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angua9

Wands and Wizards

Jan 23, 2016 23:14

I don't know what's with me ... I seem to have fallen back into the deep, deep hole that is Harry Potter.

Maybe it has something to do with the imminence of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and, especially, The Cursed Child but I keep having THOUGHTS. Anyway here is the official synopsis of CC:

It was always difficult being Harry Potter ( Read more... )

cc, movies, books, fb, hp

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Oh, it's angua! author_by_night January 24 2016, 14:13:39 UTC

All the HP stuff means I never seem to evade that black hole. "I'm over Harry Potter now - ooh, shiny!" :P

I actually like the idea that it's the Elder Wand! Also, I know people are worried the play is going to debunk the "all is well" ending, but I don't think it will. Compared to Voldemort trying to kill him 24/7 when he was a teenager, all is well. That doesn't mean there won't be bad days.

I'm not really sure it's official canon though, because it seems JKR isn't writing it as much as green-lighting it. It'll also be interesting to see how fandom shifts with the play, as not everyone's going to get a chance to see it, at least not at the same time, unless they do an official recording or something.

Re: Oh, it's angua! mrs_bombadil January 24 2016, 14:46:00 UTC

I'm not really sure it's official canon though

She says it is:

https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/615498601809211393

it seems JKR isn't writing it as much as green-lighting it

I suspect her involvement is more than green lighting and less than writing.

https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/690583746861535233

Re: Oh, it's angua! author_by_night January 24 2016, 15:37:55 UTC

Oh! The info I had implied that the guy basically said "I'm going to write this" and JKR basically... approved the storyline but didn't really have much more to do with it than that. I should probably start following the HP sites again if I want to have opinions. ;) I do have her on twitter, but I only check twitter once in a blue tweet... you're probably right, she's not writing it per se but definitely very, very involved.

And good to know that it'll be canon, I was confused there. Although now I'm even more curious about how the fandom will deal with that, since like I said, I'm not sure everyone will be able to access it the way they generally could access the books. Then again, fandom - at least on LJ - doesn't seem as concerned with canon anymore anyway. From where I'm standing, the general consensus seems to be "ugh JKR go away I don't want to find out my Voldemort/Harry/Hermione threesome trilogy isn't canon." (You... thought it was before?)

... wow, Angua, you're bringing 2005!me out of the woodwork.

Re: Oh, it's angua! mrs_bombadil January 24 2016, 16:06:10 UTC

Since I have never really been involved in fic and other of that type of fanon, following her mostly *is* my fandom these days! LOL

I'm even more curious about how the fandom will deal with that

There has been a good bit of wank so far about how only the most privileged will be able to enjoy it as intended and spoilers will be impossible to avoid and the like. I'm sympathetic but it's definitely a first-world-problem kind of thing IMO. The truly underprivileged have always had to wait for the books from libraries, etc.

Re: Oh, it's angua! author_by_night January 24 2016, 16:20:22 UTC

I was always into fic, but it wasn't the main thing for me like it was some people. Mostly I wanted to kill time while waiting for the next book. :P And now a lot of fic really isn't my thing.

The truly underprivileged have always had to wait for the books from libraries, etc.Very good point. Yeah, I'm with you, I agree it sucks for people who'd love to see it but really can't (because of money among other reasons), but that's always an issue. I do think the Harry Potter books were usually released to libraries pretty quickly, big releases always are, but then you had to rush to borrow them ( ... )

Re: Oh, it's angua! angua9 January 24 2016, 18:28:53 UTC

I know people are worried the play is going to debunk the "all is well" ending, but I don't think it will.

But the fun and exciting thing is that it *could*. Since the play very cleverly starts after the epilogue, anything can happen. Obviously it won't be a very moving story if everything remains perfectly "well."

I suspect it won't upend the happy ending as thoroughly as "The Force Awakens" but it might. Probably that's one of the things that has me all up in Harry Potter's business again.

not everyone's going to get a chance to see it, at least not at the same time, unless they do an official recording or something.

True, though I imagine the news of what happens in the play will flash 'round the world at the first public rehearsal, if not earlier. And I certainly hope to be able to see it somehow, either from a trip to London, a traveling show, or an eventual movie version.

Of course people are nervous about their Albus/Scorpius Slytherin-fics getting Jossed. Or, of course, made canon!

We live in exciting times.

Re: Oh, it's angua! author_by_night January 24 2016, 18:38:31 UTC

I suspect it won't upend the happy ending as thoroughly as "The Force Awakens" but it might. Probably that's one of the things that has me all up in Harry Potter's business again.

I'm not a Star Wars fan anywhere near to the extent at which I'm a Harry Potter fan, but I thought it worked there. So hopefully it will work for this play. The thing is... when you have a war to the magnitude that they did in Star Wars and Harry Potter, I don't think things go from awful to hunk dory overnight. In our own real-world history, we've had problems in the aftermath of wars, including new ones.

Besides, the #1 complaint about the epilogue is that it was too happy...

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