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1. Favorite Book so far?
Half-Blood Prince, it was PoA before that.
2. Least Favorite book so far?
Chamber of Secrets
3. Favorite Book Quote?
I didn't learn joined up writing for nothing, you know!
4. Favorite scene(s)?
Too many to list. Harry at Ollivander's for sure.
5. A scene that made you cry?
Harry and Ginny telling the group in the hospital wing about Dumbledore's death, Mr. Weasley's attack, Mrs. Weasely saying Harry is as good as her son, Harry telling Scrimgeour that he is Dumbeldore's man through and through, Neville with his mom and the gum wrapper. (Uh, I'm a stupid crying girl who cries at the drop of a hat.)
6. Number of times you have re-read the series?
I've read the first four books many, many times (at least ten) and books 5 & 6 three times each.
7. Favorite character (s)?
Dumbledore, Voldemort, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Luna, Neville, The Twins, Stan Shunpike, Draco Malfoy, Snape, Bellatrix, um... I've started to like Ginny *shame* and of course HEDWIG. I have very few characters I dislike. I mean I hate Umbridge - but she is a delicious character.
8. Most hated/annoying character (s)?
Dobby, and Grawp
9. Which character do you find secretly annoying that others on your flist love?
I am not really annoyed by anyone else's likes or by any characters in the books
11. Which character do you secretly like that others on your flist dislike?
I have secrets? I did not know. I know I have a love for Stan Shunpike that no one understands.
12. Favorite Spell?
Expecto Patronum - because of the recent movie, or possibly the Reductor curse. (Katie SMASH!)
13. Favorite magical animal?
Nargles
14. Which magical object would you love to own?
A wand that I could use
15. Out of these, which would you want to be?
1. A skilled legilimens - Not so much.
2. An Animangus (If this, what form?) - OK, a mountain lion
3. Metamorphmagus - So long as it doesn't hurt like Polyjuice potion, sure.
4. Parselmouth - If only because I could tell snakes to go away! HATES SNAKES!
16. Which house would you be in?
Sparklypoo, of course. Oh, gosh. I think I would be offered a choice between Ravenclaw and Gryffindor and it would depend on who I met on the train.
17. What magical career would you like to have?
Magical bon vivant?
18. Pick one to finish the sentence: Snape is _____
(a) Good
(b) Evil
(c ) A bit of both <-------I believe he is out for himself.
(d) I’m sick to death of hearing about Snape.
Fandom
1. How long have you been in the fandom?
Lurking since 99/00, Active late 2000, FA 2001
2. Where did you start out in fandom?
Lurked at HPfGU, Lurked at The PoU yahoo group, Lurked at the Cassie and Rhysenn Yahoo group, active at FA, and then LJ
3. Which fandom pastimes – do you participate in?
(a)analyzing canon for clues - I used to do that a lot
(b)participating in debates - Used to
(c)writing fan fiction - Not in the last two+ years
(d)reading fan fiction - Not in recent years
(e)lurking - I guess... I'm sort of a noisy lurker.
4. What (if anything) has changed for you in the fandom?
Fandom is now full of people I know, have met in RL, and talk to on a daily basis. And I have changed a lot. I drifted away from it when my life got too busy.
5. Will you still be with us after Saturday – or is it over now that canon is over?
Yes.
6. Five fandom memories
5. Offering to beta for the first time, before I had ever tried to write fanfic myself. Forunanon
4. Meetingheidi8 and Carole, and Gwen in Florida when planning for Nimbus
3. Meetingpraetorianguard in Boston on a cold day and having an obscene lunch.
2. Meetingtropes for tea in Harvard Square.
1. Book club meetings withirinaauthor and elements.
There are so many memories missing from that list. :( Because dude,piperki isn't even mentioned! (Although I don't consider her reading at my wedding a fandom memory!) *squishes her* And I am leaving out the BAD FANDOM memories and the wank because let's not remember that.
7. Who was your first fandom friend?
unanon! I offered to beta a Sibyl story that I don't think she ever posted, so tells you what kind of beta I must be! :D
8. Who (canon character) would you ship St. Mags (you can replace St. Mags with a person of your choice) with at moonette’s parties?
