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[exsequar]

Alright, I've got a lot of stuff to talk about, I haven't gotten any proper time online to actually update - I'm always checking my flist, or responding to comments. But I really really need to make a post, lol.

Things I need to talk about
1) HBP, obviously.
2) Firefly, and the Serenity trailer
3) American Beauty
4) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
5) Timeline and King Arthur (yes, one category)
ETA: 6) A Life Less Ordinary

Notice how my own life isn't up there. That's because my life is pathetic, boring, and seriously depressing if I start thinking about it for more than a minute in depth. So I leave you with ultimately quite pointless rambles on topics as far removed from my own life as I can get.


I have not decided how much I like this book. I've seen people going OMG THIS IS THE BEST BOOK EVER!!!1!11eleven!1 but I honestly do not feel like that, at all. PoA remains, and probably will remain, my favorite HP book. It just touched something... and it helps that it had REMUS and SIRIUS to a great extent. Love them ♥. But anyway, this one kept me engaged enough that I finished it at 2 AM on Saturday night (or rather Sunday morning). So I finished it pretty quickly. But that was mostly because I had this driving curiosity about how it was going to *end*, who was going to die, and a real need to know that so I could actually read my flist (pathetic I know, but there it is). It wasn't so much actually what was *happening*. For the most part, I didn't *like* what was happening. To try to organize this ramble, I'll divide this up into topics...

Harry/Ginny - This was far and away my least favorite part of the book. I don't understand how so many people can see "I saw it coming!" because honestly? There has been no glimmer of this since Ginny gave up her crush, and it was only that, a crush! The creature in Harry's chest (a bit cheesy) was sudden and random and... just, not emotionally rooted for me. Their entire relationship consisted of vague references to intimate times, jokes about tattoos, and one casual goodnight kiss (after the first one, I mean). Their first one on one conversation was the break up! Which actually makes me believe that it's not going to continue into the next book, because it wasn't given any solid emotional foundation, so I'm happy about that, but still. It was silly and unsatisfying in the extreme.

Ron/Hermione - Now, despite being a huge HHr girl, I was not unaware that this was likely to happen in this book, and I felt confident that JKR would do it in a way that I could accept. And I think she has (unlike Harry/Ginny). They didn't actually get *together* in this book, just sort of acknowledged their feelings and actually took some actions on it (even if those actions were silly, hormonal, jealous things to do). Ron was a genuine teenage boy (that is, pretty damn stupid) and that worked. I didn't so much like Hermione's characterization (more on that in a moment) but I guess it does fit with the hormone stuff. Um. Well. Not so much. Okay let's talk about Hermione now...

Hermione - Hermione has always been my role model. She's quite similar to me in a lot of ways (I'm embarassed to admit that her behavior when the O.W.L. results arrived? Highly, highly reminiscent of my own behavior. Getting nervous over grades that you know are going to be stellar, and then secretly being a little disappointed when they're less than perfect. I'm not proud of it, but there it is) and she's always been strong, independent, ingenious, and basically a staple of the books, not to mention Harry's sanity. She was his bulwark, always, whenever he needed a helping hand or someone to bring him down from a capslock fit. But in this book, her activities consist entirely of 1) Trying to get revenge on Ron for being Lavender's tongue hockey partner, 2) Annoying Harry about the HBP, or 3) Disregarding Harry's theories about Draco. It's really quite obnoxious, and I felt myself disliking Hermione for the very first time. It was an uncomfortable thing. I suppose I can't call her ooc, because JKR determines what that means, but it feels like the Hermione we know and love was devoured by the hormone monster, which... is quite the exaggeration. I'm 17, and I'm still a total nerd, quite unable to get "action" much less a boyfriend. But apparently Hermione can do that on a second's notice, just because she suddenly feels the need to? And that overcomes her good sense quite entirely? *sighs* I'm sorry, but I have a hard time swallowing that.

