adopting potterspeak

[chrisnlorrie]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Marty Larson" 
<marty.larson at v...> wrote:
> 
>   The question I ask when someone is getting nasty about HP, 
is "Do you watch Disney fairytale movies?" Almost every Disney movie 
has some type of "Magic" in it and it really gets me when people say 
they're different and so you can't compare.  Both are great stories 
and both include magic - so the difference would be what?  Even 
Chronicles of Narnia falls into the same category and its 
allegorical meaning is well-known.
> 
>   Marty


Marty, exactly!  They tell me it's okay to read Tolkein and Narnia, 
but not HP!  Seems slightly hypocritical to me.  Then they tell me 
they haven't read HP and that's when I get really annoyed.  How can 
you comment on something that you have not read?  How do they even 
know what is in the books?  They don't.  They are going on hearsay, 
which frustrates me.  I just keep my mouth shut about my obsession 
and share it only with my children.  One funny thing that happened, 
my Mother in Law, when she found out we were going to see GoF for 
about the 5th time, said, "Well.  I suppose I'll have to be the one 
to take them to see Narnia."  That was a dig if I ever heard one!  
In other words, "I'll be the GOOD influence, while you are the BAD 
one."  Ugh. 

Lee, no, I haven't heard of Willow.  Is it a book?  I remember the 
movie "Willow."  Are they one in the same?

Thanks for letting me vent, all.