Heh, well HP was basically my introduction into online fandom (basically right before the release of the 5th book), I can still remember encountering my first fanfics and such and the first fansites via it...:p I didn't know any better...
The only thing that reached me is the stupid stuff about Dumbledore being gay. I had a good laugh about that discussion. LOL I quite like the last book - apart from the epilogue. HBP isn't one of my favourites either - GoF is still my favourite book of the series - but I wouldn't exactly call it 'abysmal'. But well, I guess that's a matter of tastes. :)
Oh yeah the Dumbledore thing, see that didn't bother me in of itself so much as her smug pronouncement that this ~reveal~ would have fandom talking for the NEXT TEN YEARS! /rolleyes/ And I like DH okay, but it sure doesn't hold up much to closer examination (agreed about the epilogue at least!). And we can agree on GoF being our favorite (nice, you don't see many people saying that! :D), and not liking HBP at least, even if you don't think it's "abysmal"! ;) But yeah, HBP, IDK everyone is just acting so OOC and horrible, and the writing is so shallow and cheesy besides the LV flashbacks, basically. I wanted to be reading HP, not "Sweet Valley Hogwarts", they barely even went to class anymore.../sigh
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The only thing that reached me is the stupid stuff about Dumbledore being gay. I had a good laugh about that discussion. LOL I quite like the last book - apart from the epilogue. HBP isn't one of my favourites either - GoF is still my favourite book of the series - but I wouldn't exactly call it 'abysmal'. But well, I guess that's a matter of tastes. :)
Oh yeah the Dumbledore thing, see that didn't bother me in of itself so much as her smug pronouncement that this ~reveal~ would have fandom talking for the NEXT TEN YEARS! /rolleyes/ And I like DH okay, but it sure doesn't hold up much to closer examination (agreed about the epilogue at least!). And we can agree on GoF being our favorite (nice, you don't see many people saying that! :D), and not liking HBP at least, even if you don't think it's "abysmal"! ;) But yeah, HBP, IDK everyone is just acting so OOC and horrible, and the writing is so shallow and cheesy besides the LV flashbacks, basically. I wanted to be reading HP, not "Sweet Valley Hogwarts", they barely even went to class anymore.../sigh