Games, Vids, Fanfic, etc. Re: [HPFGU-OTChatter] I have no class... watching Drawn Together

[Dina Lerret]

At 11/09/2004 10:53 AM, Saitaina wrote:

>They should, they were the beginning of
>gaming technology.  Er, part of the
>beginning.

I caught this show on G4TV where they did a 'history' of home video 
games.  Pretty nifty.  Still, I think for some it's more a case of 
nostalgia is why we keep things--impact on personal history versus a wider 
audience.

My favorite Atari 2600 game remains River Raid, which really didn't make 
sense if you think about it:
http://www.atarihq.com/reviews/2600/river_raid.html

You're on an airplane, yet you can only stay on the water portion.


><I remember trying out Super Mario
>Bros 2 for the first time >
>
>There have been so many Mario's...i
>can't remember what that one was about.
>I just remember leaves.

 From the first Nintendo.


>That gives me sooo many ideas...

Me too. {g}

Hm, I rarely talk about the 'behind the scenes' work that goes into a 
vid.  Usually, folks just want to see the end result.  It's not that I 
don't want to; it's just that it doesn't happen.


>You haven't been around the right HP/DM
>folks.

I'm beginning to wonder. {g}  Dunno, I'd like to chat about HP and HP slash 
but... my enthusiasm is at a low point, though I do admit getting a FA 
prize yesterday was very nice.  I didn't know we were suppose to get a free 
book until Heidi emailed me.

I think my waning interest is from being bombarded with email that I may 
never get around to reading.


>Seems like a lot to go through for to
>block one list member.  I should know,
>I've had to do it.

Yes, it is, which is why I also mentioned options of group owner account 
dying (e.g. hpchan) or other Yahoogroups' problems.  I know a member 
here... um, Steve(?) mentioned his *paid* Yahoo account was nuked.  The 
only reason why I brought up the third alternative as a 'suspected' reason 
was the timing of the group disappearing and previous posts referencing 
'rudeness in Harry/Draco folk'.


><Nevermind, a percentage also write
>Harry as crying at
>the drop of a pin.>
>
>You had a lot of teen girls on that
>list didn't you.

Possibly.  Again, it's the Harry slash fics I've seen.  Maybe it's about 
time I start reading the allegedly 'good' fics, instead of gambling on 
whatever's at AFF.net or FF.net.

Do you ever find yourself wondering if what you're reading is killing off 
more brain cells?

Although, I think reading a comment that the recent YM magazine has Britney 
Spears and Daniel Radcliffe as a 'love match' caused some neurons to keel 
over and die.


>I don't know why this
>happens, but teen girls writing H/D
>ends up with one of them being horribly
>OC and fem.

I don't mind the feminization, especially if they can get both female; 
however, the OC part does start getting a tad bit old.  For me, the 
'victimization' of Harry starts grating after awhile.

This reminds me of the argument about how unlikely it is for wizards to 
*always* be defenseless in a non-con situation.  The topic of 'wandless' 
magic is sometimes incorporated into fanfic--sometimes exaggerating it too 
much with a super duper strong Harry with optional lemon fresh scent.

However, I disagree it can be relied on for defense.  Go back to the BDSM 
graveyard scene from GOF and Harry couldn't tap into wandless magic against 
Wormtail's bindings--for example, Harry couldn't 'apparate' a short 
distance away like what he did to 'jump' onto the muggle school roof.  If 
wandless magic supposedly can kick in during emergencies, then you'd think 
being faced with the likelihood of death would have magical reserves 
working overtime, but it hasn't--probably being accustomed to a wand 
affects this.

Speaking of feminization, Drawn Together's Xandir.  LOL!  I saw this week's 
episode where Xandir has a 'gay bash' and Elmer Fudd gives him a BJ.  Then 
God sits next to a 'glory hole'?  Crude but I couldn't help but laugh.

Oh, and I'm currently listening to COS and it's on the duel scene where 
Millicent is wrestling Hermione.  I just remembered something I wondered 
about: if Bulstrode is a half blood per JKR's notes, could this possibly be 
one reason why she isn't referenced as hanging around with the other 
Slytherins?


>Just look at that one dance scene in
>the last chapter and be completely
>honest.  I can't trust my beta because
>she doesn't read or like slash.  She
>reads it for me, but her opinion is
>kind of...a mute point.

Err, your beta isn't into slash?  Give me a moment. {blink, blink}  Okay, I 
think I saw your fic--my inbox overfloweth--and I'll email you my comments.

Hm, some writers have their spouses, who may not be into slash, read their 
work, so yeah, maybe not as different.


>Astro, really crappy all in one model.

Err, my condolences?  My Gateway worked fine for the first 2-3 
years.  Remember when they used to have the program where you could trade 
in your used computer towards a new?  Like a used car.  I thought that 
*was* nifty, but I believe they stopped that years ago or made it not worth 
the effort.


>stress came out in my dream of, I'm
>going to die if I keep entering
>politics.

{g}  Points for a complicated dream with layers to it.

Speaking of dreams, usually, I can remember if a certain detail is HP canon 
or fanon or imagination, but this one scene where I could've *sworn* was in 
the book... well, wasn't.  I've listened to the HP audio books and did a 
search on the eBooks to no avail.

Um, Harry being aware Dumbledore and Snape had a conversation about his 
parseltongue ability *definitely* isn't canon?  For some reason, I can 
imagine *hearing* Jim Dale's impersonation of Dumbledore being calm and 
Snape going 'he's a *parseltongue*' (or parselmouth).  Err, but I also 
listen to the audio books while I'm sleeping. :-\  It's only this one scene.

Dina