Is He Dead Jim?

[pennylin]

Hi --

I'm very much alive too!  Truth be told, I've been taking a bit of a break from HP and the fandom for the last several weeks.  Well, that's not entirely true.  I dipped my toes into the "Deathmarch" shipping thread on FA for a few weeks and well ......decided it just wasn't the place for me.  I think I was burned out from all the HPfGU modding duties and then Nimbus really and most truly burned me out.  So, I've needed a break and frankly I haven't missed the email volume.  It's really kind of novel to not have 93 messages download everytime you sign onto the computer.  <g>  

I suspect I will want to eventually follow HPfGU again, though I'm not sure if I'll go back to individual emails or not.  And, I really love interacting with all of you guys, so I would truly love it if we got some good discussions going in this forum.  It would suit my present state of mind.  But, like some of you said, there's really no big rush.  I suspect it will be another 3 year gap before the next book, so I'd imagine we've got plenty of time to kick around theories.  

On OoP: I loved it.  I loved it the first time around, and I agree with Heidi that Jim Dale forces you to go back through it more carefully though.  I've listened to the audio one full time (and must return my CDs for a new set because they've started skipping on repeat play, though Bryce listened to them one time too) and I've read the book 3 times now.  My third reading was a very careful reading of Trio interactions ......er........for a shipping-related essay that I wrote.  Speaking of which, I suppose I could post it here, though I'm not sure if it will kick off anymore discussion here than it did over on the Deathmarch.  It's quite long.  If I don't hear a chorus of groans, I'll post it here later tonight.  :--)  Hey, it's the only in-depth OOP canon analysis I've done so far!

Penny
(who thinks that Heidi's thestral theory relating to Hagrid and the Hut is very cool indeed...........)

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