Aims, did you see my post above yours, with the answer?
Riley: Oh, yeah. Sorry 'bout last time. Heard I missed out on some fun. Xander: Oh yeah, fun was had. Also frolic, merriment and near-death hijinks.
'Never Leave Me'
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."
Polter-Cow - Jul 20, 2007 7:56:50 am PDT #3334 of 28197
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Aims - Jul 20, 2007 7:59:20 am PDT #3335 of 28197
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I did!
Thank you, luv!!
Kathy A - Jul 20, 2007 8:13:03 am PDT #3336 of 28197
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
That's more than 100 pages per hour -- assuming that she gets the book and immediately starts reading. Perhaps in the cab on the way back to her office? or flat?
In her interview on the radio, the host asked her if she'd be able to meet her deadline, and she assured him that she's a fast reader.
Polter-Cow - Jul 20, 2007 8:19:47 am PDT #3337 of 28197
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
There's an article in the Chronicle about HP, and it contains this puzzling line:
Critics have interpreted the Potter series as political and biblical allegory, as Nietzschean philosophical tract and as an anti-feminist affront.
Anti-feminist? Really? That's new. Why, just because the main character is a boy?
DebetEsse - Jul 20, 2007 8:35:16 am PDT #3338 of 28197
Woe to the fucking wicked.
And Hermione's a know-it-all, pretty much, is my understanding.
Polter-Cow - Jul 20, 2007 8:40:17 am PDT #3339 of 28197
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It's anti-feminist for a female character to be intelligent?
DavidS - Jul 20, 2007 8:45:29 am PDT #3340 of 28197
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It's anti-feminist for a female character to be intelligent?
I think there were complaints that Hermione gets flustered under pressure and she's sidelined for much of Chamber of Secrets, and other stuff. It mostly came earlier in the series, and JKR added more strong female characters which has blunted that line of criticism.
DebetEsse - Jul 20, 2007 8:48:32 am PDT #3341 of 28197
Woe to the fucking wicked.
But, she's a cliche, P-C. She has to be both intelligent and sweet and wonderful, but also "strong", lest she be a doormat.
That came across as bitchy. A comment here about how I am clearly a stereotype would be even more so.
Connie Neil - Jul 20, 2007 8:54:40 am PDT #3342 of 28197
brillig
I'm very tired of Hermione. I like Luna and Tonks.
DebetEsse - Jul 20, 2007 8:55:54 am PDT #3343 of 28197
Woe to the fucking wicked.
SPEW gets bleeding old, but I'm kinda loving her being the exposition fairy for emotions during this re-read.