Am having fandom angst

Apr 12, 2009 12:59

Dear fandom, you bore me with your stunning lack of originality ( Read more... )

rant, weasley is our king

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harmony_bites April 12 2009, 20:15:16 UTC
Hee--I know. It's so nice when the actual HP characters show up--I'm more able to sink into the fic--and they're such fun. It's not that even the "good" characters aren't flawed and have comic potential from pointing that up--that's a lot of the fun of fanfic actually--what I loved in the first fanfics in HP I read was considering for the first time a Slytherin POV and some not-so-sympathetic takes on how Dumbledore say used people or how Harry did do things that were--well insane. Or how the Marauders are thugs (and don't ask me to have sympathy for them the best thing I can do is just not write them into a fic because I know I can't be fair to Sirius or James--maybe not even Lupin. Don't ask me too.)

But some fics--even some reviews. I recently caught a review lambasting Hermione for still being with the Mo-Ron and threatening the author to bail if they didn't break them up NOW.

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silburygirl April 13 2009, 01:35:58 UTC
Those reviews were actually what touched the rant off. The level of bashing just makes me like the characters more because I have never met anyone that stupid/malicious/pathetic who didn't have a reason for it. And when it's a basically sympathetic character in the books, it's even more ridiculous.

Not to mention... what does it say about Hermione when she dates/marries that incarnation of Ron. Bitch, please.

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