Horcruxes - Okay, this is one of the coolest things JKR has come up with. It's just such an awesome idea, the splitting of the soul and then preserving it to prevent total death. The idea has been bounced around that Harry is one of Voldy's Horcruxes (probably inadvertently, as part of the transfer of qualities that occurred) and I found this part of the cub interview thing (found on mugglenet) that seems to support that theory:

Sarah Wallace for the Irish Independent - How did you think of the bond between Harry and Lord Voldemort?
JK Rowling: That is another one of those questions that goes right to the heart of the series. I can't answer. It touches way too closely on book 7. Sorry. Good question.

So that means that there is something fundamental to learn about their bond that is important to book 7. It seems like it would make sense that this would be it. But that aside, I'm a little confused as to how JKR's going to resolve this in the next book. In this one, finding one Horcrux (that didn't even end up being there) took a lot of effort and time, and indirectly resulted in the death of the only wizard that Voldemort fears (other than Harry, I suppose). So... now he's got to find 3, possibly 4 more, and destroy them, AND kill Voldemort? Tall order for ONE BOOK! I mean I think it will help that the trio will be away from Hogwarts and all the silly over-hormonal nonsense, not to mention the classes that seem to just get in the way now :P But still, that will take some doing!

Snape - Okay. So. Fresh from finishing the book, I read three theories that fully convinced me that Snape is not evil, in the sense of being completely loyal to Voldemort and all that. What I mean to say is that Dumbledore wanted Snape to kill him. This does not absolve Snape of his greasy total git-ness, not to mention kind of causing Sirius's death (whimper), but... I think there is a chance for him to redeem himself. I see there being two possible scenarios, the first being more likely than the second:

1) Dumbledore was dying from the green potion stuff anyway, knew something about Snape's Vow to complete Draco's mission for him if he couldn't do it, and didn't want Draco to become a murderer. So Dumbledore was protecting his student down to the very end. And Snape would be able to keep his cover with the Death Eaters. The order could have been conveyed through Legilimency when Snape "gazed" at Dumbledore in those last seconds.
2) The green potion stuff WAS the Horcrux, actually, and the only way to destroy it was to kill the person who drank it. Not very likely, but still a cool idea.

Of course there's any number of problems with the first theory, like... why was Snape so full of rage and hatred? Was it aimed actually at Voldemort for basically forcing him to do this to Dumbledore? Where did he get the motivation to make the curse (because it requires really strong intent)? Who knows. But I just think that Snape being evil would just be so... EASY, and kind of abandon 6 books of characterization giving him a certain dimensionality (admittedly limited due to Harry's own limited perspective). There's definitely something more in store for Snape.

Draco - It was so cool that Draco got more depth in this book. I never felt much affection for him, but now I might actually hop (or slide cautiously) onto the Harry/Draco bandwagon, because I actually see there is SOME potential there. Before, Draco was just an obnoxious brat, but now... hmm. Although, that scene where Draco brutalizes Harryo n the train? Scary, dark dark stuff. That really scared me, more than anything Draco's done before. (the5thmarauder, you're gonna have to do more convincing! :P)

Ummm let's see, what else. Oh! Well, there is the title of the book...
The Half-Blood Prince - Um, was there a point to this plot line? At all? No, seriously, AT ALL? It just seems to make a catchy title. What was it supposed to show? That Snape was great at potions? That he could be an excellent teacher if he actually tried? That Snape was a twisted kid who liked to make up spells that viciously maimed the recipient? All of these things seem to rather pale in comparison to him murdering Dumbledore. Honestly. It seemed very weak to be the entire plot of a book. The real thread that I followed most eagerly was Voldemort's backstory, although the routine of Harry walking into Dumbledore's office and hopping in the Pensieve got a little tedious. But seriously... what was the point of the HBP? Even the "big reveal" was anticlimactic and kinda cheeseball. "I, the Half-Blood Prince!" Okay, get over yourself Snapey.

