Lydia: But you are a vampire. Spike: If I'm not, I'm gonna be pissed about drinking all that blood.

'Potential'


Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.

There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."


Connie Neil - Jul 16, 2007 10:50:09 am PDT #3162 of 28195
brillig

She just may be going in a direction that some folks would consider bad fanfic.


Polter-Cow - Jul 16, 2007 11:07:06 am PDT #3163 of 28195
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Well, HBP seemed like bad fanfic to me at times. I hope DH is less focused on teen romance.


Sophia Brooks - Jul 16, 2007 11:15:17 am PDT #3164 of 28195
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I LIKE teen romance, and a lot of HBP seemed like bad fanfic to me!


Connie Neil - Jul 16, 2007 11:24:26 am PDT #3165 of 28195
brillig

It's not like Harry liking Ginny and Ginny liking him back is a big surprise.


JohnSweden - Jul 16, 2007 12:46:35 pm PDT #3166 of 28195
I can't even.

Robin, I saw your post about the Shetterley-Bull tour - I like both of them, her especially. Unfortunately, they don't seem to be coming east. sigh.

Todd, I asked Will in his LJ about an eastern swing to the tour and his answer was:

"Alas, not this year. I think in fairness, if we do another tour, it'll have to be the east coast equivalent of this one. Which would be heaps o' fun.

I like Will and Emma a lot, more so for having met them in person a couple of times over the years. May their new books thrive!

(not much hope of this post not being drowned in Harry Potter chat, not that there's anything wrong with that)


Scrappy - Jul 16, 2007 12:59:35 pm PDT #3167 of 28195
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Nope, no Easterly stuff this time. They are going to be hitting several spots in Canada, for northerly-dwelling Buffistas to enjoy.


Polter-Cow - Jul 16, 2007 1:36:52 pm PDT #3168 of 28195
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I LIKE teen romance, and a lot of HBP seemed like bad fanfic to me!

I'm reading the summaries on SparkNotes, and I'm surprised that the bad fanfic isn't as prevalent as I remember. It's a small part of the book, but it's a very strong part because it's so in-your-face and unsubtle. There's all this other good stuff there that I totally forgot about. For instance, until I started catching up, I did not even remember that Professor Slughorn existed.


Scrappy - Jul 16, 2007 1:43:55 pm PDT #3169 of 28195
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Well, yeah, but Rowling tends to write from the world of the characters, and teenagers exeprience romance with a lot of obsession and angst and drama, so it felt true to me.


Connie Neil - Jul 16, 2007 1:50:26 pm PDT #3170 of 28195
brillig

And for all that so many grown-ups enjoy Harry, the books are aimed at a younger demographic, and "Who do they end up! Do they live happily ever after?" is a huge point.


lisah - Jul 16, 2007 2:20:31 pm PDT #3171 of 28195
Punishingly Intricate

Well, yeah, but Rowling tends to write from the world of the characters, and teenagers exeprience romance with a lot of obsession and angst and drama, so it felt true to me.

Me too.

Also, I know ya'll are being careful but, please, watch the talk about spoilers in here! Sometimes what is not whited out is Too Much Information. thanks!