Why no Harry Potter, eh?

[sweettalkeress.livejournal.com]

So I looked at ONTD's "Ten of the most Epidemically Overrated Books," and was incensed to find that books like On the Road and The Great Gatsby made the list but the Harry Potter series didn't (though at least the Twilight series did). I mean really, Harry Potter is the epitome of an overrated book series, given that there are people seriously making the point that it's so deep and meaningful and needs to be read in AP English classes. Never mind that it's a children's book series!

Well, these were the people who said that a bunch of authors besides Rowling disliked the idea of fanfiction without bothering to consider WHY they might feel that way (specifically, that Rowling is the only one who's all that fandom savvy because she's modern in a way that the others aren't). Maybe they just think Rowling is their darling author too, and you can't say anything bad about her.

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[madderbrad.livejournal.com]

I never thought Rowling was the evil witch that some extrapolated from the "Interview o' Doom". A bit uncaring and the first solid example of her "interpret it my way or the wrong way" arrogance but nothing really ... personal ... aimed at the H/Hr folk.

Not like her two sycophantic interviewers. No, the Interview o' Doom stands as a damning indictment of *their* complete lack of any attempt at 'professionalism', as testament to their cloying fanboy adoration of their dear 'Jo'. Ugh.

I have to wonder what she'd say if she knew that sixty year old women (*hem*LaurelCamer*hem*) were calling seventeen year old fans "little bitches" for enjoying Harry/Luna ...

Really? Wow. Before my time. But yes, dear Laurel proved to be - just in my own personal experience with her - a quite unpleasant and vindictive small-minded witch. But I'm so pleased I met her, she was so (sadly) FUNNY. Heaps of amusement with Laurel over a few years. A credit to her ship and canon faith. :-)

[harpsi-fizz.livejournal.com]

Damn, I missed you, Brad! I didn't even realize how much I did until I saw your comment in my inbox. These time zones are murder for an Aussie-friend-collecting so-and-so like me. *Tangent, tangent* I've been hoping to introduce you to my LJ friend Barsukthom because you're both very comment-y and I think you'd be bro's.

It looks like in the clearing haze of the apocalyptic Potter fandom, we're all starting to slowly pull the truth away from the propaganda painted by "the other side". At least on LJ. And Brad, I beg you, please, please, please stay on text-based forums with clear comment-and-reply systems when it comes to the Harry Potter fandom. I have traveled to other areas of the internet and seen the versions of fandom there, and though the lands are rich with pretty pictures ready for mining, the inhabitants there are savages, ignorant in the ways of communication, self-indulgent, and have mastered the art of ignorance alchemy so that they can form their stupidity into poison darts and shoot it at unsuspecting people. It causes a severe, instantaneous inflamatory itch in the rage sections of the victim's brain and it can last for weeks. Worst of all, there's no chance of getting the antedote because it's all Guerrilla warfare in the most literal Wikipedia definition of the term.

Laurel?! Funny?! She scared the Hell out of me! The only other person I was more afraid of was an irregular player. I shall not say this person's name because it'd be just my luck that this person would be around and I don't wanna give them the satisfaction. (Hint: I mention said person to Static in the last post on my LJ that you ever commented on).

[madderbrad.livejournal.com]

I didn't even realize how much I did until I saw your comment in my inbox.

Heh. I think you might be a nostalgia victim, like me. HEY I REMEMBER HIM! Ah, the good ol' days ...

... we're all starting to slowly pull the truth away from the propaganda painted by "the other side".

I'd like to think so, but no, I don't see (m)any signs of critics or literary luminaries coming out and knocking Rowling's poor work for six. :-(

... please, please, please stay on text-based forums with clear comment-and-reply systems when it comes to the Harry Potter fandom.

HA HA HA!!

I've had a look at a couple of pro-H/Hr pages/sites/things on Tumblr and ... basically couldn't work it out. The site format/function but also the inanity of most of the comments. I think that's where all the school kids have gone!?

(I do like the pictures I've seen though. Some nice H/Hr collages.)

I'm sitting here laughing at your being scared of dear Laurel. :-) Sorry. Her sheer ineptitude was always entertaining; at times like this I feel like compiling a 'top ten' list of her most memorable lines.

And whaddya mean "the last post on my LJ that you ever commented on"? I've made a few comments on your blog over the past half year. You're just too busy at death school to notice. *pouts*

Cheers!

[harpsi-fizz.livejournal.com]

It's exactly where the school kids have gone to. It's where the brain-dead have gone. It's pure emotion, no-consequence, no-rationality, infantile fans have gone.

If you ever did make a Top Ten List, then please put it in your journal on F-lock and let me see it. Even in this post-apoc world, I don't feel safe saying some things in the open. ... In fact, I'm sending you a Livejournal PM right now!

And whaddya mean "the last post on my LJ that you ever commented on"?
My... my "Potter Fandom, I am disappoint" post...! You remember? Ok, the last Potter-related one you commented on. ... Alright, I mean "my personal journal post you commented on most recently"!

You're just too busy at death school to notice. *pouts*
You noticed that I went to Death School?! :D

[madderbrad.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've received that impression from Tumblr, nice to see it confirmed. Seeing a hundred schoolgirls tick "I liked this" doesn't quite measure up to post-and-discussion-threads like good ol' LJ. They're good with the occasional image though.

One day - when I'm next unemployed - I really do want to write a few final thoughts on HP and the HP fandom. I wasn't going to do an 'attack post' on the foaming rabids such as Laurel, but now that you mention my mentioning it ... hmmm ... the idea has merit ... maybe I'll do it and blame credit you for the inspiration ...

You noticed that I went to Death School?! :D

Sure, I've found your posts quite interesting. I've even commented on a couple, I do believe.