HP And Me

[tahariel]

So I had a fantastic time at the convention. I can't believe it's over already (and tomorrow is crapload-of-screaming-kids-day, which I love and fear in almost equal measure. Though my favourite part is getting to pick which kids I want. It's like going to the pet shop, but you get to give them back at the end of the week.) ionaonie and me had so much fun. The discussions were great - Steve Vander Ark was there! The Lexicon guy! And he is SO funny. I made new friends! And now I really want to get properly back into Harry Potter fandom.

It's been a while. I tend to drift in and out of certain fandoms, coming and going, returning and leaving... I want to return to HP now. (I'm also writing smut for Asha (from fictionalley), because she demanded it after I insulted Lavender Brown by saying she's kind of a hooker. Which I maintain is true, but I am writing Remus/Tonks/Sirius as penance.) I'm also planning on starting to read fic again - any recs, people? What are your favourite fics? I'd love to know.

I totally have to read some ASS fanfic. It sounds hilarious. Those of you who don't know - don't ask XD And I seriously need to make new HP icons, I want a new one.

I just added an HP daily newsletter to my flist, too, which will add to the difficulty in keeping up with my daily fandoms, naturally, but hopefully also make it much easier to find new fic to read.

Seriously though, comment or email me or something, yeah? I want to hear about your reactions to HP7, about your crazy experiences since we last talked, about what you're writing and reading and into right now, because we haven't done it in ages. The beratings will continue until morale improves!

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[pobbit.livejournal.com]

When I was actually reading the book, I was totally involved in it and did not take much time to pick holes in it as I went along. I laughed, cried (a lot), and yelled 'Oh my gosh he ROCKS!' in several places.
When I finished it, I read your initial reactions on LJ and then wrote 3 pages about what I thought. There were parts I loved and I think you mentioned most of them, but there were things I was disappointed in as well.
I think that the biggest disappointment was the fact that I was disappointed. I had built the whole thing up in my head as this shining monument and I did not want to notice the cracks even thought they were there.
I kind of want to forget about the epilogue, hate JK for not showing us Lupin or Tonks and really want more information about what happened at Hogwarts for that year and I was sad that Neville, Draco, Luna and Ginny were not given more prominent and well-rounded scenes.
That said, I loved the Wedding preparations, infiltrating the ministry, Godric's Hollow and many of the small sections of personal interactions.

I still love it, even with all its flaws. I can't seem to help it.
I am re-reading it more slowly now and there were lots of small things that I missed.

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[tahariel.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean. It was okay, but... it could have been so much more.

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[pobbit.livejournal.com]

When I was actually reading the book, I was totally involved in it and did not take much time to pick holes in it as I went along. I laughed, cried (a lot), and yelled 'Oh my gosh he ROCKS!' in several places.
When I finished it, I read your initial reactions on LJ and then wrote 3 pages about what I thought. There were parts I loved and I think you mentioned most of them, but there were things I was disappointed in as well.
I think that the biggest disappointment was the fact that I was disappointed. I had built the whole thing up in my head as this shining monument and I did not want to notice the cracks even though they were there.
I kind of want to forget about the epilogue, hate JK for not showing us Lupin or Tonks and really want more information about what happened at Hogwarts for that year and I was sad that Neville, Draco, Luna and Ginny were not given more prominent and well-rounded scenes.
That said, I loved the Wedding preparations, infiltrating the ministry, Godric's Hollow and many of the small sections of personal interactions.

I still love it, even with all its flaws. I can't seem to help it.
I am re-reading it more slowly now and there were lots of small things that I missed.

[pobbit.livejournal.com]

What the heck? I only wanted to edit the first post, not put it up again!

[tahariel.livejournal.com]

You can't edit comments. It's, like, against the LJ Law :D

[magic-at-mungos.livejournal.com]

Bitch please. Lavender is adorkable :P