Less than 1000 posts in a month - why now?

[Katie]

No: HPFGUIDX 180183

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> 
wrote:
>
>  "Jim Ferer" <jferer@> wrote:
> 
> snip
>  There are so many stories left
> > to tell, though - we could spend a lot of time discussing those 
and how the wizard world works, but there seems little interest in 
it. 
> 
> Potioncat:
> Exactly.NOne of those sorts of threads seem to catch on.


<<<SNIP>>>

***Katie: I think none of these threads catch on because we just 
aren't ready yet. I'm interested in the rest of the world that JKR 
created, and I think there's enormous potential there for fanfic, 
discussion, and investigation...but I'm not done talking about Harry 
yet! : )  I spent 10 years with this guy and his buddies, reading 
and wondering and hoping and waiting for the next book, and that's a 
lot of invested time and effort and love. It's only been 6 1/2 
months since DH came out - hardly enough time to digest the series, 
discuss it, and move on. At least for me. Catch me in a year, and 
see what I think then, but for now, more Harry, please. 


> > Jim
> > I don't post much any more because my posts rarely get replies. 
I'm sure some others feel the same. It's nobody's fault.
>  
> Potioncat:
> What a relief, I though it was just me. Then I began to notice 
that when I was very busy, the list was hopping and as soon I had 
lots of time, the list slowed to a stop. I was getting a bit 
paranoid!


***Katie: Me, too! I was starting to think people didn't like me! A 
thread would be going strong until I contributed a post, and then it 
would suddenly die. What is that about??

> 
> Jim:
>  There was a sense of
> > discovery that may be impossible to recapture.


<<<SNIP>>>


***Katie: It's *definitely* impossible to recapture. Because we know 
what happens. There's nothing left to discover. At least in Harry's 
story. We can nitpick over details, and wonder about little things, 
but in terms of the actual story, it's all there. No more wondering 
if Snape is DD's man, or how on earth Harry was going to find all 
those Horcruxes, or whether Harry himself was one...it's all been 
given to us. 


And, of course, that's what we've been waiting for all these years. 
But I have to say, that me immediate reaction to DH was 
disappointment. NOT because the book was bad (that came later ; ) ), 
but because it was all over. I felt a profound sense of loss that 
the journey had come to an end. It was the same feeling I had when I 
graduated college after 8 years of part time schooling and working 
and raising a family...it was so hard, but it was my story and I 
hated seeing it end. 


However, I have to add that I *am* disappointed in the last book. I 
think it was far from the best one. It felt rushed and cobbled 
together and was no where near as clean and polished as the rest of 
the series. And that had dampened my enthusiasm for writing about 
it. I saw myself doing little but complaining, and I didn't like 
that. So, I stopped posting as frequently. I still love the 
books...but the flaws in DH make it hard for me to have the passion 
for it that I used to. 


That being said, it's still up in my top five all time list, and I 
am waiting with baited breath for the opening of that theme park at 
Universal Studios, and for the last two films...and I know I will 
always love these books, but I need time to digest them, and 
sometimes that means I don't post like I used to. I would hazard 
that there are similar feelings across the HP world, and amongst 
others on this board. 


In the spirit of new threads, however, a question I have always had: 
How do you guys think the very first wizards realized they were 
different and how do you think the wizarding community was formed? I 
mean, are we talking prehistoric, here? Or do we think this is a 
more recent evolutionary change? 


HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Katie