I LIKE teen romance, and a lot of HBP seemed like bad fanfic to me!
Most people is pretty quiet right about now. Me, I see a stiff -- one I didn't have to kill myself -- I just get, the urge to, you know, do stuff. Like work out, run around, maybe get some trim if there's a willin' woman about... not that I get flush from corpses or anything. I ain't crazy.
Jayne ,'The Message'
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."
Sophia Brooks - Jul 16, 2007 11:15:17 am PDT #3164 of 28195
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
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!
§ ita § - Jul 16, 2007 3:01:07 pm PDT #3172 of 28195
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
watch the talk about spoilers in here!
As far as I can tell, you'd have to be damned unlucky to get spoiled in here, because as far as I can tell people are talking out of their behinds.
Or are they?
Connie Neil - Jul 16, 2007 3:08:13 pm PDT #3173 of 28195
brillig
Or are they?
I may have a very knowledgeable behind. Nobody knows what my behind has seen.
Thank god.