Dumbledore's death - I cried so hard for the last chapters of the book. Just, non stop. Right up to the last page. Wah. Such powerful writing at parts, especially the awful thing where Harry couldn't scream, just had to watch as Dumbledore fell.. *shivers*. Poor Dumbledore. I have to admit that I was surprised... but in hindsight it makes a lot of sense. Now Harry has to make the final leg alone. But STILL. Wah.

OH! Remus/Tonks - WTF. No, really. W. T. F. (HAHA wtf also makes wednesday/thursday/friday, oh man, I amuse myself). So, Tonks was moping about for an entire book, and not acting herself, because she was lovesick?? How pathetic! Utterly and completely pathetic. I LIKED bubbly Tonks. Meh. And then of course there's the whole issue of my intense Remus/Sirius love (incidentally, I've never read a new book as a Puppy shipper, so it was interesting, or would have been if there had been ANY indication of Remus' grief. WTF, Jo, wtf.) and I justify it like this. Remus does not truly love Tonks. That's why he was dodging so determinedly, or, well, partially why. It does fit in his character to not want to impose himself on another person, but I think there's also Sirius lingering there. Poor Remus. *sniffles* But still, there's no direct reference to his grief for Sirius, who was at the very least his best friend! WTF Jo. She totally abandoned my very very favorite plot line. Hmph. There should be another book written, James Potter and his Two Best Friends who are Totally Gay and In Love, or maybe James Potter and the Marauders. Oh wait, there already is... SHOEBOX. *feels better* I think I might have to reread myself some shoebox. Yessiree.

OH, another thing, why the HELL didn't Sirius leave ANYTHING to Remus??? Again with the best-friendness, not to mention Remus looking even POORER and THINNER... someone get that man a steak! Or, a veggie burger, somehow I feel like Remus doesn't like meat in a sort of resistance to his wolfy half. Ya know? Um, but back to my point, WTF SIRIUS! Maybe there's a magical thing that says his possessions, as a Black, have to be bequeathed summarily, and can't be divvied up.

Um. *looks at her comments* I think I disliked the relationships of this book, liked the plot. Yeah. But I like PoA better. And the end scene of OotP was FAR superior, not to mention far longer! I mean with all the people around. The Department of Mysteries was just a genius setting. Loved that ending (except for, you know, SIRIUS DYING, but even that was really well done, so..).


Okay so, all that said, it's 2:48 PM, so I'm gonna make these comments short. Relatively.

2) Firefly STILL rocks my world. Of course there was no sense of conclusion to it at all *tear* but I still enjoyed it thoroughly. I'm getting a copy of the season as my belated graduation present from my cousins because I loved it so much, and need to just rewatch the entire season ASAP. I liked it that much. Mal is rapidly rising on my list of favorite TV characters, Jayne is fucking hilarious, Kaylee and Kaylee/Simon is just plain adorable, River is intriguing, terrifying, and amusing by turns (abrupt turns), and I just love all of it. Alllll of it. I also watched the Serenity trailer, and can I say OH MY GOD? The effects look so much better (obviously), and I love that the story focuses on River, who clearly has a lot left hidden that we need to find out. I am hoping and praying that the movie will be successful enough to warrant another TV series. Because that would be amazing.

3) Finally saw American Beauty, which is clearly a must see. And it was of course amazing. What can I say? If you've seen it, you just know. Wes Bentley was fantastic, and looked awfully like Tobey Maguire a lot of the time. Kevin Spacey may be a weird dude, but he can act. Annette Bening has emotional breakdowns like no one else. And the cinematography just blew my mind. The framing of some shots (particularly one where Rick's back takes up almost the entire frame, and Jane's pinned in the corner by his shoulder) and just in general, you know. A total work of art. Very very glad I saw it.

