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Either Moff is a mad genius (which he is), or he rewatched a few Fifth Doctor serials before his first series as showrunner began.

Or the universe is playing a massive trick on him.



Also, look at this dapper motherfucker right here.



As much as I've done some complaining about the recent Harry Potter films, and how I felt like I had to force myself through about the last half of the seventh book, the party posts surrounding Deathly Hallows part 1 are doing a number on me and I'm getting insanely nostalgic and a bit teary :( The final nail is going into the coffin of the HP franchise forever (unless JKR decides to dig it up at some point, but I'm pretty sure that's only when she's finished swimming in her money piles, SCrooge McDuck style~) and I'll be left with my dvds and well-thumbed copies of the books and Twilight as The Next Harry Potter oh god save us D:


I was never part of the fandom while it was in its heyday, so I was never around for shipping wank or the legendary theories (Ron is Dumbledore, apparently), but in a way I'm happy for that because I haven't got anything to taint my memories of walking around my school with my nose stuck in Goblet of Fire, or spending every waking moment reading them. That and I guess I was dumb and didn't get that Ron and Hermione loved each other until someone told me (pre book seven), but there you go.


So rereading is in order, I think :)

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WHOA, that macro! :O

I tiptoed around the edges of HP fandom, but it was pretty crazy, so although I kept a constant eye on it (I used to read The Leaky Cauldron, and listen to their podcasts, religiously), I never did more than stick a toe in the water, usually only in the Draco/Ginny world. I didn't start reading the books until the first movie came out, but man I love that series. I remember when book 5 came out, I was working at a summer camp with, thankfully, several other HP fans. We only had noon Saturday through noon Sunday off each week, so that first weekend after it came out, we all raced home and mainlined it. Then, the whole next week, during free time, we would sit in the field with anyone that wanted to join us, and we'd read aloud :D
HP wasn't my first taste of fandom as far as the internet goes, but it was the first time I had friends in real life that were as passionate about the same thing. I made 2 of my friends Potter scarves, taught another how to knit so she could make her own, and crocheted tiny Potter scarf bookmarks for everyone for Christmas. Being able to actually participate in flesh and blood fandom, apart from the internet, was amazing. All of the fun, none of the wank! :D

So despite the Epilogue That Never Happened, and general fan wankery, I love HP and even it's crazy-ass fandom, and I will be terribly sad when part 2 of movie 7 comes out. Have you seen the poster? OMG :'(

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but it was the first time I had friends in real life that were as passionate about the same thing.

This, so much. I mean, I didn't have a lot of friends in general at that time, but once we all started reading Harry Potter simultaneously, there was an EXPLOSION of activity and ever growing closeness :) It was just one thing we all had in common and that provided a pretty solid basis for friendship.

LOL @ the scarf bookmakrs! Oh man, that sounds amazing and I waaant one, haha. I'm totally guilty of scarf love (why yes, I do have a Tom Baker scarf, what of it), but I couldn't get/make a full size one back then because I lived in a freaking desert XD T-shirts were too warm!

GRRRR THE EPILOGUE

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I like to think that the book ended before that atrocity was tacked on >.> I stillllll not part of the main fandom, but all of this coming to a close is going to be an awful, teary event ;__; Yes, saw the poster, had a good BAWWWWW :(