That's an old spoiler, if you can even call it that.
Sometimes when I'm sitting in class... You know, I'm not thinking about class, 'cause that would never happen. I think about kissing you. And it's like everything stops. It's like, it's like freeze frame. Willow kissage.
Oz ,'First Date'
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."
Jessica - Jun 26, 2006 12:03:29 pm PDT #713 of 28061
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Kathy A - Jun 26, 2006 12:09:13 pm PDT #714 of 28061
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I read Jesse's whitefont, and that's not much of a spoiler, just enough to tease the reader. Actually, it's pretty much on par with what I imagined would be happening (she doesn't avoid darker territory, especially in the later books). I do like the way that she writes the books to be progressively more dense, plotwise, as well as taking the characters into the greyer life of adulthood.
Reminds me of what Laura Ingalls Wilder (and her daughter, Rose, if you believe the ghostwriter allegations about her) did in the Little House books--from On the Shores of Silver Lake on, those books really delve into adult life as seen from an adolescent's eyes, albeit an adolescent who is forced to shoulder adult responsibilities (taking care of her blind sister, worrying with Ma over the dangerous mob of railroad workers, then helping to run an impromptu boarding house to make money for Mary's school fund).
Connie Neil - Jun 26, 2006 4:38:46 pm PDT #715 of 28061
brillig
I'm voting for Ron! It would make me happy.
Kathy A - Jun 26, 2006 4:52:58 pm PDT #716 of 28061
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
What, Connie, no love for Ron? I figure that at least one of the Weasleys will be offed--Bill's werewolf bite that really wasn't all that bad just doesn't cut it for me. I'm guessing Charlie, just because he's the one we don't know too much about (Percy would be too obvious, and she just can't kill off one of the twins!). Also, at least one of the "bad" guys, either Snape or Malfoy (Malfoy Sr. is so toast, but Jr. might get it as well). Also, either Neville becomes a hero or martyr, depending on if Rowling lets him live or not. Gosh, I didn't realize I was expecting so much death and destruction!
Connie Neil - Jun 26, 2006 5:12:20 pm PDT #717 of 28061
brillig
Hermoine has much going for her, as well.
I figure Snape's on the list.
Jon B. - Jun 26, 2006 5:39:23 pm PDT #718 of 28061
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I can definitely see Neville going out in a blaze of glory.
ChiKat - Jun 26, 2006 5:50:49 pm PDT #719 of 28061
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
If Neville dies, I will cry. I have a soft spot for that boy.
Mr. Broom - Jun 26, 2006 6:59:02 pm PDT #720 of 28061
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
Anyone feel like she didn't kill nearly enough people in Book VI?
DebetEsse - Jun 26, 2006 7:09:26 pm PDT #721 of 28061
Woe to the fucking wicked.
t raises hand
Especially as there's so much oddness around Dumbledore.
She has A LOT to wrap up in VII
billytea - Jun 26, 2006 7:12:31 pm PDT #722 of 28061
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
She has A LOT to wrap up in VII
And with her penchant for novella-length offerings, how will she ever get it done??