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Am I the only Potterhead here?!
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RE: Am I the only Potterhead here?!
(May 7, 2014 at 8:17 pm)GalacticBusDriver Wrote: You are not alone! Own all the books in hard cover and e-book and have lost count of the number of times I've read them. Own all of the movies, 5-7.2 on BluRay and have lost count of the number of times I've seen them.

Just in case there are any here who haven't read/seen the seventh installment:


ROFLOL

ME TOO!!!! Well, sort of...

I was at the London book release at Waterstone Picadilly to get my book 7 and my sister and I stayed up that night reading until we couldn't stay awake anymore - she got further than I did...




I didn't have a fb account back then so I'll have to search my files for the video I took of the countdown to midnight and all the photos I took of people in costume, but it was fun.
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
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RE: Am I the only Potterhead here?!
I'm turning green I'm so jealous !
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#23
RE: Am I the only Potterhead here?!
(May 7, 2014 at 11:29 am)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: I guess it's just me, huh? One little Ravenclaw all on her lonesome. How very Luna of me. Sigh.

I happen to be a fan of the book series (as well as having most of the books on tape). The movies can mostly go tickle themselves, though.

Luna Lovegood is the best designed character of the lot Smile

(May 7, 2014 at 12:20 pm)Elskidor Wrote: I still plan on reading the books one of these days. I suspect they will be better than the films, and that should raise my fan meter a bit.

They are.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CLCOvZOh1o

(May 7, 2014 at 12:42 pm)alpha male Wrote: Don't count on it. The first one is written on about a fifth grade level. I couldn't get past the heavy-handed dialect of the guy on the motorcycle. Really annoying. With dialect less is more. Give a few key words per paragraph and the reader fills in the rest in his head.

My background is in classical literature... I do not understand your struggles Levitate

I can't even imagine having a member of the American deep south whose written speech is similar to that of a damn New Yorker. Dialect gives familiar culture and voice to your characters... it'd be a shame to not utilize it.
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Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
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RE: Am I the only Potterhead here?!
Those were the only books I can truly say I grew up with.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
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RE: Am I the only Potterhead here?!
(May 15, 2014 at 1:50 am)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: Those were the only books I can truly say I grew up with.

Wow.... you must be *REALLY* into HP O___O

In other breaking news: Harry Potter is causing a massive wave of growth spurts across the nation! One New Orleans woman had this to say on the effect Pottermania is having on the nation's youth, and I quote: "Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!"

Ain't nobody got time for that, folks.
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
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