Misc.

[loneraven]

A few random things.

First of all, self-indulgence: I posted fic last night, and then LJ went kablooey, so I think it might have slipped under the radar:

Down And Upping, PG-13, Slings & Arrows, gen. A story about Geoffrey's first breakdown, and what happened after.

Also, the Slings & Arrows ficathon is still open for sign-ups. There are

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[runriggers]

Oh good! Then it wasn't just my computer - lj did shut down last night!

[loneraven]

I found out through anguished inquiry on Facebook. *g*

[runriggers]

I left a message on a different message board, but hadn't checked the message board this morning - thought I'd try lj first! I can handle problems with the Internet as long as they are not caused by my computer!

[loneraven]

*gleeeee* Rewatching is good. I'm now rewatching season 2, specifically the school production bit.

I kinda really want everyone to just hurry up and read it, so they can start writing fic about wee Teddy. I'm not demanding at all, really. :)

[loneraven]

Mmm, I thought so too! Poor dear Moony.

[highfantastical]

I just realised I'd f'locked it automatically, but have now made public for better pimpage. *g*

[loneraven]

Thank you! :) I think likethesun2 may be interested, too, as well as in the Project. :) Thank god I have literary friends.

[abyssinia4077]

is there an emerging consensus on when we can start posting HP spoilers outside of cuts?

I won't get to read it until next week or the week after.

But if you want to, I'll be okay skimming past...

Yay ficathons!

[loneraven]

Ah, no worries, the recs could do with some marinading. :) I actually didn't realise you were HP-inclined! Do you write fic?

(I'm using a lot of food metaphors right now. I think it's time for lunch.)

[abyssinia4077]

I think I'm HP inclined but not HP-fandom inclined? I've been reading 'em since the third book hit the states (I was in Hay-On-Wye in Wales when one of the early books came out, before it was popular in the States, and was highly amused by the fuss).

My senior year of high school my friends and I declared ourselves a Quidditch team (I was a beater) and declared our calculus teacher to be Dumbledore (his kids were obsessed and he had Dumbledore quotes all over the room). So...I deeply appreciate the stories but I've never really clicked into them at a fannish level - not really been inclined fic-wise (though I've read a few).

Lunch sounds like a good plan!

[loneraven]

Oh, wow, what were you doing in Hay-on-Wye? I imagine they made lots of fuss down there. *g*

My senior year of high school my friends and I declared ourselves a Quidditch team

Awwww, bless. That's adorable.

Oh, and re: spoilers - I had to do a shift in the bookshop before I got to read the book. Every time anyone so much as got near the stack of copies I started putting my fingers in my ears. I feel your pain. *g*

[sfruof]

I'd say the first week of August. It just sounds good, seems like an appropriate amount of time.

What's your opinion of loudly talking about spoilers in a public place? Last night at work, I ended up walking around our store with my manager spoiling the entire sixth and seventh books for her. I had to tell her about Dumbledore, which was traumatic as hell...actually, the entire thing was very traumatic.

I felt bad at the end of it though, because we were talking very loudly, and someone who didn't want to overhear definitely could have. But...they were in public.

[loneraven]

Mmm, I guess so! I was out of the country for the two weeks following HBP, so I don't really know the etiquette surrounding these things.

My opinion is... complex. When I was working that shift in the bookshop and people were deliberately reading out the last page, I felt entirely within my rights to put my fingers in my ears and refuse to serve customers until they stopped. 'Cause that was malicious, you know? But a couple of days ago hathy_col and I sat in a diner for an afternoon moping over the deaths of Certain People - and put "Blue Moon" on the jukebox - and I felt bad about it, but people would have to be deliberately eavesdropping to be spoiled, so I figured we were more justified.