What If . . . What If It's A *Dud?

[Tyler Hewitt]

No: HPFGUIDX 51898

I'm not really worrying about OoP being a dud. I
haven't been disappointed so far, and don't anticipate
it happening this time either. Trying not to obsess
about it helps, but is difficult!

Some interesting psychology at work here. I've had
previous experience involving long waits for highly
anticipated releases, and it seems that often, when
this is the case, two different responses can commonly
occur.

The first is an almost instantaneous love of the new
book, cd, whatever, with glowing praise fot it, even
when it's unfounded. Sometimes the wait was so long
that we are blind to weaknesses in it.

the second response is bitter disappointment. I think
that anticipation builds the new book, cd, movie, etc.
up so much in people's minds that when it dosen't
become a life changing experience, they end up
disliking the thing.

Knowing that objectivity will be at a low, it will
definately be interesting to hear what people have to
say next June.

Someone posted about the possibility that this list
could spoil OoP. I don't really think that will happen
for me. I find it hard to believe that we could have
every bit of OoP figured out in advance. No mater how
many theories get discussed here, we're sure to be
surprised by something.

Tyler
ever the optomist

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