Could just be a hoax, though. I fake some headaches, everyone gets used to poor helpless Spike. Then one day, no warning, I snap a spine, bend a head back, drain 'em dry. Brilliant.

Spike ,'Potential'


Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


DavidS - Jul 17, 2005 4:19:42 pm PDT #674 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

have you read the book yet, David?

No, but I spoiled myself by reading the LJ read-and-posts. I haven't read the last several books anyway, so it was a fun way to ride in the wake of the Event of it.

Seeing Red, HBP...

Don't try to map it too directly. I don't know if it even has an obvious flashpoint like Seeing Red. It's more to do with fannish expectations where people start to make up a story in their head that winds up being very different from what the creators are trying to tell.


P.M. Marc - Jul 17, 2005 4:26:00 pm PDT #675 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I went ahead and spoiled myself, and can see how an indirect mapping works.

To be honest, I, umm, still haven't finished GoF, because I keep falling asleep whenever I try to read it. So I'm still two books behind.


Jesse - Jul 17, 2005 4:28:34 pm PDT #676 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I got spoiled by a spammish posting on an unrelated lj community. Of course, I didn't read the prior book because it was too heavy, so I wasn't overly worked-up, but I can see being PISSED.


askye - Jul 17, 2005 4:49:30 pm PDT #677 of 10002
Thrive to spite them

Some people seem to be under the impression that you put the spoiler IN the warning.

So they do stuff like "Spoiler!! Joyce dies!!!"


juliana - Jul 17, 2005 4:59:33 pm PDT #678 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

I spoiled myself by reading the LJ read-and-posts. I haven't read the last several books anyway, so it was a fun way to ride in the wake of the Event of it.

Yup. I gave up after GoF, but I do like watching the fandom reaction.

Gronk. It cooled down just a bit here, and my mother and I are watching Eddie Izzard. Earlier, I had dinner with a bunch of lovely people at my favorite Japanese restaurant. Yum.


Jesse - Jul 17, 2005 5:06:27 pm PDT #679 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Did we know that Sandra Bullock apparently married Jesse James?

Oh, and in mother news, mine said I have a bunion! I was like, Oh no you didn't! But I guess I do. It doesn't hurt or anything, but still -- weird. Aren't bunions for sketchy old ladies??


JenP - Jul 17, 2005 5:26:06 pm PDT #680 of 10002

Oh, Paul=Plei's DH. I think I even knew that; I was too quick in my skimming.

I'm just startng HP6 now. My problem is that I've forgotten most of what's happened up to this point. But I'm sure I'll manage.


Gus - Jul 17, 2005 6:13:26 pm PDT #681 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

HP6: All hail Rowlings, the last of the wealthy print writers.


tommyrot - Jul 17, 2005 6:17:24 pm PDT #682 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

In two days, the book has made at least $100 million in sales.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 17, 2005 6:20:27 pm PDT #683 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

She's killed more trees than Stephen King!