You're gonna be bothered by how cool I am.

This started as a comment to mrs_bombadil's last post, regarding Mark of "Mark Reads HP" and his response to Horcruxes and H/G, but it got so long I figured I'd post it here instead.

I'm so happy he loves H/G, because I was kind of worried he wouldn't. I'm also glad he stuck up for the realism of becoming suddenly attracted to someone you've known for years, even going so far as to give yet another (this time quite recent) parallel from his own life. That has always been a huge complaint that we "ChocoHerons" could never fully address, mostly because our viewpoint was distrusted and we were "probably just lying" about anything in our real lives. Mark has earned a rare kind of trust from his readers, due in large part to his endearing openness, but also partially because he doesn't think too much about what's coming. He cares, of course, but he's very much "along for the ride" and doesn't press his opinions on forthcoming events - and why would he? He's the only one (apart from the few who are first-time-reading HP along with him) that doesn't have all the answers already.

I know some people are a bit bummed that he didn't seem to see H/G coming, but I'm not surprised. Dude, he thought Snape was the baddie in the first book. There are a lot of things that we all picked up on, having the opportunity to read and re-read and analyze ad nauseam between release dates, that he's just not going to. He doesn't even have the benefit of hearing Rowling talk about the books and draw attention to certain things, because (rightly so, I think) people are lumping things like that with spoilers. There's just no way for him to see the big picture while he's stopping to say something about each chapter. I feel pretty sure he'll pick up on a lot more when he powers through a re-read.

But I feel at least a little vindicated that someone who is extremely invested in the books but has no fandom involvement weighing him down is on my side.

I suddenly have the urge to write a Billy Elliot fanfic where grown-up Billy and grown-up Debbie meet years later and fall desperately in love. I know it's probably more fashionable to ship Billy with Michael, and I've always kind of loved that in the movie (and the musical) Billy's orientation is a non-issue. But I'm hetero-centric like that, and "If you like, I'll show you me fanny." is one of my favorite moments of the entire movie. (Note: It's upgraded to "hoo-hoo" in the stage show. :P)

Seriously, I'm playing the "long time, no see" scene in my head right now. *is hopeless*

Sclumphxterned from ladyvorkosigan:

( Cut to spare your flist )

Sclumphxterned from ladyvorkosigan:

( Cut to spare your flist )

...because I do. ( Is this really a spoiler? Ah well, I'll cut it just in case. )


In other news, I have no comment whatsoever on BoldGate. I'm currently sticking my fingers in my ears and just hoping it will all unhappen. Because I reallyreally do not want to leave LJ.

...because I do. ( Is this really a spoiler? Ah well, I'll cut it just in case. )


In other news, I have no comment whatsoever on BoldGate. I'm currently sticking my fingers in my ears and just hoping it will all unhappen. Because I reallyreally do not want to leave LJ.

* I was absolutely boggling at the story (which has cropped up several times now) of printers being required to do their work IN THE DARK so as be unable to sneak peeks at the text of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I mean, I know they're operating under the most stringent secrecy, but that sounded positively medieval. It reminds me of the story about Ivan the Terrible blinding the architects of St. Basil's Cathedral.

Sometimes I think it would be entertaining to work for Bloomsbury's or Scholastic's PR department and have to deal with all of these ridiculous rumors.

* In other news ... ROTFLMAO at the recent reaction to Scholastic's new poll on "Who Will Wind Up With Whom." Admit it, Scholastic - one of your peeps is a Fandom Wanka and wrote this question as wank bait. It's okay to admit it; I only love you more for it. :D

* And in House news ... ( cut for season finale spoilers )

* Aaaaand in upcoming movie news - EEEEEEE! Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd is coming out at the end of this year!

* I was absolutely boggling at the story (which has cropped up several times now) of printers being required to do their work IN THE DARK so as be unable to sneak peeks at the text of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I mean, I know they're operating under the most stringent secrecy, but that sounded positively medieval. It reminds me of the story about Ivan the Terrible blinding the architects of St. Basil's Cathedral.

Sometimes I think it would be entertaining to work for Bloomsbury's or Scholastic's PR department and have to deal with all of these ridiculous rumors.

* In other news ... ROTFLMAO at the recent reaction to Scholastic's new poll on "Who Will Wind Up With Whom." Admit it, Scholastic - one of your peeps is a Fandom Wanka and wrote this question as wank bait. It's okay to admit it; I only love you more for it. :D

* And in House news ... ( cut for season finale spoilers )

* Aaaaand in upcoming movie news - EEEEEEE! Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd is coming out at the end of this year!

There's a great new article on the OotP movie here (courtesy of TLC, dr.com, and dr.co.uk). Lots more about filming, especially Teh Kiss. And this comment from David Yates made me absolutely melt:

Most of the crew working on these films has been working with Daniel (Harry Potter) since he was little and the day we shot the kiss, they gathered around the monitor.

They needed to see this moment, experience it, because for them, Daniel was really as much a son, because they’ve seen him go through all these changes as he’s growing up.

And they got quite emotional watching his first kiss, it was a very interesting experience and I wanted make it feel as real and truthful as possible. We did many, many, many takes and it’s very tender and loving, as the first kiss should be.

How SWEET is that about the crew gathering around and sharing that moment?!

And asdfh;kajhfakshf;aksfh;ksfh at the thirty takes! I just hope Cho is crying all over the place like she's supposed to. :P

There's a great new article on the OotP movie here (courtesy of TLC, dr.com, and dr.co.uk). Lots more about filming, especially Teh Kiss. And this comment from David Yates made me absolutely melt:

Most of the crew working on these films has been working with Daniel (Harry Potter) since he was little and the day we shot the kiss, they gathered around the monitor.

They needed to see this moment, experience it, because for them, Daniel was really as much a son, because they’ve seen him go through all these changes as he’s growing up.

And they got quite emotional watching his first kiss, it was a very interesting experience and I wanted make it feel as real and truthful as possible. We did many, many, many takes and it’s very tender and loving, as the first kiss should be.

How SWEET is that about the crew gathering around and sharing that moment?!

And asdfh;kajhfakshf;aksfh;ksfh at the thirty takes! I just hope Cho is crying all over the place like she's supposed to. :P