4) I liked this movie. (charlie and the chocolate factory) And that is said with exactly as much enthusiasm as it looks like. I wasn't bored, I enjoyed it, but I wasn't like OMG I want to see that again!!1! afterwards. Johnny's performance was a pleasant surprise (why am I surprised by him anymore? silly me) because I expected to be severely disturbed by it, it just looked so weird in the previews. But he was a mix of funny, strange, and poignant that somehow just worked. Yay for Johnny. Freddie Highmore was adorable. But overall, I kind of felt like I was watching the original movie with shinier machines, different (but not necessarily better) Oompa Loompa music (I love the songs in the first one!), and occasional odd detours. There weren't any new, interesting interpretations of the other kids or how they met their dooms (with the exception of squirrels, because, attacking squirrels? Too funny, while disturbing at the same time). So, I liked it. But that's about it.

5) HAH. Two loads of utter crap. (Timeline and King Arthur) Which saddens me, because I love medieval stuff, but I guess I'll have to stick to books for now. First of all, Paul Walker cannot act. Seriously, I think he's an actor by accident, because that's the only explanation. And he must bribe the people who hire him. Any line he says is just painful! And I didn't like the acting in King Arthur either. Plotlines were flat, arrows were shot, people were killed, and love was supposedly fallen in. Although I have to question that because chemistry? Nada. In either movie. So. Big fat no on both of these.

...

I just realized that this post was devoid of Ewan AND Queer as Folk! What?!

OH YEAH. I watched an Ewan movie! *phew* *edits list*
6) A Life Less Ordinary. This movie was adorable! Quirky and fun, I enjoyed it from start to finish. Ewan's hair disturbed me for a while, but I got over it because it's EWAN. My favorite part was when he was trying to make the ransom phone call and he just failed miserably. Hahahaha. cameron Diaz was absolutely perfect as well. Their interplay was priceless. Some parts were plain disturbing (the female cupid climbing up the front of the truck, bloody and maniacal, then getting crushed between the front of the truck and a boulder *winces*) but it was generally just entertaining and fun. Loved it, a lot. YAY EWAN.

So next on my Ewan list: The Pillow Book, Rogue Trader, Shallow Grave, Young Adam. And LONG WAY ROUND, if I possibly can. We'll see. But I do intend to see (almost) every movie of his by some point. Because he's Ewan, and I love him. Also watched about half an hour of The Phantom Menace today, and the only bearable part was Ewan. Well, and Liam.

nebulein, theaeblackthorn, and novafairy, I MISS YOU GIRLS. ♥

This was one long ass post. If anyone reads the entire thing, I'll give you cookies.

Now it is 3:10, and I am going to bed.

Comments

[exhaledeeply.livejournal.com]

I've been reading theories and reviews since Thursday, and by far yours is the best and closest to my views. Quoting you in my journal, brava!

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Glad to know my late night ramble made sense :D

[blacksatinrose.livejournal.com]

Re: Harry/Ginny and why some people saw it coming... it's the whole "if you have a gun on the set in act one, it must fire by act three" thing - if they didn't hook up, there would have been absolutely no point whatsoever to her crush. So I mean, it's not so much that I thought it was well-developed as that what knowledge I have of story structure told me it'd happen.

Re: Remus/Tonks - random. But also predictable because of the whole thing where stories rarely have two single people of opposite sexes and compatible ages around without hooking them up.

Re: The Half-Blood Prince storyline. I think the point was to show us that Snape was 1) brilliant and 2) very fucking dangerous even as a student. It makes his eventual (theoretical) turncoating more believable because otherwise we're unaware of just how nasty a bastard he was. All we've known of him until now was that he was bitchy and presumably redeemed. Now we know he made up ways to torture people in his spare time, and that he was far more intelligent, malevolent and crafty than he'd let on till now.

I also think some of it was to counteract the negative impression of the Marauders left in book 5 - there we saw how he saw them: bullies picking on him for no reason, using these horrible spells on him. Here we see the other side: they pick on him with HIS OWN SPELLS which he presumably used on others if other people learned about it, and they did it because HE WAS A TWISTED BASTARD.

