Obsessed with Harry (was - Re: They are children's books)

[jeffl1965]

No: HPFGUIDX 81784

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Iggy McSnurd" 
<coyoteschild at p...> wrote:

 <snipped to prevent thread from going too OT> ;)


   Thanks for the info. I wasn't sure of the term, but I felt she was 
quite a bit like how Draco and Colin Creevy are in the books. ;) 
Sadly, she acts the same about the Babysitter's Club series, and runs 
a group on them. I think she's headed for disaster. 
   I think Ron is very cool, and I like reading about him and all 
that. I like the actor as well, but I tend to picture the book 
characters differently, since even in some fan fiction they stick to 
the canon descriptions. The cast don't really match the books 
totally, so that throws me off a bit. Now as for the voices, I do 
*hear* those when they talk. I have to admit that I *hear* the 
Weasley's all with Cockney accents, simply because they're more 
country, imho. I know that they are supposedly from around Devon, 
iirc, but I'm not that familar with the dialect from that area, and 
JKR makes at least Ron and the Twins sound a bit cockney to me. They 
don't use all the contractions and slang, but I guess its the 
constant use of Oi and bloody hell. ;)
   But again, it's difficult to tell what some characters look like 
in the cases where they aren't described too well. IIRC, Draco wasn't 
even mentioned having blond hair until COS. A few others might be a 
bit vague, but I can't recall who at the moment. 
   Anyway, again thanks for the info. Knowing the exact term helps, 
as I might have to use it at some point in talking to her. :) Take a 
look at Harry Potter Fan Fiction and Hogwarts or Bust if you wanna 
have a good laugh and get creeped out at the same time. :P Her name 
is cory.


  Jeff