[HPFGU-OTChatter] OOP. Impressions. Spoilers. Anyone? Fanfic & SHIPs

[Terry James]

>From: "kirst_inn" <kirst_inn at yahoo.co.uk>
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>Impressions, spewed out rather randomly in the hope of provoking
>debate:
>1. Did anyone else have an uneasy feeling that they were reading
>fanfic at some points - especially at bits concerning Luna Lovegood
>and other newly-mentioned students, and in some of the early
>(Arabella, Sirius) dialogue? I know this sounds a bit blasphemous. I
>don't mean it to. I'm trying to rationalise it away as my mind
>adjusting to new canon after so long; particularly when the new
>canon is so radically different from the old? Is this a
>narrative/stylistic thing tied in with New, Improved, StroppyHarry?
>Did anyone else get this feeling?


I have read very little fanfic--in fact, only Draco Dormiens and Draco 
Veritas, and that only in the last two weeks, when I got desperate for 
Potter stuff.  (Side note--they were totally uncanonical, people were acting 
out of character all over the place, and all the ships were ones I don't 
sail in, but they were very well-written and I loved them both.  Can anybody 
recommend any other well-done fanfic?  Off-list, please.)  But I have read 
stuff about Mary Sues, and although Luna didn't fit most of the 
qualifications, for some reason she felt like one.  Can an author put a Mary 
Sue into her own, original, universe?

There has to be more about Luna coming later.  For a totally new character 
to play such a large role....and she was pretty intriguing.  I want to know 
why she reads newspapers upside down.  please please please not a Harry love 
interest!

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>2. Whoo hoo! New female characters! They took up quite a lot of the
>plot! They were all rather active within the narrative! Even if half
>of them were psychotically twisted!

Did anybody else want to go and learn the Cruciatus Curse and risk Azkaban 
for using it on "the first truly evil female character", or was that just 
me?


>3.Lily's eyes? Indeed, more "about Lily"? Not much, was there?

I feel really cheated there.  And also, what about the wizarding substitute 
for the internet?  Although those paper airplane memos were pretty neat.  
Obviously the MoM doesn't have an e-mail equivalent.

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>4. Neville, Ginny and McGonagall (esp. the last two). Bravo. Never
>really thought I'd say that.

Hurray Neville!  Go Neville, it's your birthday...Has N.s birthday been 
mentioned in canon before?  That whole thing is just very odd.  Anybody else 
think it may come up again, that it might have been either of them?  Neville 
played a larger role in this book than previously--I see that trend 
continuing, and more Neville revelations coming out.

And Ginny--I've always been against a Harry/Ginny ship, because she was so 
giggly and silly, or else too quiet, around Harry.  I mean, that singing 
card.  Really.  But she is turning out quite the character.  Growing up with 
all those brothers made her more independent than you'd have suspected 
earlier.

Yeah, I could go with Harry/Ginny now.  But I think JKR was throwing out 
hints of Harry/Hermione too.  And definitely hints that Ron was worried 
about Harry and Hermione developing a relationship....My, my, the red 
herrings swim again...

>5. - on the other hand - Arabella Figg and Rita Skeeter...? I felt
>more than a little disappointed. Those were some of the least Bangy
>scenes I have ever read.

Please, what is Bangy?  I thought "banging" was British slang 
for...er...rude things.

Terry LJ

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