It's not going to be giant, like the last one, right? Because I think my arms got more of a workout than my brain on it. And if it's longer? Wizard's "Infinite Jest"
Now I did a job. I got nothing but trouble since I did it, not to mention more than a few unkind words as regard to my character so let me make this abundantly clear. I do the job. And then I get paid.
Mal ,'Serenity'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
erikaj - Mar 08, 2005 1:29:15 pm PST #7188 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Anne W. - Mar 08, 2005 1:30:22 pm PST #7189 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
It's shorter than either of the last two, from what I hear. I hope that JKR insisted on the extra time so she could edit her stuff heavily. The last book could have used a heavy trim, especially during all of the Whiny!Harry bits.
§ ita § - Mar 08, 2005 1:33:04 pm PST #7190 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Someone should have edited in a plot.
Kathy A - Mar 08, 2005 1:33:32 pm PST #7191 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I did read somewhere (fanfic, perhaps?) that Harry's behavior in OotP was textbook PTSD, even though it got annoying to read. Makes sense after the events of the Third Task in GoF (btw, I'm really excited to see how they do the three tasks in the movie version!).
Betsy HP - Mar 08, 2005 1:35:05 pm PST #7192 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Yeah, well, your typical fictional character spends much less time sleeping and defecating than your typical real human, and I for one am good with that. Too much realism: boring.
Jessica - Mar 08, 2005 1:35:32 pm PST #7193 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
See also, S6 Buffy.
Anne W. - Mar 08, 2005 1:36:28 pm PST #7194 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I'm honestly trying to remember what exactly happened in OotP other than Sirius cacking it. The whole Umbridge thing was so unpleasant that I've blocked most of it out of my consciousness.
§ ita § - Mar 08, 2005 1:36:46 pm PST #7195 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You mean my favourite (character version, not season)?
Lyra Jane - Mar 08, 2005 1:36:59 pm PST #7196 of 10002
Up with the sun
My money's on Hagrid. He's half-giant, after all, so that would fit the description rather nicely.
Please, god, no.
Or, only if being "half-blood prince" means Hagrid shuts up and goes away for the rest of the series. That would be a happy ending as far as I'm concerned.
</gratuitous Hagrid hate.>
erikaj - Mar 08, 2005 1:37:09 pm PST #7197 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
In my next life, I wouldn't mind being fictional because of that stuff, Betsy.