RE: Am I the only Potterhead here?!
May 15, 2014 at 12:26 am
(This post was last modified: May 15, 2014 at 12:33 am by Violet.)
(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
(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
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.
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