Oh, in crazyland? I always ship Vlad/Wendy!! OMG OTP!!!!! (I just made that up.)
9. Craziest theory you ever heard.
Lily's horcrux (looks atunanon,) that Harry is a Horcrux, and that Ron is Dumbledore
10. Your favorite crack!theory.
That Harry is really scizophrenic and none of Hogwarts is real, whichmarksykins wrote as a riff on an episode of Buffy.
unanon1. Favorite Book so far?
Half-Blood Prince, it was PoA before that.
2. Least Favorite book so far?
Chamber of Secrets
3. Favorite Book Quote?
I didn't learn joined up writing for nothing, you know!
4. Favorite scene(s)?
Too many to list. Harry at Ollivander's for sure.
5. A scene that made you cry?
Harry and Ginny telling the group in the hospital wing about Dumbledore's death, Mr. Weasley's attack, Mrs. Weasely saying Harry is as good as her son, Harry telling Scrimgeour that he is Dumbeldore's man through and through, Neville with his mom and the gum wrapper. (Uh, I'm a stupid crying girl who cries at the drop of a hat.)
6. Number of times you have re-read the series?
I've read the first four books many, many times (at least ten) and books 5 & 6 three times each.
7. Favorite character (s)?
Dumbledore, Voldemort, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Luna, Neville, The Twins, Stan Shunpike, Draco Malfoy, Snape, Bellatrix, um... I've started to like Ginny *shame* and of course HEDWIG. I have very few characters I dislike. I mean I hate Umbridge - but she is a delicious character.
8. Most hated/annoying character (s)?
Dobby, and Grawp
9. Which character do you find secretly annoying that others on your flist love?
I am not really annoyed by anyone else's likes or by any characters in the books
11. Which character do you secretly like that others on your flist dislike?
I have secrets? I did not know. I know I have a love for Stan Shunpike that no one understands.
12. Favorite Spell?
Expecto Patronum - because of the recent movie, or possibly the Reductor curse. (Katie SMASH!)
13. Favorite magical animal?
Nargles
14. Which magical object would you love to own?
A wand that I could use
15. Out of these, which would you want to be?
1. A skilled legilimens - Not so much.
2. An Animangus (If this, what form?) - OK, a mountain lion
3. Metamorphmagus - So long as it doesn't hurt like Polyjuice potion, sure.
4. Parselmouth - If only because I could tell snakes to go away! HATES SNAKES!
16. Which house would you be in?
Sparklypoo, of course. Oh, gosh. I think I would be offered a choice between Ravenclaw and Gryffindor and it would depend on who I met on the train.
17. What magical career would you like to have?
Magical bon vivant?
18. Pick one to finish the sentence: Snape is _____
(a) Good
(b) Evil
(c ) A bit of both <-------I believe he is out for himself.
(d) I’m sick to death of hearing about Snape.
Fandom
1. How long have you been in the fandom?
Lurking since 99/00, Active late 2000, FA 2001
2. Where did you start out in fandom?
Lurked at HPfGU, Lurked at The PoU yahoo group, Lurked at the Cassie and Rhysenn Yahoo group, active at FA, and then LJ
3. Which fandom pastimes – do you participate in?
(a)analyzing canon for clues - I used to do that a lot
(b)participating in debates - Used to
(c)writing fan fiction - Not in the last two+ years
(d)reading fan fiction - Not in recent years
(e)lurking - I guess... I'm sort of a noisy lurker.
4. What (if anything) has changed for you in the fandom?
Fandom is now full of people I know, have met in RL, and talk to on a daily basis. And I have changed a lot. I drifted away from it when my life got too busy.
5. Will you still be with us after Saturday – or is it over now that canon is over?
Yes.
