Non spoilery review: It's better than the book.  Quite a lot better, in fact, as it fixes some of the things that made me go WTF when reading the book.  Actually, it fixes about as many of the WTFs as it can, while still following the same plot.  I suspect the scriptwriter(s?) and I went WTF at a lot of the same points.  Also, they ship Neville and ( Read more... )

So...Dumbledore was gay.  I feel like I should be pleased, but, instead, I'm irritated.  I know fandom is terribly divided over the issue, and that much of fandom is utterly unsurprised.  Hell, I'm not the world's best at spotting subtext and the whole Dumbledore/Grindlewald thing had me wondering.  But so did Sirius's fondness for James.  And I ( Read more... )

I am probably breaking a rule of blogdom by crossposting this from my other blog, but as long as the internet doesn't explode (or implode) I figure we're safe.
Now, as I said in the subject...there spoilers, lots and lots of spoilers.  If you haven't read (or finished) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and don't want to hear spoilers, stop ( Read more... )