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

[Deb]

No: HPFGUIDX 152448

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

I don't think it's a small minority, Susan! I for one love the 
series and the characters and the creativity of JKR! These have 
become my very favorite "escape literature" books - just the thing 
for relieving stress, getting a giggle or just cozying up on a rainy 
afternoon. I'm hard pressed to come up with only one favorite scene -
 there are so many that either fascinated or amused me - like Hagrid 
crashing into the Hut-on-the-Rock, The Sea to give Harry his letter 
from Hogwarts and calling Vernon Dursley a "great prune". Or the 
absurdity of a giant-sized wizard having a pink umbrella with which 
he does magic. Or the image of Dudley with a pig's tail -- even so 
early on in the first book I knew Dudley was a dud  and the pig's 
tail sure fit! And Fred and George playing the age-old twin 
switcheroo game on their mother at Platform 9 and 3/4. And that's 
just a few scenes from the first book!    

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  Hee.
 
> Anybody else game?
> 
> Siriusly Snapey Susan
 
I agree about the richness of her characterization - not only of the 
characters but also of her characterizations of magic and the 
Wizarding World as a whole! Vernon Dursely's (paraphrase) "you 
people have a government? Well that explains a lot!"  - and the 
meeting of Fudge and the Other Minister .... LOL The MOM with it's 
interesting departments and flying paper airplane memos! And the 
concept of Hogwarts castle as an important "character" for the 
series - what a hoot! I sure would love to have an opportunity to 
explore such a fascinating edifice!! Wouldn't you love to go tickle 
that pear to get into the kitchen and have the house elves bring you 
some Butterbeer and your favorite dessert? Or whisper "pine fresh" 
to go in and try out all the different types of bubble bath in the 
Prefects Bathroom? Or have a very intense, pressing need to hide 
something so that you could get into the Room of Requirement to 
explore all the things a 1000 years worth of students and staff have 
hidden there? Come on, admit it! Wouldn't you love to be at 
Hogwarts? 

Deb (aka djklaugh) I think it's time to read the series again ... 
for like the 10th time .... or is it the 32nd time? Where's my wand? 
And my invisibility cloak cuz the boss won't appreciate me reading 
these books at work *G*