Scar, Boy Who Lived (was Screaming scene)

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 13413

>Dan is perfect as Harry... hope 
> they'll do movie versions of the PS and SS covers.  

Dan is great, I agree, but if they're going to do a new cover, I wish 
it would have Jo's Harry drawing on it.  That's my Harry!

>Except... 
>where's 
> the scar?  I know his hair's covering it, but...

Am I being paranoid, or do you get the sense they're teasing us?  I 
can just see the editor now, deciding to cut an otherwise perfect shot 
out of the trailer because it shows The Scar and we aren't supposed to 
see it yet!

Or maybe they've decided to make Harry scarless.  I mean, 
it's not that central to the plot, right?  (evil screenwriter's laugh)

> Have no problem with the "Boy Who Lived" line, especially when it 
was 
> my sig quote in early fandom days some months back.  What's wrong 
> with slogans?  Campaigns are run, wars waged, and empires built on 
> their foundation. 

Well, there's your answer.  <g>

As I said, I really can't defend this opinion of mine rationally.  I 
think that, like anything else in writing, it is okay in moderation, 
but when you take fanfic as a whole, it goes way overboard.  I'm aware 
that that's very unfair--I can't hold it against one piece of fanfic 
(or one movie) that it does something that all the others do.  Still, 
when a writer is doing something that all the others do, it may be a 
warning sign.

Amy Z
running an all-PS/SS sigs special this week in honor of the trailer

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 "We could all have been killed--or worse, expelled."
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