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Keep the dog far hence, that's friend to men.
So-- I'm home. Actually we got home Sunday night, but I've been busy unpacking and recuperating and such and this is the first I've been online.
We came home by way of Montana; no, this is not between Grand Forks and Baltimore, but what the heck. We went through the Badlands and the Great American Desert and all that (which was very impressive, by the way)-- and it wasn't till we got home that I started wilting in the heat. Viva la Maryland!
So, yes, I did give in and read the new book. I had to, out of self-defense, in order to keep other people's grubby little hands off it. Have not yet sampled the fandom response, however. Am slightly perturbed that I posted Black Ice because it was unlikely to be contradicted by the new canon, and what happens? None of my other ongoing projects are seriously perturbed, *but* we get a lot of new info on how portraits work. GRAAARGH!
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1. Draco is so obviously trying to warn them.
2. Also, he obviously has a crush on Ron.
3. And vice-versa; where do you think he kept sneaking off to?
4. "Harry was with a *girl*?"-- do you know something we don't, Rita?
5. Harry is the DaDA teacher?
6. Harry has a long-lost relative!?
7. Marlie Lovegood has a little sister?
8. *So* Tom/Sybill.
9. Moody in muggle clothes and a rakishly tilted bowler hat? *faints*
10. Where the heck is my Petey??
11. "Snivellus" was Snape's schoolboy nickname. Feeling sorry for yourself, were you, Snuffles?
12. And the sirius/narcissa shippers go down in flames, while the snape/lily people should be happy.
13. Sirius was obviously in Slytherin.
14. We didn't see a body. We didn't see a body. He isn't really dead, because we didn't see a body . .
15. What in the world is the sorting hat playing at??
16. So tell me again what the big, doomful secret was? There was one, right? I just missed it, right? It wasn't something we all already knew?
"The weakest and most cowardly wizards are they whose souls are incarnate in the shape of dogs, for the dog gives his human double no peace, but gnaws his heart and tears his body. The most powerful wizards are they whose external souls take the shape of stallions or elks . . ."
(I've been reading in Frazer's The Golden Bough. May you find what peace you wish, Padfoot.)
Now off to read what others have had to say. Prepared to be traumatized.
We came home by way of Montana; no, this is not between Grand Forks and Baltimore, but what the heck. We went through the Badlands and the Great American Desert and all that (which was very impressive, by the way)-- and it wasn't till we got home that I started wilting in the heat. Viva la Maryland!
So, yes, I did give in and read the new book. I had to, out of self-defense, in order to keep other people's grubby little hands off it. Have not yet sampled the fandom response, however. Am slightly perturbed that I posted Black Ice because it was unlikely to be contradicted by the new canon, and what happens? None of my other ongoing projects are seriously perturbed, *but* we get a lot of new info on how portraits work. GRAAARGH!
16 comments on The Order of the Phoenix
1. Draco is so obviously trying to warn them.
2. Also, he obviously has a crush on Ron.
3. And vice-versa; where do you think he kept sneaking off to?
4. "Harry was with a *girl*?"-- do you know something we don't, Rita?
5. Harry is the DaDA teacher?
6. Harry has a long-lost relative!?
7. Marlie Lovegood has a little sister?
8. *So* Tom/Sybill.
9. Moody in muggle clothes and a rakishly tilted bowler hat? *faints*
10. Where the heck is my Petey??
11. "Snivellus" was Snape's schoolboy nickname. Feeling sorry for yourself, were you, Snuffles?
12. And the sirius/narcissa shippers go down in flames, while the snape/lily people should be happy.
13. Sirius was obviously in Slytherin.
14. We didn't see a body. We didn't see a body. He isn't really dead, because we didn't see a body . .
15. What in the world is the sorting hat playing at??
16. So tell me again what the big, doomful secret was? There was one, right? I just missed it, right? It wasn't something we all already knew?
"The weakest and most cowardly wizards are they whose souls are incarnate in the shape of dogs, for the dog gives his human double no peace, but gnaws his heart and tears his body. The most powerful wizards are they whose external souls take the shape of stallions or elks . . ."
(I've been reading in Frazer's The Golden Bough. May you find what peace you wish, Padfoot.)
Now off to read what others have had to say. Prepared to be traumatized.
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Welcome back online.
And apparently Grand Forks, BC is not the only Grand Forks. You learn something every day!
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Not only is there a Grand Forks in North Dakota and an East Grand Forks in Minnesota, we spent the night in Belle Fourches on the way home . .
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By the way: I still HIGHLY suggest "Terminal Cafe" by Ian McDonald. Very strange/cool.
Quote of the day: "I like goblins. They make funny little popping sounds when they die." -Braids, dementia summoner.
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It isn't the sensibility of Snivellus to Snape at which I snicker-- It's the similarity of Snivellus to "Snuffles", which Sirius selected for himself . .
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IMHO Book 5 sucked, and the big, doomful secret was how much money has gone into J.K's bank account for such a mediocre overrated piece of "work."
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Twisted threesome even better, *particularly* if one of the three is dead at the time.
The big, doomful secret sucked. The plot I actually thought was moderately better; no gaping holes like in three and four, and it even sort of made sense if you accept that Dumbledore is slightly evil, which was more than I expected.
I'm having fun with the new characters, though.
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Draco/Ron is fun. Not as lovey dovey as H/D (or as aesthetically pleasing - Tom Felton/Daniel Radcliffe are certainly prettier than Rupert Grint!), but there's evidence to back it up, plus lots of passion and humour.
The plot? There was one? I must have blinked and missed it ;)
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Trust me, we're all chanting that mantra. If there's one thing X-Men and high fantasy have taught me, it's that no one is really dead until you see the body. *snarls at Rowling* Actually, it's not the fact that he's dead that bothers me, it's the half-arsed way Rowling did it. I wanted melodrama, I wanted heroism, I wanted a mangled corpse for Harry and Remus to weep over. I also wanted Sirius to get to kill Wormtail (or at least a few random Death Eaters) first. She should have killed Remus off first (via Wormtail's silver hand) and had Sirius die avenging him. (As you said, where the heck was Peter? He was Voldemort's little, snivelling shadow in GoF).
Marlie Lovegood has a little sister?
*laughs* I thought the exact same thing.
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Lupin is clearly in shock; he's going to suddenly fall apart one of these days.
But I like Peter. I think he has switched sides again, and is working for good. Oh, and he secretly rescued Sirius. and werewolves aren't allergic to silver!