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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 12, 2012 2:06:03 GMT -5
I've heard that rumour, but never knew if it was true. But if it is, then it's even stranger that she brushes it off so easily. Really don't understand that.
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Post by kumainpink on Jul 12, 2012 2:06:45 GMT -5
Haha, that's a lot of books... wonder if she'll read them.  |
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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 12, 2012 2:16:45 GMT -5
Well, you could stay around with your saw and look at her every time she does something else than read them ... |
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Post by codygotkilld on Jul 12, 2012 2:16:58 GMT -5
Hey ginnyrules don't forget the whole necrophilia can cause pregnancy bit. I'm still at lose at that explanation and the whole dazzling fairy bit...
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Post by G. Novella on Jul 12, 2012 2:17:17 GMT -5
Not a lot of people like to have their personal lives public, especially if abuse was a part of it though, so I won't blame her for that.
*Calls for two more trucks* Alright, the one on the left is for JKR, the two others are for Stephanie Meyer. I've already added a few books on Healthy Relationships into Meyer's trucks, well, maybe more than a few, about a half-truck's worth.
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Post by ginnyrules27 on Jul 12, 2012 2:19:07 GMT -5
Well codygotkilld, what we'd need for that whole thing is to tie Stephanie Meyer to a chair and explain basic biology in which no fluid can survive inside a dead person--meaning no blood=no erection=no demon baby.
The dazzling is really creepy.
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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 12, 2012 2:19:10 GMT -5
Yeah, understandable, and I don't blame her for *that*. But if she knows how it feels, why is she handling that so badly in her books?
Wow, she has to be really bad. I'm glad I refused to read SM.
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Post by ginnyrules27 on Jul 12, 2012 2:20:05 GMT -5
Not a lot of people like to have their personal lives public, especially if abuse was a part of it though, so I won't blame her for that. *Calls for two more trucks* Alright, the one on the left is for JKR, the two others are for Stephanie Meyer. I've already added a few books on Healthy Relationships into Meyer's trucks, well, maybe more than a few, about a half-truck's worth. DON'T FORGET BASIC BIOLOGY BOOKS FOR MEYER! *tosses a few in the truck* |
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Post by sherza on Jul 13, 2012 0:05:56 GMT -5
Thesauruses for Meyer too.
Also ... we need something that teaches her about the difference between 'creepy as all hell' and 'cute/romantic/what-have-you' because damn, that girl has issues with that, on more than the relationship front.
Also, some books on basic plot devices, conflict in stories, and how to properly build suspense and a believable bad guy. *nodnod*
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Post by kumainpink on Jul 13, 2012 0:50:44 GMT -5
*snerk* She'll need so many books that her place will be flooded with them
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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 13, 2012 1:55:37 GMT -5
Then put a spell on them that she can't pass them without reading them first |
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Post by ykickamoocow on Jul 13, 2012 3:19:56 GMT -5
I always found the Pink Granger to be rather irritating in PoA.
Somehow Hermione was able to carry Harry's entire weight with one arm when she was being flung around by the big tree (i forget its name).
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Post by sherza on Jul 13, 2012 3:24:47 GMT -5
The Whomping Willow, and yes, that was annoying as crap. Because not only did she support his entire weight one-handed ... she did it while clinging to only the front of his shirt, not him directly. That shirt ought to have ripped right off.
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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 13, 2012 3:47:12 GMT -5
*shakes head* The more I see, the more I am glad that I didn't watch that!
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Post by basketsarah120 on Jul 13, 2012 3:55:02 GMT -5
I hated the movies.. It felt as if they got everything wrong. My favorite book POA was the worst movie.
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Post by blackroses77 on Jul 15, 2012 19:31:57 GMT -5
The Whomping Willow, and yes, that was annoying as crap. Because not only did she support his entire weight one-handed ... she did it while clinging to only the front of his shirt, not him directly. That shirt ought to have ripped right off. That scene always annoyed me bacause it could have been really funny but the timing was all off. When she grabbed his shirt he looked down then his head jerked to the side but the timing of the head jerk was completely off, I cringe every time I see it and try to picture it in my head with correct timing. |
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Post by blackroses77 on Jul 15, 2012 19:35:58 GMT -5
You would think that JKR would know about abuse since her first husband was abusive. It is not well know but there have been hints of this fact from many dependable sources. That might actually explain why she handled Harry's abuse so horribly. She wanted Harry to be downtrodden and oppressed before coming to the wizarding world but maybe she just wasn't ready to deal with the subject due to her own experiances. |
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Post by kumainpink on Jul 16, 2012 0:07:46 GMT -5
That's actually a pretty decent explanation, Black., Decent, and rather sad.