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

What you said about Snape makes sense... and I didn't really think of the Marauder thing, so thank you for bringing that up, because it cheers me up. I never really liked how they were shown as being bullies, so if that's what this does, then... good!

That said, the fact that pretty much the entire book ended up being about Snape makes me think he's going to play a ginormous role in the next book. I just wonder what the nature of that role will be... hmmm.

Oh, I see what you mean about Harry/Ginny. But in real life, that doesn't have to be true at all. People have crushes on other people that they never get with, ever, all the time. I guess it makes sense, but.... meh. I still don't like it.

As usual, you're much more perceptive than me ^_^ I am humbled.

[blacksatinrose.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure the SNAPE fans will get that out of it (the Marauders thing, haha) but Snape fans have always scared me a bit so whatever.

As for Harry/Ginny, I agree that in real life that doesn't have to be true but fiction isn't real life, you know? In fiction, one of the things that's always hammered into the writer's head in any book, class or article on writing is that everything must happen for a reason and there must be no loose ends, ever. If you show it, it has to pay off somehow, not just fade away.

So yeah, that's why I expected it. Err, yeah. ... it's too hot to think. :)

[crystal-lily.livejournal.com]

Wooo, I have *way* to much to say about all of this. :) Ok, let's take this one step at a time...

H/G - Never really cared that much about who Harry ends up with (as long as it's not Cho, I hated her character so much), but the whole H/G thing just came out of *nowhere*... But of course, Harry needs to go face his destiny and can't risk her, and more of that hero babble, so at least that's over. And well, book 7 has left so many options open, now that Harry, Ron and Hermione will be alone and not going back to school. So I guess we'll just have to wait and see about that...

Horcruxes - I CANNOT see how Harry will be able to find them all, destroy them, and then kill Voldemort. Just can't see it happening. As powerful as he may be for a 16 yo, he is still 16.

The whole R/T fiasco - as much as I was saddened by Dumbledore's death, and I did cry and refused to believe it up the last page, I was sort of *expecting* it in some way. But being a rather avid R/S shipper *this* is really what made me feel rather disappointed from the plotline. So I'm a sort if denial right now, and I do hope they don't stick together long enough to make it to the next book. I saw a bit of mourning in Remus in this book, but as for Sirius not leaving for Remus - indeed WTF??

I liked this book, but same as you I have to say that PoA remains my favorite... Especially because there was so much of Sirius and Remus in it.


And yes - Firefly is so much love! I can't wait for the movie. :)

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

so at least that's over - Aaaaamen. Goodbye H/G. Hello Trio on their own. I have a feeling that will be wonderfully exciting.

Yeah is Harry suddenly gonna be superman? Huh.

R/T didn't really interrupt the flow of my reading. It was kinda just like... "oh" because it was so out of place, so I went o.O and kept reading. I sobbed so much over Dumbledore, that was pretty much all I cared about. I did go back and reread the last four chapters, and the more I think about it I am not very happy with R/T... but, I'm not going to dwell on it unless it becomes a huge issue in the next book. I mean, Remus wasn't even all that enthusiastic. So... the puppy ship sails on, yes?

PoA! Firefly! :) I love your icon. Pretty men :D

[crystal-lily.livejournal.com]

So... the puppy ship sails on, yes?
Hehe, of course it does! :)

I'm glad you like it! I was actually on my way to posting a batch of Firefly icons that I've been working on in the past week to my icon journal. :)

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Oooh, yay, post! I can't wait! :D

