Comments | bluerosefairy: The inevitable post-Book 7 rambling

bluerosefairy

The inevitable post-Book 7 rambling

Jul 21, 2007 22:52

Needless to say, gang - if you haven't read it and don't want to know what happens, then don't click the cut.

( Ooh, look, a Blibbering Humdinger! )

potterdammerung, book seven, fannish wibblings

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penumbren July 22 2007, 09:07:10 UTC

Too tired to really reply, but the one thing that stuck out at me as far as the writing? The incredible overuse---and MISUSE---of colons. J.K., honey, please... don't ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, EVER use another colon again. Not unless Lynne Truss comes over and beats you soundly with Eats, Shoots and Leaves until you know how to do it properly.

And Nan? *coughs*http://www.sendspace.com/file/kw6ijs*coughs*

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penumbren July 23 2007, 03:13:34 UTC

*grins* What are friends for? I know having the audio and ebook formats early would NOT have stopped me from buying the book, and I'm sure it won't stop anyone else. :D

sarahetc July 22 2007, 16:50:04 UTC

Hell yes! What you said, especially these later bits. Neville and Luna and the radio broadcast. And Trewlawney! I cheered. And Molly! I screamed, "HELL YES!"

You're far more articulate about things than I've been.

As for the woobification, I can't get with you there. I was sure Harry wasn't going to believe, but he did an awful lot of growing up in the the hour that Voldemort gave him to get his shit together. It's true that Snape wasn't nice by any stretch of the imagination, but the Prince's tale humanized him. To that point in the book, he might as well have been twirling his mustache and running off to tie damsels to the railroad tracks. I think it gave him some depth.

urdette July 23 2007, 03:50:29 UTC

Also. Kreacher. Unbelievable that he would change such a hatred with the bestowment of a present. >.>

hart_shaped July 23 2007, 06:33:11 UTC

Ear, ear. Better than the last but disappointingly predictable nonetheless, and containing enough infodumps to warrant its own landfill. Dear god the monologuing. And the inconsistencies, and the plot devices.

Ariana Dumbledore indeed.

But Trelawney is my new hero, and I kind of want to ravish Bellatrix and McGonagall. <3

bluerosefairy July 23 2007, 06:39:27 UTC

Ariana Dumbledore indeed.

NOW will you admit your name is awesome and pretty and totally cool?

Dear god the monologuing. And the inconsistencies, and the plot devices.

And her TERRIBLE dialogue. Good God.

hart_shaped July 23 2007, 23:18:51 UTC

NOW will you admit your name is awesome and pretty and totally cool?

Maybe. A little. But only because she was a dirty little secret crazy shut-in with whom so much vile and twisted could be done in fanfiction oh god somebody stop me.