Yeah, no.
So, the only reason why I have a live journal is because I love Harry Potter. Actually, the only reason why I have this is because someone gave me a code, but the only reason why I started posting here and have a presence here is because I love Harry Potter and I used this to communicate with a ton of Harry Potter people who eventually became friends.
I recently joined a not terribly active group here about Harry Potter canon discussion. I joined because I'm trying to meet new people and discuss something I love. But, as I said, historically, the group had not been particularly active. They are getting more active, which is exciting.
Last night I was watching Deathly Hallows part 2 with my husband and something made me yell at my tv. Basically, what could be a plot hole but what is more likely just Voldemort being an asshole. Voldemort said to Snape that the reason why the Elder Wand didn't work properly for him was because he didn't kill the previous owner. But Voldemort know this isn't true because he spoke with and killed Gregorovitch and Gredelwald, two previous owners who were not killed prior to wand loyalty changing. I was excited to share my findings with the group.
They were less thrilled by my discovery. I'm not 100% sure why. Perhaps because I called it a potential plot hole and deigned to criticize the beyond-rebuke Rowling (yeah, I have several criticisms for her. And yeah, I'm in a not great mood [from other things] and taking this much more harshly than I should).
Yes, I want to discuss canon. But I refuse to do so wearing only rose-colored glasses. I think that's a huge flaw with a community if you can only discuss the positives of a work and offer no criticism.
Maybe it was my tone or something else. I don't know, I typed the message off rather quickly. I didn't mean to be negative to the books, but I did mean to point out an issue. But since it's now lost to the rejected moderation queue that I have no access to (I don't think...?), I guess I'll never know.
As for why I'm in a crap mood, basically I'm realizing that someone who I thought was a friend is a shitty friend. Friend is not here, so I can post here. And I wanted to come here to meet new people so I'm not so reliant on shitty friend. So right now it feels a little bit like salt. I'll buck up, but with this and then all my other real life crap, I'm having a really difficult time.
I recently joined a not terribly active group here about Harry Potter canon discussion. I joined because I'm trying to meet new people and discuss something I love. But, as I said, historically, the group had not been particularly active. They are getting more active, which is exciting.
Last night I was watching Deathly Hallows part 2 with my husband and something made me yell at my tv. Basically, what could be a plot hole but what is more likely just Voldemort being an asshole. Voldemort said to Snape that the reason why the Elder Wand didn't work properly for him was because he didn't kill the previous owner. But Voldemort know this isn't true because he spoke with and killed Gregorovitch and Gredelwald, two previous owners who were not killed prior to wand loyalty changing. I was excited to share my findings with the group.
They were less thrilled by my discovery. I'm not 100% sure why. Perhaps because I called it a potential plot hole and deigned to criticize the beyond-rebuke Rowling (yeah, I have several criticisms for her. And yeah, I'm in a not great mood [from other things] and taking this much more harshly than I should).
Yes, I want to discuss canon. But I refuse to do so wearing only rose-colored glasses. I think that's a huge flaw with a community if you can only discuss the positives of a work and offer no criticism.
Maybe it was my tone or something else. I don't know, I typed the message off rather quickly. I didn't mean to be negative to the books, but I did mean to point out an issue. But since it's now lost to the rejected moderation queue that I have no access to (I don't think...?), I guess I'll never know.
As for why I'm in a crap mood, basically I'm realizing that someone who I thought was a friend is a shitty friend. Friend is not here, so I can post here. And I wanted to come here to meet new people so I'm not so reliant on shitty friend. So right now it feels a little bit like salt. I'll buck up, but with this and then all my other real life crap, I'm having a really difficult time.