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effervescible) wrote2007-07-25 09:50 pm
effervescible) wrote2007-07-25 09:50 pm
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Harry Potter!
At last, my second chance this year to use this icon, thus justifying its continued presence in my piccy lineup.
I thought getting HP7 at Otakon would be a madhouse, full of /b/tards running around shouting spoilers, but if that happened, it wasn't where I was. I suppose hanging out for most of the con at our booth in the dealer's room probably helped with that. On Friday night, we went to the release party at the B&N earlier in the evening and looked at the activities. Mostly kiddie ones, of course, so all I really did was get a homemade broomstick bookmark made out of a popsicle stick and watch the wildlife peopple talk about the GORGEOUS LIVE OWLS they had there. Totally beautiful. Then we went back to theWyndham Sheraton, worked on my wig for soldier Rukia cosplay the next day, and came back after midnight to pick up the book.
I liked it.
That's really all that's necessary to say--J.K. Rowling certainly has her flaws as an author, but it was an engaging, fun read, and that's really all I ask from these books. Sometimes I am quite easy to please.
Some bullet point thoughts:
-Snape + Lily. Ahahaha I love that this fanon turned out to be canon! I thought it probably would, since I couldn't think of another reason for him to care so much.
-NEVILLE! HELL YEAH! I only read HP fic that is recced to me, I do not search for it, so if anyone comes across any "Hogwarts revolution while the trio was gone" stories that are good, let me know.
-McGonagall ownzed.
-"NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!" Oh shit yes I love Molly Weasley.
-FRED. D: Man, I thought these two were safe because they're such a pair, it's practically unimaginable to have one without the other. Which is probably why Rowling did it.
-Some people might think the body count was excessive, but I thought it was appropriate given the situation, and a bit ballsy of Rowling, too. That said, OMG ORPHAN BABY WEREWOLF. That's just sad. ;_;
-I TOTALLY thought Harry was going to raise Teddy and was surprised when he apparently didn't. I bet he was a big part of his life, though.
-I would have loved to have read more details of where everyone ended up career-wise, but I can see why she left it to our imaginations, and for the emotional journey, the family he's gained is a bigger deal to Harry.
-I like how the Malfoys ended up so much more ambiguous and human and I would love to know Draco's thought processes during and after the book. Um. I-I guess I want fic?
-ALBUS SEVERUS. AWWW. I are sap. And I don't care what people say, it is by FAR not the weirdest wizarding name around.
-Aberforth XD I wonder who they'll get to play him in the movie?
-Hermione and Ron figuring out to go to the Chamber of Secrets on their own = yes!
-It might be petty, but when Ginny was all BITCH, STEP OFF to Cho, I kinda LOLed.
-I bet Harry and Ginny celebrate sending their kids off to Hogwarts by going home and making with the FURIOUS BANGING.
...okay, does my landlord have a rocking chair on the hardwood floor living room above my room? Interpreting these sounds is an interesting thing.
I thought getting HP7 at Otakon would be a madhouse, full of /b/tards running around shouting spoilers, but if that happened, it wasn't where I was. I suppose hanging out for most of the con at our booth in the dealer's room probably helped with that. On Friday night, we went to the release party at the B&N earlier in the evening and looked at the activities. Mostly kiddie ones, of course, so all I really did was get a homemade broomstick bookmark made out of a popsicle stick and watch the wildlife peopple talk about the GORGEOUS LIVE OWLS they had there. Totally beautiful. Then we went back to the
I liked it.
That's really all that's necessary to say--J.K. Rowling certainly has her flaws as an author, but it was an engaging, fun read, and that's really all I ask from these books. Sometimes I am quite easy to please.
Some bullet point thoughts:
-Snape + Lily. Ahahaha I love that this fanon turned out to be canon! I thought it probably would, since I couldn't think of another reason for him to care so much.
-NEVILLE! HELL YEAH! I only read HP fic that is recced to me, I do not search for it, so if anyone comes across any "Hogwarts revolution while the trio was gone" stories that are good, let me know.
-McGonagall ownzed.
-"NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!" Oh shit yes I love Molly Weasley.
-FRED. D: Man, I thought these two were safe because they're such a pair, it's practically unimaginable to have one without the other. Which is probably why Rowling did it.
-Some people might think the body count was excessive, but I thought it was appropriate given the situation, and a bit ballsy of Rowling, too. That said, OMG ORPHAN BABY WEREWOLF. That's just sad. ;_;
-I TOTALLY thought Harry was going to raise Teddy and was surprised when he apparently didn't. I bet he was a big part of his life, though.
-I would have loved to have read more details of where everyone ended up career-wise, but I can see why she left it to our imaginations, and for the emotional journey, the family he's gained is a bigger deal to Harry.
-I like how the Malfoys ended up so much more ambiguous and human and I would love to know Draco's thought processes during and after the book. Um. I-I guess I want fic?
-ALBUS SEVERUS. AWWW. I are sap. And I don't care what people say, it is by FAR not the weirdest wizarding name around.
-Aberforth XD I wonder who they'll get to play him in the movie?
-Hermione and Ron figuring out to go to the Chamber of Secrets on their own = yes!
-It might be petty, but when Ginny was all BITCH, STEP OFF to Cho, I kinda LOLed.
-I bet Harry and Ginny celebrate sending their kids off to Hogwarts by going home and making with the FURIOUS BANGING.
...okay, does my landlord have a rocking chair on the hardwood floor living room above my room? Interpreting these sounds is an interesting thing.