My life and more HBP thoughts.

[jlh]

I'm not late for work. I'm not on vacation. I never have to go back there again. (Well, actually, I have to go back today and get a few things that were in my office and were too awkward to carry, but that's it.) Expect me to keep saying this, in this same sort of dazed way, likely until I actually start school.

I didn't actually purchase a new computer yesterday because I want a bigger hard drive so I have to buy it online. So I'll do that today, and it will be here when I return which is pretty awesome. August will be all about getting ready, getting organized.

One non-spoilery thing I love about new canon is that people come out of the woodwork and post again, or people who have been posting about not much other than various manga and television shows suddenly make a huge HP canon post. It's so much fun to just keep hitting refresh and see what someone else has to say, to watch the theories floating around, the initial reactions. And it's also so fun to have had fun with an HP book again, to have regained my trust in JKR.

I love that deamus is the only shipper comm I'm on; someone's already posted about that one ickle shippy moment. I also have the best fucking fellow H/H shippers on my flist. No drama, no woe, just steady on, which is as it should be. More on that later.

Speaking of which, hurrah for AUs. Hurrah for what-ifs. Hurrah for the separation of canon and fanfic. Hurrah for fanfic that gives us what canon doesn't.

I can't wait for the book 6 movie to see Alan Rickman play those final scenes. (I hope that Dan is up to the Harry of 5 and 6; hell, I hope that Dan was up to the Harry of the end of 4.) I also can't wait for Maggie Smith to kick ass in movie 5, for the casting of Umbridge and Slughorn and all those aurors (Kingsley OMG so hot he will be).

I can't believe that this is all going to be completely over, books and movies, in what, six years tops? I can't wait for book seven, and yet, I wish this could be never over.

Comments

[chinawolf.livejournal.com]

Speaking of which, hurrah for AUs. Hurrah for what-ifs. Hurrah for the separation of canon and fanfic. Hurrah for fanfic that gives us what canon doesn't.

I agree completely. Multiple times during the reading, I snickered and when the friend I read it together with wanted to know why, I read her the sentence and exclaimed excitedly, "AU starting point!!" We have since had long discussions about how she can't seem to shake the feeling that the only reason why I like canon anymore and the new book in particular is because it's splendid grounds for fanfic.

I see it in a completely different way - I am ecstatic that the new canon goes into the direction of 'verse I like, yes. I am also very happy that Snape got so much attention, since he remains one of my favourite characters, and of course I am t00bily excited at the Snarry fanfic options this new canon developments makes possible. But that is not to say that I don't value canon above all, whatever happens in it. I would have been just as happy if Harry had started dating Ginny... oh wait, that happened, and in a most nauseating way. :D

So yeah. I get my slashy needs from fanon and that way am quite relaxed and happy to see canon do whatever JKR wants. This is all well and good, as far as I'm concerned.

[jlh.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you know, while I do still think that in some ways I'm not a slasher, I think I approach canon like a slasher, looking for little hints and subtext rather than the obvious. My inner S/D shipper was so pleased. I was also really excited that there was so much development of Snape and Draco. It's really character development and interaction that fuels a ship, not actual events.

Personally I found that Harry/Ginny moment to be sort of cool and sexy, though I know not everyone is as happy with canon!Ginny as I am, so I understand the reluctance. Mostly, though, it was infinitely better than any H/G fanfic ever was or ever could be, which is most of what I was hoping for.