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'Beneath You'
The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
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victor infante - Oct 22, 2007 7:19:46 am PDT #3123 of 3301
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Vortex - Oct 22, 2007 7:29:51 am PDT #3124 of 3301
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
That's how I took it. Some details (and in hers a lot, I'm guessing) don't make the story better or more viable.
exactly. she didn't make a big deal over Cedric Diggory being black, but no one's calling her racist because she didn't make it clear in the book.
Dana - Oct 22, 2007 7:31:13 am PDT #3125 of 3301
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
she didn't make a big deal over Cedric Diggory being black, but no one's calling her racist because she didn't make it clear in the book.
...Blaise Zabini?
Sophia Brooks - Oct 22, 2007 7:32:41 am PDT #3126 of 3301
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I thought it was Dean Thomas? I couldn't figure out if Blaise Zabini was a boy or a girl for a long time, though....
Dana - Oct 22, 2007 7:34:27 am PDT #3127 of 3301
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Dean Thomas is black. Blaise Zabini is black and male, both of which were unclear until Book 6, I think. Lee Jordan, also black.
Sophia Brooks - Oct 22, 2007 7:38:18 am PDT #3128 of 3301
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Wow, I missed a lot....
Trudy Booth - Oct 22, 2007 7:43:19 am PDT #3129 of 3301
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I actually find it a little strange when JKR answers questions about her characters outside of the books. Not that it's wrong, or that she wouldn't be the best person to know the answers to these questions. For me, however, the entire character is contained in the story and any extra-textual information, even coming from the author, is virtually meaningless to me.
In theater terms, I guess we'd say she's a little more Method -- she has a whole back story (apparently boxes and boxes of it) and gets into motivations etc., You're more Practical Asthetics -- whats on the page is all that matters.
Of course, both say they're based in Stanislavksky, so what are you going to do?
Glamcookie - Oct 22, 2007 8:29:51 am PDT #3130 of 3301
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I did notice that there was no one in the HP series who was gay or questioning prior to the Dumbledore reveal. While it is a YA series and is not about anyone's sexuality, there was quite a bit about romantic feelings (Ron/Hermione, Harry/Cho/Jenny) and couples (the aforementioned as well as Tonks/Lupin, Charlie/Fleur, and others). I always thought it would have been quite nice to have a random kid (or even one of the main kids) who was gay w/o a big deal being made of it. To have this Dumbledore thing after the fact just feels silly to me. Either go there or don't, you know? It would have been nice for gay kids to have someone to relate to in that way and what a coup for it to have been Dumbledore!
Emily - Oct 22, 2007 10:07:19 am PDT #3131 of 3301
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
It's like deleted scenes on a DVD, really. Nice to know, but not necessarily canon.
§ ita § - Oct 22, 2007 10:19:32 am PDT #3132 of 3301
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
not necessarily canon
In what way? I mean--either it is or it isn't. I've been wondering recently if there's a word used in fandom like fanon, except by the work's creator--not in the primary text, in fact, just delivered conversationally.