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zana16I love fandom. You get such jewels as the following:
"So, Harry, what was it like being a frog?" Granger said hesitantly. "Was it awful?"
"Not at all," Potter said. "It was lovely. Lots of time to think."
"What did you think about?"
Potter smiled dreamily. "Flies, mostly," he said. --by Resonant
and, at Draco and Harry's wedding:
The most heated battle that threatened to break out involved the bouquet. Hermione kept insisting that it was unlucky to break with tradition (Harry knew damn well why she was insisting, the way she kept looking at Ron), and a large contingency of guests seemed suddenly to be on her side. Neither Harry nor Draco would give on this one; if either one was going to launch it, it was going to be down his spouse's throat. Just before the fourth set of fisticuffs would have taken place that day between the two of them (and most likely, the fourth use of an Oculus Reparo charm), Snape solved the matter by plucking the bouquet off the table, saying something about how he could use both Purple Dragon's Rose petals and baby's breath the next time he needed to make Elixir of Death By Chocolate, and leaving with it. Lupin didn't even wait an entire count of three before chasing after him. --by Amanuensis
Oh. And this.
"So, Harry, what was it like being a frog?" Granger said hesitantly. "Was it awful?"
"Not at all," Potter said. "It was lovely. Lots of time to think."
"What did you think about?"
Potter smiled dreamily. "Flies, mostly," he said. --by Resonant
and, at Draco and Harry's wedding:
The most heated battle that threatened to break out involved the bouquet. Hermione kept insisting that it was unlucky to break with tradition (Harry knew damn well why she was insisting, the way she kept looking at Ron), and a large contingency of guests seemed suddenly to be on her side. Neither Harry nor Draco would give on this one; if either one was going to launch it, it was going to be down his spouse's throat. Just before the fourth set of fisticuffs would have taken place that day between the two of them (and most likely, the fourth use of an Oculus Reparo charm), Snape solved the matter by plucking the bouquet off the table, saying something about how he could use both Purple Dragon's Rose petals and baby's breath the next time he needed to make Elixir of Death By Chocolate, and leaving with it. Lupin didn't even wait an entire count of three before chasing after him. --by Amanuensis
Oh. And this.
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Date: 2003-06-07 09:43 am (UTC)BUT I HATE FAN FICTION
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Date: 2003-06-07 10:43 am (UTC)Besides, in fanfic, you can get your characters to do just about anything. If you want to explore the reasons behind why Snape went bad or why Ginny is a whiny snivelling kid or why Draco is hugely popular with the fangirls even though he is and probably will remain a one-dimensional character, you can make them into more fleshed-out, more insightful, more interesting characters. And you don't have to write it for a little-kid audience as Rowling does, so you can have your characters face grown-up situations.
Sure, most of it is crap, but some of it is surprisingly good.
'sides, I might actually have to get a life or something if I stopped lurking in fandom.
In terms of the people in fandom, other fandoms are much nicer, etc. There is a new conflict in HP fandom every week. It is amusing to those of us in the peanut gallery.
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Date: 2003-06-08 03:49 am (UTC)A rec! Thank you! I feel loved, now. And almost tempted to read Harry/Draco...