[princesskirsty.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna go through each of your HP sections cuz i'm sad like that....
Harry/Ginny - Before i discovered H/D this totally made sense to me, i saw her 'loosing her crush' and knew it was a ploy. But i did not think that Jo would make it so sudden and....bland?
Ron/Hermione - Agree with you, much more realistic than the H/G scenes.
Hermione - I've never really thought about her before so i liked reading your take on her! But if you think about it she's always acted a bit strange when it came to Ron. But as for getting boys to get back at Ron....hm....maybe the boys just wanted to go to a Slug Club party? I don't know....was a bit...slutty.
Horcruxes - Defn JKRs best invention yet!! OMG it was like everything was coming together....but as for having to destroy the rest of them in the neext book, it seems like R.A.B has already started....
Snape - I don't think he's evil but very....stupid? oh i don't know, this is the whole thing that confuses me.
Draco - He stepped on his face out of love. I feel a bit sorry for him, when Dumbledore was talking to him....i wanted to pet his hair and tuck him into bed and say it was all a bad dream. But Harry will save him and live happily ever after.
The half-blood prince - i think the reason for the title was that Snape was the major player in the whole thing, like first chapter, change of teachers, helping harry (by accident!), then killing dumbledore. I don't think it was as much the HPB as it was HP and Snape but you couldn't call the book that as it would give it all away. I think it was meaning a change in the dynamics of their relationship (Snape and Harry not Snape/Harry). Does that make sense? Prob not.
Dumbledore - *sniff*
Remus/Tonks - Hmmm, it does seem unlikely that the girl would sulk from being lovesick doesn't it? Maybe a combination of loosing Sirius and wanting Remus....but i'm still all about the puppy love.
why the HELL didn't Sirius leave ANYTHING to Remus??? Again with the best-friendness, not to mention Remus looking even POORER and THINNER Bellatrix would have been all over it if Sirius had given the family fortune to a werewolf. But by giving it to Harry he knows that Harry (when it finally occurs to him) would help Remus. But i think he was looking worse cuz his lover was gone....but he's coming back....right? *sniff*

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Are you still in Sirius denial hunnie? *pets* I think you might need to get on the patch for that. :P

LOL... Draco did that out of LOVE? That's some violent love there o.O Oh shippers. Haha.

That is a good point that RAB has already started on the Horcruxes, maybe he's destroyed a couple of them. That would be good. Hm. Though if it's Regulus, then he's pretty much certainly dead now.

H/G was so bland... very good word to choose. And I think that's because it's not supposed to last.

Yeah, Hermione was a little slutty in this book, and that's so not her! *sighs* I don't know, I feel reluctant to even use my strong Hermione icons now, because they don't even seem to apply anymore. I need to reread OotP or something. Maybe PoA.

[princesskirsty.livejournal.com]

POA defn POA, POA!Hermione is my fave!! *slaps draco*

Yes i'm in Sirius denial, its very nice here, join me?

So do you think that Regulus is dead but got to the horcruxes before he died? hm....i like that theory....

[cathain-magi.livejournal.com]

I don't get cookies but I wannted to say hi!!!

[ringwench.livejournal.com]

I fucking LOVED HBP but I know what you mean about Hermione. If I had to pick one thing that seriously irked me about HBP it was her characterization. I can overlook most of it, but her going to that party with McClaggen was just NASTY and so un-Hermione! I mean if she was going to go with a random boy I'm sure she could have picked someone nicer (Neville comes to mind).

Hopefully it'll be like Harry's crazy rage in OotP. Just a phase that she'll be over by the time book 7 comes along.

Also, Lupin/Tonks was a little out of left field. Or maybe it's just because both of them seem SO VERY GAY! Nobody can deny the Remus/Sirius love (it's SO canon, dammit!).

But that aside. You totally have to get into Harry/Draco fics *grins evilly*. You should read "Underwater Light" by Maya. It's un-fucking-believably good (like, best fic I've ever read, in any fandom!), and it REALLY eases you into the pairing (plus it has a really great plot to go along with the slash). It was the first Harry/Draco fic I read and still the best.

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Where could I find this H/D fic? I'd like to take a look at it :)

Well, in Hermione's defense, if she had taken Neville then Ron's anger and jealousy would have been directed at HIM, so that wouldn't have been good -_- Still, very reprehensible. Bad Hermione.

