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silversolitaireYou know... for the future I think it would be nice when people who are posting HP spoilers (and are very nice to cut them) would also include up to which chapter they're spoiling. Not that anyone will, but sometimes I really wish it was so. I read at a moderate speed. I have no interest in rushing through a book I waited for for two years, so I'm reading a speed that's comfortable for me and where I can already put things in my long-term memory. I've got a very good memory for books that I've read that way. I will admit right here and now that I've only read some HP books once and I still remember every single detail of them (of course that also makes it boring to reread something). So, no rush for me. At the same time I'm dying to read all the comments people are posting right now but I don't dare to click them because I don't know up to which point they're spoiling. Very annoying. Of course I could just save the links to these entries and read them later, but that's always a bit lame. LJ entries are best when fresh.
Other than that, what can I say about HBP. Somehow I don't like the mood of it at all. This is the trouble I've been having with the books since GoF. I liked about the HP series the magical mood, the cute details... just feeling nice and at home and being able to relax, knowing it's a pleasant series. But ever since GoF I can't relax anymore. I turn the pages, anxious about what else J.K. Rowling is going to do to the world I've grown to love for so many years. Which characters she's going to kill of. Which places she's going to destroy. It makes me sick in the stomach. I don't like the mood anymore. It's constantly threatened and angsty and dangerous. There's no more lighthearted niceness about this and I don't like it. I feel like Rowling is trying to be more adult, write more serious, but this is not what I want about HP. So yeah, I'm enjoying it, it's very thrilling so far, not nearly as boring as OotP was at the beginning, but still kinda meh. It's not what I felt about PoA and so on. It bascially stifled all urges for me to write fanfiction because I no longer dare to have my own thoughts about it because eventually J.K. will do something horrible and destroy it all and I will be left depressed and upset over it.
Oh well, but I started it, many years ago, and I will stick through it until it's over. And hopefully I won't feel like the love and devotion I felt for so many years was wasted.
Other than that, what can I say about HBP. Somehow I don't like the mood of it at all. This is the trouble I've been having with the books since GoF. I liked about the HP series the magical mood, the cute details... just feeling nice and at home and being able to relax, knowing it's a pleasant series. But ever since GoF I can't relax anymore. I turn the pages, anxious about what else J.K. Rowling is going to do to the world I've grown to love for so many years. Which characters she's going to kill of. Which places she's going to destroy. It makes me sick in the stomach. I don't like the mood anymore. It's constantly threatened and angsty and dangerous. There's no more lighthearted niceness about this and I don't like it. I feel like Rowling is trying to be more adult, write more serious, but this is not what I want about HP. So yeah, I'm enjoying it, it's very thrilling so far, not nearly as boring as OotP was at the beginning, but still kinda meh. It's not what I felt about PoA and so on. It bascially stifled all urges for me to write fanfiction because I no longer dare to have my own thoughts about it because eventually J.K. will do something horrible and destroy it all and I will be left depressed and upset over it.
Oh well, but I started it, many years ago, and I will stick through it until it's over. And hopefully I won't feel like the love and devotion I felt for so many years was wasted.
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Date: 2005-07-20 04:34 pm (UTC)Yeah, as you see I've been around for a looooooong time. I'm an old LJ dog basically. I've missed the early adopter account just by an inch. Lately I haven't been posting so much... as you can see! I added you back! :D This is really cool to see that you've gotten an LJ now. Hopefully we can rekindle our friendship at least some then. I've been missing ya!
To tell you the truth I'm not really into Harry Potter that much anymore *ducks*. Not saying I don't love it anymore, oh no. I still enjoy it a lot. But I haven't been messing around in fandom anymore. It's been years literally since I've read the last fanfic. I've kinda lost the grip of it, I suppose. And people in fandom can be so annoying, I'm sure you remember. That's also why I never finished that WIP... I get the feeling I can't really get a hold of it anymore. But I might just continue it one day. I've been mostly writing original stuff.
I'm about 100 pages short of finishing the book. I've been taking it slow because I wanted to savor it. I'm no longer quite that bitter. The mood is still unpleasant but it's gotten better. I'm pleased to see that finally for once in our fan-lives Draco is actually, on paper, for real!!! cool. Well, at least in my book *g*. Hey, that nose-stepping stunt was pretty cool, okay? I do have more thoughts and insights, but I'm mindful of spoilers of course. I have friends reading the comments and I don't want them to get spoiled. But I agree with your comment. J.K. is trying to show Harry is growing up, but this makes it a bit hard for new fans. You need to grow up along with Harry Potter it seems. I wouldn't let a 10 yo kid read this! And I guess I resent her for no longer being the candycotton and butterfly safe haven she used to be. "Go on holiday", like you said.
Wow, you'll be finished soon... Makes me feel like a real loser, LOL. I kinda can't figure out what I want to do with my life once I'm done so I sorta drag on with it. I do enjoy studying, so it's not like I feel like I'm falling behind. Technically I could start applying for exams now, but WAH. Scared of exams and stuff. Must wrestle with inner demons first.
Anyway, I don't usually spread a lot of awfully personal stuff on LJ, especially not on public posts, so maybe we should continue this via eMail? My addy hasn't changed and if you still need it just let me know *g*.