Letters MY on bobble head Dobby doll

[alice_loves_cats]

Susan Fox-Davis wrote:

> Maybe somebody got fed up with Dobby's irritating habit of referring to
> himself in the third person and enchanted a bleedin' PRONOUN on his
> head... <grin, duck, run>

Now Alice:

Now THAT is a good one!!! :-))) There's nothing more irritating (oh
all right, maybe this is an exaggeration) than characters refering to
themselves in the third person - yikes! Dobby just messed it up with
me the moment he opened his mouth. There he was, sitting perfectly
nicely on Harry's bed, and then he goes and ruins it all. Ah, well...

> Mugglimi non carborundum

Oh, please, oh pleezy-wheezy-lemon-squeezy *g* tell me what that means?

Muggles aren't made of Carbon? :-)))



Just so there's some point to this post, I found an article on
fanfiction in the Spectator today, it's not up online, but I'll quote
the relevant part:

"But, wouldn't you believe it, it's Harry Potter who is the Star Wars
of fanfic. The output of the little wizard's fans surpasses even that
of the Trekkies, originators of fan fiction way back with Spockanalia
magazine in the 1960s. J.K. Rowling's official line is, 'I've read
some of it... I find it very flattering that people love the
characters that much.' Her publisher's are a little less chipper about
Potter slash, for obvious reasons. But Rowling couldn't doa Rice if
she wanted to. Who wants to be the children's author who legally
harangues eight-year-olds? Besides, the motivation behind much fan
fiction is frustration at a lack of new material. The promise of 
Harry Potter book per year, which went to the wall in favour of
endless Potter product synergy, leaves the rights holders with only
themselves to blame for the varied quality at www.fanfictionlinks.com."

Benet Simon, The Spectator



Love, Alice