What's fun about the HPs? (was: Request for new topics)

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No: HPFGUIDX 152427

Carol wrote:
> Ideas, anyone? Any themes we can discuss besides love, revenge, and
> immortality? Can we look at the books themselves instead of our own
> lives and social views?


SSSusan:
You know, I've recently been bemoaning the fact, offlist to a couple
of folks, that there seems to be a tendency to focus a LOT on real
life morality when we discuss the Potterverse these days.  That's
not always a bad thing... it's certainly natural to draw parallels
to the life we lead... but sometimes it almost seems like we just
can't have FUN with the books and characters, can't JOSH about
things, without a RL "standard" or "judgment" being handed down.

Alla:

Hehehe. I love your posts and even though I can probably put my name 
under every word of what Lupinlore said about discussing the books in 
connection with RL, I certainly know that this is my favorite way of 
discussing the books, but not the only one possible.

Besides, fun can be there even if we are bringing RL examples, no?

SSSusan:
('Course, I tossed my two knuts into the Tom/Merope/Love Potion
thread today by talking about grounds for Catholic annulment, so
take my whining with a grain of salt. ;-))

Alla:

Me thinks everybody in that thread stayed quite nicely in canon land 
while bringing in canon examples, but of course I am actively 
participating in that thread, so take my whinings with the grain of 
salt too as biased party. :)

SSSusan:
I mean, would anyone dare suggest Snape is sexy here?  Come on, tell
the truth!  Would anyone??  And I don't mean Rickman!Snape either.
It *has* been done here before, you know, people talking about Snape
being sexy and why....



Alla:

I really don't see why not suggest that Snape is sexy, if that is 
your thing, than that's your thing. 

But funnily enough I was talking to somebody off list about sexiness 
of the characters and I probably mentioned it on list in the past, 
but I really do NOT find any of the adult characters sexy. Honestly, 
I don't.

And I am not just talking about Snape, I am also talking about 
Sirius, who I love dearly as a character, and whom I think would have 
been a loyal friend after a lot of therapy sessions :)

I don't know why. I mean, Sirius IS describes as physically 
attractive, but I guess not my type.

If I were to ream about Potterverse guys, I would go for Harry or 
Ron, when they will be in their early thirties. :)

SSSusan:
Am I truly in a small minority of people who still really LIKES the
Potterverse? still guffaws at some of JKR's clever turns of phrase?
still marvels at her creativity? still shakes her head that this
writer can have us arguing after SIX books about whether a character
is evil, good, neither or both?

Alla:

Let me put it this way, I certainly like the Potterverse as the world 
JKR created, but I like it the way I like our world with all its 
problems, not  as the world I would close my eyes and wanted to 
escape to for a few minutes.

Probably because I choose to look at Potterverse with Harry¡¦s eyes, 
that way I get the most enjoyment out of the books, I discover pains 
and problems of that world the way he discovers it and to tell you 
the truth, I really don't find it to be pretty.

Would I want to stop by in that world? Sure, to meet the "people" who 
live there and whom I like very much. Would I want to live there? I 
am changing my answer depending on my mood, but the answer is 
probably not.

SSSusan:
Am I in a small minority of people who still actually LIKES Harry
himself?  ::huffs on D'oH shield and glances at it sentimentally::

How 'bout we -- without succumbing to a series of just one-liners --
talk about what we LOVE about the books? what we find FUN about
them, even after all this time?

Alla:

Love Harry, don't have books with me right now, but I am getting a 
lot of fun out of twins' moments. Will bring quotes later on.

"Seriously evil wizard coming through" is one of my favorite lines of 
all time.

Thanks Susan. :)