JK Rowling has a lot of characters, damnit. You need a bedtime story that can vanquish them all with a single glare. A Smurltlefeg, perhaps?
I'm just waiting to see if I pass out. Long story.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
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.
sarameg - Aug 28, 2007 4:54:10 pm PDT #7395 of 10001
megan walker - Aug 28, 2007 5:00:56 pm PDT #7396 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Hmmm, my nephew started to read them at about that age, but by then he had already watched my sister and I play so much Magic that he was probably used to all manner of creatures.
msbelle - Aug 28, 2007 5:02:09 pm PDT #7397 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
well the story is over. If it was in the middle I could have invented something. Now all I have is me, and me has to re-do two reports and get them emailed to my boss before I can go to bed.
Sue - Aug 28, 2007 5:03:16 pm PDT #7398 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I think my nephew was about that age too, but had recently come off a huge Star Wars kick.
JK Rowling herself says she'd start kids redaing them when they were 7.
megan walker - Aug 28, 2007 5:03:54 pm PDT #7399 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
BTW, you know how I know the exact timing of that, msbelle? It's because I know it was when I was living with your brother.
sarameg - Aug 28, 2007 5:04:36 pm PDT #7400 of 10001
My nephew watches the Alien movies, and while I don't really adhere to that school of thought, he's fine with them. But then, I'm a complete wuss still scarred by some random heavy metal horror video when I was 10.
megan walker - Aug 28, 2007 5:07:59 pm PDT #7401 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I saw Jaws way too young and it scarred me for life. Ditto Psycho.
Cashmere - Aug 28, 2007 5:09:14 pm PDT #7402 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
The teenage neighbor girl took me to see Friday the 13th (the original) when I was 10. I was scared shitless for YEARS.
I recall taking my niece to see Secret of NIMH when she was 4, thinking, "oh, nice, animated movie." I spent the last 20 minutes of the movie with her wrapped around my neck but I was too selfishly involved in the movie to walk out. I was a baaaad aunt.
msbelle - Aug 28, 2007 5:10:46 pm PDT #7403 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Well, to put it in perspective. We are less than a week away from school starting up (CHANGE! AGAIN! TURMOIL!). And, while he does watch lots of superhero stuff with bad guys and monsters and where people die, there is not an evil thing after a little boy in anything he has seen with quite the intensity of the end of the book (first book). Maybe the ice queen in Lion, Witch and Wardrobe, but that was not one on one really.
And death does not seem to get dwelt on in movies and tv, where in a book it hot him harder. He kept asking what happened to people and parents being dead in teh story is perhaps twinging him more than he realizes, he asks about it in the story alot.
megan walker - Aug 28, 2007 5:11:58 pm PDT #7404 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I was a baaaad aunt.
It happens. My nephew was scared shitless of Glenn Close as Cruella de Vil when we saw 101 Dalmatians in the theater. I laughed and laughed. Any time he acts up now as a teen, I remind him that he used to be scared of fans.