It's just a phase, it's just a phase, it's just a phase.... that's my mantra now :D

Sooooo canon. So fucking canon. Duh :)

[ringwench.livejournal.com]

Here's the link for Underwater Light.

The final chapter was JUST updated last week (it's pretty long, like 20 something chapters) so you won't need to suffer months of waiting for updates like I did!

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for the link :D I'll check it out at some point. Hot icon, too ^_^

[novafairy.livejournal.com]

*pouts* I won't get the cookies, because I cannot read the HBP yet. ^^

Mhhhh, we tried to watch "A life less ordinary", but someone was too tired and so we only saw the first 30 minutes. But it's so dorky and sweet and adorable Ewan. *g* His hair. *giggles* Yes, a little bit strange. But, as you said, Ewan is allowed to.

I have the pillow book, but only watched some parts (played with the forward button a little bit *g*) and it looks really, really weird. I mean, naked Ewan all the time (hehe) but REALLY weird.

Padawan!Ewan is sooooo gorgeous, hm? So young and cute and so stubborn. *squees*

(oh my god, please don't count how often I've written you-know-whose-name in this comment)

And thanks for uploading Poprocks & Coke. *hugs* The song is sooo H/Hr.
Nice choice for your vid.

It's a little bit sad, that you haven't the time for a H/Hr post before HBP was released, because now everything is diffrent.
Again. ^^

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Ewanewanewanewanewanewan :D There is no such thing as too much of this man.

You should try to finish A Life sometime! It's so adorable. Awww Ewan.

I have heard that Pillow Book is weird, but weird movies are cool :D Plus, naked!Ewan. It's a plus in my book. ^_^ I definitely want to see it at some point.

I just watched the Phantom Menace, love Padawan Ewan!! With the little braid, and stuff, and the only good acting in the entire movie besides Liam. Plus the light saber battle with Darth Maul is *intense*!! Ewan did so well with that. Eee :)

You're so welcome! *hugs* And I know, I wish I had gotten to write down my HHr feelings before the book, because now my whole perspective on it is just totally thrown off. Me sad :( I'm sorry about that, I just don't get too much time online around here.

You get cookies anyway, cause I ♥ you! *showers you with cookies* :D

I think I said Ewan more times than you, by the way *grins*

[novafairy.livejournal.com]

OMG. I just finished HBP and I'm still.... stunned. Kind of. O.O

I mean, I stumbled over this pairingwise spoiler (H/G.. I only read this "Harry/Ginny" but, yeah, the whole book I just waited for this to happen, because of that spoiler.. otherwise I wouldn't have thought about it A SECOND!!)
Sooo, the time is over for us H/Hr shippers *cries* I mean, the first chapters gave me hope. Really. But with the won-won/lav-lav came the jealousy of Hermy and then there was this "creature in Harrys chest".. And. Args.

BUT, I have to agree, that H/G is sort of sweet. *hides* And I really, really think, that H/G will continue in book 7. I mean, otherwise, this storyline has absolutely no sense. (but, I wouldn't be surprised. Look at the HBP-secret. Hooooo. Great.)

And there was hardly no Sirius-mentioning. Whats with the mirror? - He totally has to come back in book 7. I also missed Lupin. Loved it, that he was there on Christmas. *g*

I've cried my eyes out, since the moment Dumbledore was unarmed by draco. I so KNOW what would happen. But, that plea he sent to Snape? *goosebumps*
As for Snape, I totally agree with the theory, of him being not evil and he only killed Dumbledore because Dumbledore asked him to. He could have said everything to Snape, something, if he is/was really evil, to convince him, that he his doing the wrong thing etc.
But he only said his name with this pleading voice.

Remus/Tonks?! Totally needless.

Bill/Fleur? I liked the way, Fleur reacted.

