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[mezzanineview]

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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[moondarri.livejournal.com]

harry potter changed my liiiife oh my goddd. not even kidding. with age & hindsight, i have the presence of mind to judge the books somewhat objectively & see that there are huge moments of fail & suck & lame stupidity, & the last book was basically a mess of wtfery & ridiculous plotlines & a total lack of vindication or redemption for any of the characters what ought to have been redeemed, BUT the lifetime i have spent growing attached to those books & the funtimes of fandom (plus the ability to take the BASIS of the universe & the BASIS of the characters & rewrite them into something way better than JK managed in the end - because let's face it, the woman's got a crazygood imagination, but pacing & general narrative are kind of not actually her strong points) mean that in spite of all the complaining, i am so fucking invested in that series because it was basically the starting point of my ENTIRE LIFE. (woah run-on sentence, much.)

harry potter introduced me to the concept of fandom & the whole fucking internet thing that eats my life away now. it brought forums & communities & most importantly, fanfiction & fanart that i'd never done before & totally gave me practice at being arty/creative. i joined sites & messageboards & made friends who stayed with me & migrated fandoms with me & with whom i met up on several occasions which is always awesome.

& harry potter introduced me to the slash & the gay & discussions of feminist representation & all kinds of kinks i'd never even thought of & was part of my "woah shit i'm a queer" realisation & one particular crossover fic with velvet goldmine made me want to watch the film & then I DID & i fell in love with bowie & roxy music & that film made me check out placebo & then BAM the whole rest of my life was written.

pretty much. sooo yeah. sorry for the splurgey ramble. but like you, the upcoming deathly hallows (which is gonna be shitttt like the rest of the movies but i'm seeing it anyway because, uh, why would i miss it, & also i am DYING to see what they make of the harry/draco room of requirement bursting into flames scene) has made me all nostalgic & really fucking - idk, weird about HP coming to an end, finally, considering the impact it's had on my life.

... this could've been an entry in my own journal. but there you go. i'm saying it to you.

ps, i've been in france on holiday this week & one day when my sister was asleep all afternoon i sat on the couch with my ipod & watched all three episodes of doctor who with david tennant & john simm. & not gonna lie, i was pretty into it. i mean, i still think doctor who is kind of silly. like it's all a bit camp & sci-fi which is hardly my thing, & the treatment of time & space is not totally in line with what makes sense in my head - & some of the lines are a bit ridiculous, & i just can't work out what kind of audience the show is aimed it & if it's supposed to be scary or serious or funny or WHAT (buttt i get easily confused in my reactions, so it's mostly just me & my head being thick) but. the point is i got totally sucked in & all handflappy when exciting things happened & all "oh NO" when bad things happened & john barrowman made me lol with his HI THAR I'M AMERICAN LET ME FLIRT WITH YOU ways & i just pretty much enjoyed it over all.

there. i thought you ought to know. i shall now fuck off.

[fluffers.livejournal.com]

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 :'(

[albion-lass.livejournal.com]

yeah not even gonna lie i didn't see the 6th film because i hated the 5th...but seeing the hp7 trailer made me nostaglic too...and yeah i wasn't discussing theories or wanking about ships (although it did get me into writing slash ngl) but i read every book since the third on the day it came out so yeah I'm with you. now i feel like i'm banging on the glass cage of the fandom wanting to be let back in...i may give the 5th another viewing and finally watch the 6th one this weekend.

I totally laughed out loud at Scrooge McDuck style omg...that's all I was thinking about when you said (or when anyone uses the term) 'swimming in money piles'

and oh hi who is that hottie? is that the 5th doctor? I really want have been getting brainwashed by a certain few _beatlers lately to watch the show and idk where to start. Everyone is saying a healthy mix of 9/10/11 but I do love my late 60s/early 70s tv goodness...what say you?

i'm trying to stretch this out to match the rest of the epically-long comments but i've just gotten up and i can't think very hard right now :p