Comments | gillo: Two Hermione articles

gillo

Two Hermione articles

Mar 28, 2014 00:37

I'm not particularly (or, really, at all) active in the Harry Potter fandom, partly because I find it much harder to read, let alone write, fic in the same medium as the original - HP is a set of novels to me, and thus primarily written stories in JKR's style. I feel the same way about other books; it's much easier to encounter written material in ( Read more... )

btvs, meta, harry potter

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velvetwhip March 28 2014, 02:47:54 UTC

I can honestly say I've neither read the HP books nor seen the films.

Gabrielle

chiron14 March 28 2014, 07:52:32 UTC

I must admit I got stuck on a sandbank halfway through volume one - I felt I was being talked down to. My fault for not being able to appreciate YA literature? Remember, I never met it at an "appropriate age".

orangerful March 28 2014, 15:41:41 UTC

HP for me is another series that didn't survive the "rewatch". It was fun once but the more I think about it all, the less I enjoy it. So, yeah, like you said, I'm happy it got a lot of kids reading but, in the end, I felt very letdown by the characterization etc. Buffy all the way <3

yvonnet March 28 2014, 22:00:01 UTC

Oh well, but I liked Harry Potter -probably partly because my children grew up with him - Cei even being an extra in the first film, which was partly made in Durham ( ... )

sartorresartus March 30 2014, 08:37:18 UTC

Still looking fit, m'lady! It took a while to fine you, but then it was obvious, you haven't changed much at all!

yvonnet March 31 2014, 06:30:37 UTC

Why, thank you kindly ma'am. I'm really lucky to live so near the new Rambert studio at South Bank, and to be able to go to subsidised classes there !

eilowyn March 28 2014, 23:24:29 UTC

I've spent the past month dipping my toes into HP fandom, and I can't help but give a resounding YES to both articles. The fact that Hermione, like Spike, is the "little black dress" of fandom that can be shipped with anyone because she's so relatable. I've been reading Hermione ship fics with lots of male characters (except for Harry and Ron - they aren't her intellectual equals, and Snape, because ew), and I'm feeling her like I feel Buffy - she's my girl. However, Ron and Harry are like Xander times two, and I find that ... Distasteful. HP is BtVS with Xander as the hero. I don't know how Hermione is treated by fandom at large, but I know someone to ask if you're curious.