A bit frustrated with fandom at the moment - DH spoilers

va32h va32h at comcast.net
Thu Jul 26 03:08:20 UTC 2007


No: HPFGUIDX 172898

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "anne_t_squires" 
<tfaucette6387 at ...> wrote:
> I also think that some writers/readers of fanfic are just plain
> jealous of JKR's success.  I believe that many are immature
> teens/early twenties.  I remember after HBP that many fans said they
> would boycott future films and books because they didn't get the ships
> they wanted.  Well, right after that the GOF DVD broke all records and
> sold more DVDs quicker than any other DVD or video in history.  I also
> just read that GH sold 8.3 million in the first day in the US. HBP
> sold 6.9 million on it's first day in the US.  So, obviously the
> boycott of the H/H shippers really impacted sales negatively.  I think
> I also see an attitude of "I wrote that; she stole my idea." LMAOL 
> Sour grapes much.  Some folks in the fanfic fandom just need to Grawp.

va32h here:

Since you felt the need to quote me - let me inform you that I am 36 
years old, and have never read, much less written, a fanfiction. And I 
could care less about "ships". 

I think it is extremely presumptous to conclude that anyone with a 
criticism of the book has "sour grapes". 

va32h





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