"I can't ever get too sad, because no matter what, I have you."

[likecharity]

Hoooooooomg, fucking Boardwalk Empire, man. I don't even know if anyone on my flist watches it but I think I need a moment to get these feelings out.

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[umbrrrayla]

Yeah, I might give it a try, although I'm keeping up with about eight shows right now which is ridiculous.

Yeah, I don't think I cared that much about the Marauders either, first time. I mean, I loved Remus, and I loved Sirius, and I liked the idea of the adventurous group of boys, but 1. we already had adventurous friends in Harry, Hermione and Ron 2. the Marauders were pretty much dicks and 3. they were incredibly significant in parts (Sirius... the veil... ALL the cryes) and then totally absent for long periods, so I didn't get too involved in them. Plus, I didn't read the books as a shipper of anyone, though I did always assume Harry and Hermione belonged together but would never be (except for DH, where I was like... oh my god... ARE they? But I didn't properly ship them until about a year after DH), so I was never searching for subtext in any of the relationships, even H/Hr, because, well, I just didn't think relationships would happen fullstop (until Ginny started being really quite nasty and a bitch to everyone except Harry, cos he could do no wrong even when HE was being a little bitch to everyone, because that's how women show their love for a man, apparently - tell them they're perfect and right when they're not - except he was never a bitch to her, of course, because she never told him what he didn't want to hear, because that's ALSO apparently what love is - and that's why people think she's an empowered feisty female? Wut?). Anyway, real romance/love didn't seem to be part of the books except for silly first kisses and stuff. It was just straightforward friendships, old loves and plot. But looking back, there's SO much subtext, alot of which JKR either didn't intend or regrets and lies about. I don't want to start a stan riot (honestly, the HP fandom - which I only discovered the online version of a few years ago - scares the absolute crap out of me, which is why despite my uber-fanship, I never really joined it) but I do think JKR does a lot of fibbing or else convincing herself she meant things to be a certain way and then saying so in interviews. Because LOOK at that quote you just linked.

You could argue that it's one of those things that people who want a ship to exist manipulate to mean what they want it to mean, and that JKR wasn't aware of how long 39 lines would be in the reader's head, but
1. Personally, when I first saw that quote pointed out, I wasn't a shipper of R/S, so there was no bias
2. The 'at last' confirms she knew full well how long the look was.
3. Yeah, a serious (*titter*) conversation was taking place, but for Lupin to be looking at Sirius that intensely means there are other issues he's aware the conversation will bring up for Sirius, and also, one of the first things said was for James to be referred to as Sirius' best friend, which seems to be around the time he starts looking at Sirius, so Remus really seems to be reacting to something there.

I hadn't heard of The Shoebox Project until you mentioned it on your blog somewhere, and I was tempted to look at it because I've been passingly interested in the ship the last year but have deliberately avoided it because I seriously don't need another heartwrenching ship - Harry and Hermione have already destroyed me. But, of course, what did I do? Started reading TSP and I'm only at the beginning of Part 2 where nothing has even really happened yet, and my heart is already cracking. Sigh.

Feel free to email me about HP and babble all you like - I have no one to discuss it with, and even though I don't read much fic anymore, and I still haven't started GoF properly yet (I'm rereading them too! Yay!), HP is still relevant to pretty much every one of my waking hours, so go ahead!