On the passing of OWL and the raising of wands

[bluestocking79]

I've read so many entries this morning about the passing of OWL--tributes, elegies, rants--and all of them were intelligent and illuminating and justified, and I think that mulling them all has finally helped me to crystallize my own feelings on the matter in word format. I thank you all for sharing your perspectives and your feelings. It has been

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[voxangelus]

I wasn't as involved with the site as you were, but you've summed up my feelings pretty well, so I will just say "I concur".

*hugs*

And your psychic iTunes is psychic! :D

[bluestocking79]

Thank you, dear Voxy. ~hugs you~

Wasn't Slytherin House the best? I'm still so proud of what we did there. &hearts

It is psychic! But so far it just makes me laugh or provides ironic soundtrack commentary on the narrative of my life. It won't provide lottery numbers. Yet. ;-)

[dickgloucester]

What do you mean - "wasn't"? It still is.

Apart from Hufflepuff, of course.

[bluestocking79]

The superiority of Hufflepuff goes without saying, of course

[droxy]

Well said.

[bluestocking79]

Thank you, Droxy. ~hugs~

[mundungus42]

*hugs you for your wisdomosity and way with words* And yay for pychic iTunes! Music- a magic beyond what we do here. :D

[bluestocking79]

~hugs and adores you~ Thank you, dear Brain Twin!

And ha, my psychic iTunes is certainly that! One of my favorites remains the time it woke me up in the morning with Oh! You Pretty Things: "Wake up, you sleepyhead! Throw on some clothes, shake off your bed..."

[mundungus42]

HA! Psychic music can also be creepy. I'll never forget that "I am the Walrus" was playing while I was driving to work on September 11, 2001 because the line "Stupid Bloody Tuesday" kept repeating in my brain as I watched the towers fall.

[bluestocking79]

Oh, that IS creepy!

It's usually more benign (and silly) with me. At the end of last fall semester, I kept idly humming this familiar and much-liked guitar riff, and it took me an embarrassingly long time to consciously realize that it was Alice Cooper's "School's Out."

[shefa]

Amen. It's so complicated, isn't it? So many feelings... some rise to the top more rapidly for some of us than for others. I disconnected myself two years ago, so it's easier for me to raise my wand in remembrance and gratitude for the place OWL was, for a short time.

*hugs

[bluestocking79]

~hugs you~ Thank you.

And yes, it is very, very complicated and personal, so it's not a surprise that it hits us all differently. My experience is similar to yours; I'd disconnected myself, for the sake of my own emotional health, some time ago, so that definitely has an impact on how I feel about things. At this point I feel, overwhelmingly, gratitude and fond memories and sincere appreciation for the people and sense of community. But I know that our reactions will be as different as we all are from one another.

[pyjamapants]

You are amazing and wonderful (and wise, as this post and many others show), and I feel really damn lucky to have gotten to know you better during House Cup.

[bluestocking79]

~hugs you hard and adores you~

Thank you for that, PJ. You have a gift for making me well up, you know that? But thank you. I feel exactly the same way about you, and I hope you know how extraordinary you are. &hearts

That time getting to know each other during the House Cup run was such a gift. I will always treasure it. ALWAYS. (She said, brandishing her wand melodramatically.)