R/Hr? The evil!!! I never liked that. It was TOO obvious from the beginning. But I don't think, that this will change till the end. *big sigh*

Okay, sorry. You're the first one I "talk" to, after finishing... So, you have to bear the brunt. *hehe*

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Ewan. Ah, btw, have you read the new fic from dormida? Go back to being friends? *sigh* Great writing. AGAIN.

Padawan!Ewan. I really, really loved the scene between him and Qui. I mean, was NEVER a Q/O shipper, but when Qui touched his face and Obi was like crying? He's breaking my heart.
I've seen a vid, with Angel from Sarah McLachlan and over this scene was the line 'In the arms of the angel..'. How fitting? *crazy*

And I know, I wish I had gotten to write down my HHr feelings before the book, because now my whole perspective on it is just totally thrown off.
Yeah, really sad. :( Because now, there isn't any hope left for H/Hr. *pouts*

You get cookies anyway, cause I ♥ you! *showers you with cookies* :D
Ahhhhh, you're so cute. *bighug* *collects nearly all cookies and showers them back over anne* :DD

EwanEwanEwanEwanEwanEwanEwanEwanEwanEwanEwanEwanEwanEwanEwanEwanEwanEwanEwanEwanEwanEwanEwanEwanEwanEwanEwanEwanEwanEwanEwanEwanEwan

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

About the ships, I actually feel the opposite... I found Harry/Ginny to not be cute at ALL, it was contrived and stupid and annoying and pointless, and had no depth or meaning to it at all. And I disagree, I don't think it will continue... I think the only part of the storyline was to show Harry sacrificing something for his quest that supposedly means a lot to him... without making him give up Ron and Hermione, because they are so crucial. So basically H/G was a stupid plot device.

Ron/Hermione, on the other hand, is kind of cute. I mean, it's a bit ridiculous, but it does have a sort of basis, where as H/G did NOT. And JKR didn't rush RHr (they didn't even get together in this book!) so I'm feeling better towards that one than H/G.

I am sad for our ship though :( However, I will continue to ship HHr, and their friendship, which I hope will pick up in the next book because it was almost abandoned in this one. Which made me more sad than anything. Like Hermione was so obsessed with jealousy over Ron that she just forgot about Harry. Meh.

I cried so long and so hard :( It was really painful and difficult!

That's interesting that you would say Sirius wasn't mentioned much... lots of people have said it almost felt like Sirius was present because they talked about him so much. And I guess I can see that, but I was really pissed that there was no direct mention of Remus's personal grief for Sirius. That's what I really wanted to see. Perhaps Remus helping Harry through the grief. *pokes JKR*

ON TO EWAN! :D

I was actually planning on reading dormida's new fic after I finish replying to my emails. I just haven't had time :( I can't wait, she never disappoints!

I'm not a Obi/Qui girl either, but that scene just broke my heart... how tender and loving it was... I totally see the basis for the ship. Aww. *sniff*

*Eats a cookie* Mmm! *drags you into the pile of cookies* We'll share! Hehe.

Ewanewanewanewanewanewanewanewanewan... etc times infinity plus one! :D

[lucy-ani.livejournal.com]

A Life Less Prdinary is showing on the cable program here, Oh I loved Ewan in it, so cute!

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Isn't he adorable!! Quirky and fun :D

[normalabby.livejournal.com]

I saw you on harryhermione and clicked because of your awesome X Files icon. But I like most of your ships! I don't know some of them, but HHR, MS, JK, SV... all the way! Theres got to be one central link between these, because it seems to be plenty of those shippers on the internet, or maybe it just because I only look at the things I like. Anyways, thought I point that out. I'm tired too.

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

That's so awesome :) And thank you for the comment about the icon.. I made it myself :) Since we have so much in common, would you like to be friends? ^_^ Just be aware my journal is super slashy, so only if that doesn't bother you.

[normalabby.livejournal.com]

haha, no worries. but yeah, friends!