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Post by Miss Wings on Jul 16, 2012 13:50:18 GMT -5
Personally I curse David Yates for taking the Longbottom family's scene out of Order of the Phoenix. It's one of the most underappreciated scenes in the entire series but when I first read it I sobbed like a baby. That and Order of the Phoenix is the LONGEST book and the SHORTEST film. -__-
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Post by kumainpink on Jul 16, 2012 14:58:58 GMT -5
Let's just agree that it sucks for the most part - the film, that is.
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Post by teflonbilly on Jul 22, 2012 0:21:41 GMT -5
Speaking of which, I've never understood that. Dudley knew about magic already--and muggle borns probably get a brief time to show off what they learned so their families don't think they're wasting their time. Why should it matter? This assumes that the British MoM acted in anything but total illogical and glaring idiocy. The entire concept of the total ban against using magic outside of school that is encompassed in the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery is totally mind boggling. But it has to just be sucked up as a necessary part of the world to justify some of the plot. I personally feel, at least in so far as realism has a place in the Potterverse, that realistically immediate family members of muggleborns would not be considered muggles for the purposes of the statute of secrecy. And most likely, muggle relations of muggleborns would be placed under some sort of charm or enchantment to prevent them from breaching the statute of secrecy. Because, seriously, do any of you believe that no muggle-born witch or wizard wouldn't have some piece of shit low-life brother or sister that would sell them out to a tabloid for some cash to expose the wizarding world? I don't. TB |
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Post by teflonbilly on Jul 22, 2012 0:36:57 GMT -5
Well codygotkilld, what we'd need for that whole thing is to tie Stephanie Meyer to a chair and explain basic biology in which no fluid can survive inside a dead person--meaning no blood=no erection=no demon baby. The dazzling is really creepy. While I'll be the first one to get in line to teach SM something about plot and realism, I don't really find this criticism valid. Mainly because, as written, Twilight Vampires are: 1. Not vampires 2. Not undead 3. Not dead In the traditional/mythical/folklore sense. Twilight Vampires are a type of amorphous crystaline mineral entity that requires the blood of mammals to survive (at least, although large reptiles may be usable as well.) It's clear that twilight vampires conflate way to many traditional vampire aspects (undeath, lethal susceptibility to sunlight, etc..) with what they actually are (amorphous rock hemophiles.) It would have helped if the actual vampire characters had an actual clue about their own nature (Edward constantly refered to himself as not being alive, primarily because he didn't have a beating heart.) Anyone who's read fantasy can easily comprehend what is actually happening. Twilight vampire venom is some sort of cursed/arcane substance that infects/transmutes mundane humans into a Twilight Vampire, in the same way that lycanthropy infections turns people into a werewolves. Then in Breaking Down (in the same manner the Lucas idiotically tries to bring science to the Force with midiclorians) tries to say that vampires and shapeshifters are different from normal people because they have more chromosomes. Moronic! If she had just chalked it up to some supernatural cause such as vampirism being caused by a magical disease from vampire spit, and the shapeshifters are a tribe of humans that are mystically dual naturedly merged with canine spirit forms it would have made perfect narrative sense. TB |
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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 22, 2012 1:44:17 GMT -5
This assumes that the British MoM acted in anything but total illogical and glaring idiocy. *snicker* They didn't! Good point. I've been wondering about that before, too - how do you keep people from revealing it? I mean, even if they don't mean to tell anyone, everyone can slip. Or, can't you see a muggleborn father drinking with his friends and, inebriated, beginning to brag about his magical child? Or something like that? There should be a way to make sure they can't talk to anyone about magic who doesn't know already. It just doesn't seem possible to obliviate everyone, as they wouldn't even know in these cases. And you can't rely on the ones being accidentally told just disregarding everything. |
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Post by kumainpink on Jul 22, 2012 2:44:13 GMT -5
I agree completely, Kitty! It makes no lick of sense! Not one! *frowns*
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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 22, 2012 2:51:19 GMT -5
The magical world JKR invented is wonderful, but the longer you think about it, the more such problems you find. Sometimes I could pity her, she certainly didn't expect that every word she's writing is going to be taken apart and gone over with a fine comb when she started writing ...
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Post by kumainpink on Jul 22, 2012 2:55:42 GMT -5
Yeah... it must not be very pleasant... but at the same time, it is fun to pick apart. And it's not like we're bashing Rowling or anything.
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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 22, 2012 2:57:18 GMT -5
No, not at all! We just take everything apart and explain in excruciating detail what we would do differently O:-)
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Post by kumainpink on Jul 22, 2012 2:59:35 GMT -5
It's fun in its own way, and I think it's one of the main things that keep HP fans interested  |
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Post by Miss Wings on Jul 22, 2012 3:00:53 GMT -5
I think the biggest mistake was not putting a nose on Voldie  |
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Post by kumainpink on Jul 22, 2012 3:01:52 GMT -5
*laughs*
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