Spike ,'Never Leave Me'
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Ngah.
God, Nilly - bless your heart. I actually had to stop reading your review quite early on, because it's very embarassing weeping in a small internet cafe full of gamers. Um. But - yep. What you said.
(Also - OMG, love, I just read Will the Vampire People Please Leave The Lobby, and the Bring-Nilly-To-America campaign fucking KILLED me all over again. Buffistas, how much do you rock?)
Also - welcome to the board, Tod!
Nilly, what a wonderful post. I had not considered the shifting priorities from the interiority of Hogwarts to the exteriority of the world. I was just irritated because I missed teh structure of Hogwarts.
You've given me something to ponder.
Nilly, you made me love the book (and the series) more than I already did. How did you do that?
I keep thinking about spirals and circles.
You see so much, notice so much, feel so much, of the big picture and all the little details the creator puts in and then wonders if anyone else will ever notice. Seriously, Nilly, yours are the eyes and ears that storytellers dream of.
What JZ said. I'm so amazed at all the little things you pick up on, Nilly. I hope that there continue to be television shows and books that inspire you to write multiple post essays so that I can continue to read them and enjoy them.
If analysing the text in English Lit had been more Nillyesque--well, we'd not have gotten through as many books, but we'd have enjoyed it a lot more.
Lisah, Thanks for deciding not to kick my nube behind yesterday- much appreciated. Nilly, I hope it didn't seem insulting when I said you write like a twelve year old (you say in your piece that you ARE twelve, right?) because nothing could have been further from my intent. The fact that you are twelve (I hope, lest I put my foot ever more deeply into my mouth) just makes the absolutely angelic and inspired outpouring of your heart and mind that much more dazzling. Long may you wave!
Bless you Tod. And stop while you can.
"I'm twelve" is snark for "I'm thinking juvenile thoughts", naughty thoughts, feeling silly, etc.
Nilly's not 12. She's a college student.
Hope you're wearing tasty shoes!