredibly perceptive human being: I loved the bit at the end where she distracts the throng so Harry can escape to be with his friends.
A comma splice and a colon?? J.K. would be proud.
Atropa - Jul 24, 2007 2:30:51 pm PDT #1623 of 3301
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
And also, Luna shines with cleverness in "Deathly Hallows," and is the absolute best Quiddich narrator EVAH!
These are true things.
(Confession time: I don't like Quiddich. Don't care about it at all. Blah-blah-blah sports with brooms, whatever. So I *loved* Luna's Quiddich commentary.)
DavidS - Jul 24, 2007 2:50:45 pm PDT #1624 of 3301
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Has everybody already seen the South Park / Harry Potter mashups?
(Don't play it at work unless F-bombs are okay at your job.)
tommyrot - Jul 24, 2007 3:10:17 pm PDT #1625 of 3301
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
A few hundred of the DH book are missing pages. Some have already appeared on eBay.
ATLANTA — Harry Potter charmed millions of readers this weekend, but the spell was broken at least briefly for some fans when they found pages missing from their precious copies of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."
The book's publisher, Scholastic Inc., says a few hundred of the 12 million copies of the book are reported to have pages missing. The gaps have left hardcore Potterphiles rushing to stores to exchange them _ or filing them away as mementos of the book's epic release.
Leanne Greer, 36, had gone on "lock down" _ no television, radio or Internet _ after buying her copy of "Deathly Hallows" at about 7 a.m. on Saturday. She said she finished reading page 306, then discovered the next 33 pages of the book were missing.
"I just kind of freaked out," said Greer, a Purdue University graduate with degrees in elementary education and English. "My husband said, 'Why are you screaming?' He said 'I thought one of the kids was hurt.'"