Book Club: Harry Potter

[everythingshiny]

CHALLENGE #016

Description This month because i'm not very organized we're going to talk Harry Potter :)
Next Month we'll talk about The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared By Jonas Jonasson :) Let me know if you have trouble finding this and i'll try to find a pdf.

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[jadeleopard]

Have you read any/all the HP books? all of them
Do you have a favourite book? Chamber of Secrets/Prisoner of Azkaban. CoS is perfect because it gives a wonderful view of what Hogwarts used to be and who Voldemort really is. and PoA is a fascinating dive into how corrupt and poorly managed the wizarding world really is.
Who are your favourite characters? (fanon)Draco, Hermione, Harry, Luna
Which Characters do you not enjoy, but think are interesting anyway? Snape, there is just so much back story there that is just ripe for fanfic, but everyone seems to turn him into a misunderstood woobie.
Do you have a favourite scene? Pretty much everytime Harry is a snarky little shit to those around him.
Anything else you wanna ramble about? I've never actually seen all the movies :( They differed too much from the book for me to enjoy, sometimes that makes me feel bad.

[burningchaos]

I love your Flemeth sig. Are you planning on playing Inquisition?

[jadeleopard]

Oh heck yes. Unfortunately it comes out about the same time as the new WoW expansion so I'm not sure when I'll get to play it :(

[burningchaos]

Ah, I don't play WoW - currently I am playing Destiny (when I can steal the ps3 from my kid) and it is freaking amazing. I am seriously excited about Inquisition though and hope they don't mess it up like ME3. Are you planning on playing Witcher 3 or Battleborn?

[jadeleopard]

I'm still working my way through Witcher 2 (I was late the plate on that one), and I'm cautiously optimistic about DA:I. I really liked all but the last, oh say 20 minutes?, of Mass Effect 3. I'm terrified they might do something similar.

[burningchaos]

I loved Witcher 2, I was one of those players that had to get all the endings lol. I am terribly excited for 3, the trailer looks amazing. If they do to DA:I what the did with ME3 I am so done with Bioware. ME3 killed me.

[watchpoint]

I agree with you on the movies. I think the books are SO MUCH BETTER. I've seen all the movies and I really don't need to see them again.

Also, yes to fanon Draco. There's so much great stuff that some talented writers have added to the (kind of disappointing in the end) canon Draco. I always just wanted more from him, more about him. I have a hard time listing canon Draco on a list of favorites even though I want to be able to.

[malicat]

but everyone seems to turn him into a misunderstood woobie.

Ugh,yeah,I find this so annoying. It kind of makes me dislike the character more tbh

Nadine/Spades/3

[sexycazzy]

LOL you might be better off with not watching the films (even though there were some awesome special effects etc) as there were a few deleted scenes from the books that I thought should have been included in the movies. IMO, the books are far better than the movies - but I still enjoyed both, nevertheless! :)

[dragongirl3745]

It drives me crazy when people brush off all the crap that Snape has done, just because he loved Lily. Like, that makes it okay for him to bully children, especially the child of the woman he professes to love? Seriously? Didn't he call her a mudblood? Insulting the woman he professes to love? I don't get it; I also have problems with making people like Snape misunderstood woobies. Like, he's an adult, and it's time to grow up and stop bullying children.

Those times when Harry is snarky are hilarious!

Anna/Diamonds/2