What do we lose?

[carolynwhite2]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at ...> 
wrote:

> But the clever, complex 21st century fairytale is alive and 
kicking, IMO. 
> 
> Right now the issues raised in the last book have overshadowed 
everything else, to the grave detriment of fandom discussion groups, 
which suddenly seem to have nothing else to talk about. But that is 
classic misdirection. The howls of outrage by fans who feel they were 
misled about shipping will be nothing to those who feel they were 
misled about Snape, especially if the real villain turns out to be 
Lupin. :) People will feel ill-used, and woe betide JKR when people 
realize that they really did get the wool pulled over their eyes. 
She's been laughing at us all the time. How  dare she!

Carolyn:
Ah, Pippin, I salute you! Never say die, eh? I so wish you were going 
to be right, or any other wonderful variation from the archives. 
Surely, just a little bit of FLIRTIAC to cheer us up, or maybe a 
SECOND FLAMINGO? Wouldn't hurt her would it? Just a bit of back 
history fun??

> 
> But I also know what this is, this sudden surge of bad feeling. 
It's tension. 
> 
But now information spurts unpredictably from the website and there's 
no knowing when a choice theory is going to be shot down or, just as 
bad from the point of view of discussion, confirmed. It makes the 
only safe objects of discussion things we  *know* she's not going to 
tell us before 7 comes out. But that raises the tension to nutcase 
level. At that point, like Ginny, the only sensible thing to do is 
act like you don't care, whether you do or not.
> 

Carolyn:
Are you really tense? I can honestly say, absolutely hand on heart, 
that I am relaxed to horizontal fast asleep as to when the next book 
comes out. If anything, I would rather postpone it, as all it really 
means to me is the break up of some fascinating discussion groups 
that I have so enjoyed for years now. If, as expected, it comes out 
in June/July 2007, in eighteen months it is all over bar the 
shouting. I think I'm most sad about that.


> Pippin
> who agrees that Peter was betrayed
>
Oh do you now. I thought you were disputing that last time we went 
over it. Good! 

Now, don't give up on Vampire!Snape - you know it makes sense.