Two Hermione articles

[gillo]

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

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[slaymesoftly]

I read the first HP book and enjoyed it. But began the next one and felt such a sense of deja vu that I bailed on it after a few chapters. And yes, I find the idea of writing in a world created in a book nearly impossible. Possibly A book - just one, where characters are so well-developed and appealing and the world is so good, that it makes you want to explore their future. But that hasn't happened yet. Much as I love LofR, I can't see myself writing in that world.

[kassto]

Since Buffy finished on TV, and since the final Harry Potter book came out, I have rewatched all of Buffy and reread the HP series practically every year. That's a lot of rewatching and rereading. Both series are still very powerful for me - a single mother in her early '50s with little that is heroic in her own life