6. Five fandom memories
5. Offering to beta for the first time, before I had ever tried to write fanfic myself. For
unanon4. Meeting
heidi8 and Carole, and Gwen in Florida when planning for Nimbus3. Meeting
praetorianguard in Boston on a cold day and having an obscene lunch.2. Meeting
tropes for tea in Harvard Square.1. Book club meetings with
irinaauthor and elements. There are so many memories missing from that list. :( Because dude,
piperki isn't even mentioned! (Although I don't consider her reading at my wedding a fandom memory!) *squishes her* And I am leaving out the BAD FANDOM memories and the wank because let's not remember that. 7. Who was your first fandom friend?
unanon! I offered to beta a Sibyl story that I don't think she ever posted, so tells you what kind of beta I must be! :D8. Who (canon character) would you ship St. Mags (you can replace St. Mags with a person of your choice) with at moonette’s parties?
Oh, in crazyland? I always ship Vlad/Wendy!! OMG OTP!!!!! (I just made that up.)
9. Craziest theory you ever heard.
Lily's horcrux (looks at
unanon,) that Harry is a Horcrux, and that Ron is Dumbledore10. Your favorite crack!theory.
That Harry is really scizophrenic and none of Hogwarts is real, which
marksykins wrote as a riff on an episode of Buffy.
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My Horcrux!Lily was the craziest theory?!! Whee!!!!!!!!!!!
Omg I forgot Schizophrenic Harry Theory! *loves*
I just love that we delurked at the same time and became each other's first Potterdom friend! *snuggles all over* MY KATIE!
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That Lily Horcrux thing was cracky! Though you just told me and did not devote a whole website to it like the Ron is Dumbledore theory.
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And then I persuaded you to come to the LJ side of the force. YAY! *smothers*
You know, I remember reading that Ron = Dumbledore site; I thought it was interesting (not as interesting or as plausible as EVIL!Minerva though) and it doesn't stick in my mind as crack. Hee.
Oooh! I could totally have done a website for Horcrux!Lily! Woe for missed opportunities to spread the infamous CRACK!
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I don't think I needed a lot of persuading to come to lj. I do remember briefly flirting with deadjournal and realizing I was not goth enough to be there.
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Of course, I'm guilty of the purple on black web design myself back when I tinkered with a Robotech website, but duuuude. Deadjournal.
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Somebody just posted what looked like a spoiler on the neighborhood messageboard I moderate, in the thread about meeting up to get the book. It was vague, obvious, and stupid, but I'm still super pissed off. I am going to have to live in a CAVE for the next few days.
I also started lurking in 2000 in HPfGU, posted a little, and I think I might have lurked at PoU, too. I actually went to a meet-up of HPfGU people in March 2001. I remember it because I had broken up with my boyfriend, didn't know many people in NYC, and was looking for ways to meet people. But a lot of the people were from out of town, and it was kind of weird, and the next night (literally!) I met
Sometimes I wish I'd gotten more involved with fandom, since I obviously have spent some time on it. I think I'd make a really good beta reader, at the very least. It's easy to get burned in fandom, but I've been doing more real-life stuff online (like that successor site to IB) and I think you get burned worse with that stuff. One of the big reasons I avoided it so long was that it seemed like it would be anathema in the field I was working in. But I also think a big part of the draw was how different it was from that field, particularly getting to read fanfic--it was my own little rebellion.
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I have seen Harry as Horcrux theories everywhere over the last two years but don't have any links. I can poke around and see what I can find.
I never posted at HPfGU, I think. I didn't start posting until I joined LJ and FA in 2000/2001. At first it was all very weird and I didn't know if I wanted to dive in. Then I did and it took over my life. I was single, in a job I hated, and living with the worst room mate I've ever had. I was so depressed. But fandom sort of bouyed me and gave me a social outlet. I didn't meet David for a year or so after that. :D
How funny that you met your husband the next night! Had he read HP? That was one of the first things I asked David and he said yes and I figured that was a good sign.
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I did post at HPfGU, but just a handful of times.
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I'm very curious to see what sort of fics come out after the end of canon. Should be interesting.
I'm still wary because I have a ton of my own writing to do and I try to be careful about what I read while writing. Though I do have a YA fantasy (sort of fantasy/sort of psychological mind control) story rattling around in the back of my head. And if I am working on that I can go back to reading as much escapist literature as I want to.