I'm very curious as to why people are watching this thread with such eagerness to declare it dead. Why care so much? What harm does it do?
Giles: I jump out of the circle, jump back in, and, and, shake my gourd. Buffy: Hey, I think I know this ritual. The ancient shamans were next called upon to do the Hokey-Pokey and to turn themselves around.
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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.
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Connie Neil - Aug 02, 2005 11:57:58 am PDT #911 of 3301
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§ ita § - Aug 02, 2005 11:58:35 am PDT #912 of 3301
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Who are you seeing as displaying eagerness, connie?
Connie Neil - Aug 02, 2005 12:00:34 pm PDT #913 of 3301
brillig
Who are you seeing as displaying eagerness, connie?
From Kat, just above:
I hadn't forgotten that it was here. In fact, I looked at it 3 weeks ago and thought, "interesting that after all of the hullabaloo about how literary can't be a place to discuss books, when a space was made it didn't facilitate it for very long."
It was on my mind to bring up what JenP brought up, but I was waiting for mid August when it would have been two months without a post.
Kat - Aug 02, 2005 12:01:01 pm PDT #914 of 3301
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I'm assuming she means me, ita. Because, Connie, I occasionally look through all of the things I'm subscribed to and to read the last thing that was discussed to refresh my own brain.
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§ ita § - Aug 02, 2005 12:01:42 pm PDT #915 of 3301
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Waiting to mid August doesn't strike me as eager, but I have acknowledged impatience issues.
I regularly look over threads to see which are active and which are working and which might be closed. It's not eager, it's just organisation.
Connie Neil - Aug 02, 2005 12:03:53 pm PDT #916 of 3301
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I regularly look over threads to see which are active and which are working and which might be closed. It's not eager, it's just organisation.
Isn't that what we worship you for? To keep us organized?
kat, you said you check what you're subscribed to for what's going on, but I got the impression that you didn't have much use for this thread.
Wolfram - Aug 02, 2005 12:04:19 pm PDT #917 of 3301
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I, for one, am glad so many folks are subscribed to this thread. And I view Jen's original post (revive or close) as a wake-up call to either use this thread, or lose it.
I won't propose we close it. I do think though, if this go-round doesn't work, we seriously ought to think about it.
Agreed.
Kat - Aug 02, 2005 12:04:32 pm PDT #918 of 3301
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Wait, Connie, here's what I don't get. In this post: connie neil "The Buffista Book Club: Isn't the Point of Computers to Replace Books?" Aug 2, 2005 7:54:45 am PDT and in this one: connie neil "The Buffista Book Club: Isn't the Point of Computers to Replace Books?" Aug 2, 2005 12:55:54 pm PDT you claim that people who were against the thread have undoubtedly forgotten of its existance.
So I either can remember its existence and then be told I'm eager for its demise or I can be forgetful about the whole thing.
So which is it?
Connie Neil - Aug 02, 2005 12:06:17 pm PDT #919 of 3301
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So I either can remember its existence and then be told I'm eager for its demise or I can be forgetful about the whole thing.
So which is it?
YOu can relax and assume that I was speaking off the cuff because I didn't know people were keeping such a close eye on what I assumed was a non-issue.
bon bon - Aug 02, 2005 12:06:34 pm PDT #920 of 3301
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I bet all the people who were so mortally disturbed by the idea of this thread have forgotten about it.
I'm very curious as to why people are watching this thread with such eagerness to declare it dead. Why care so much?
You can't have it both ways. You're castigating the people who were against the thread then for either forgetting all about it OR being obsessed with it.
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