Comments | loftily: the weapon we have is love.

loftily

the weapon we have is love.

Jul 25, 2010 18:46

So I don't post anymore, or not very much. And when I do post, is it for an epic life update? No, the only real updates I have are (01) I'm temporarily a professor, (02) I bought Frye boots, and (03) I don't even have a third thing. Oh, (03) can be that I saw Inception. Really, I am just here to post that Harry Potter meme, because I can't help it ( Read more... )

harry potter is my personal canon

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bookshop July 26 2010, 02:08:34 UTC

*cries and cries and cries*

loftily July 26 2010, 04:46:12 UTC

I apologize for how sappy HP always makes me :((

bookshop July 26 2010, 04:56:16 UTC

Never apologize, it is miraculous :((((

lesstraveled July 26 2010, 04:59:05 UTC

oh, my gosh, your path into HP fandom (via Animorphs) was exactly the same as mine! The same possessive rage over it overtaking the # of fics Anifandom had and all. Haha, I remember seeing the VERY FIRST page of HP fic on ff.n and being like, "ugh!!! What is this upstart fandom."

But yeah, it's so weird to think that fanfic has transformed my life, and yet when I type it out like that I just kind of cringe. But I can't make that statement not true!

loftily July 26 2010, 05:19:43 UTC

Ahaha, I'm glad someone shared my not-so-righteous rage. I seriously hated Harry Potter on principle for a long time because they had (all of the sudden) so much more fic than Anifandom! But seriously . . . why did I think one was somehow more respectable or legitimate than the other . . .

lesstraveled July 26 2010, 05:22:08 UTC

Well, it was very irritating because all of the Animorphs fan people were "jumping ship" to write HP fanfic instead of doing Anific, and I felt robbed!!! of my FREE FANFICTION.

LOL our baby!wank, I kind of want to go back in time and pinch our cheeks or sth

loftily July 26 2010, 07:57:26 UTC

I ALSO FELT ROBBED. I felt so betrayed by those writers who were also writing HP fic. I just sneered and kept on with my Rachel/Tobias.

It's okay. HP will always be the fandom that defined my life, but Animorphs the notable first. And yes, Anifandom did prepare me in many ways for what was to come. Those Andalite sex tailblade fics, they paved the way for me stomaching Flobberworm fics and god knows what else.

I . . . don't really know what this comment became, but ahaha, all the best people were in Anifandom first. NEVER FORGET~

mildlunacy July 26 2010, 06:50:51 UTC

I hope not ALL your fandom friends... >___> haha. Although I realize I've disappeared and don't post anymore, etcetc. But now you've made me listen to Vienna Teng again! For some reason it makes me think of this pic of Harry. In my heart he'll always be angry and lost and alone, just on the cusp of everything and then starting to fall. I really could never get over OoTP, and the way it shaped my vision of Harry and H/D probably to the point of being blinding. And of course, it was my first HP book too, sort of, or at least my first fandom HP book. And I've always felt that way! All the stories that seemed to be hidden in OoTP! Which were no longer there in the next two books. It's like suddenly the whole world seemed to blast open, and it was a blast of cold air, but also bracing! Exciting! Growing up and losing your innocence and needing something to fight for, your own piece of autonomy and agency. I love the DA so much! And desperate, marginalized Draco! And confused, alienated Harry thrust into a position of authority he doesn't ( ... )

loftily July 26 2010, 08:04:59 UTC

You will always be my partner in OotP love! "At least I have Reena," I always think. I do think there were plenty of hidden stories in HBP and DH, but I think OotP was unique in the way that it opened the world, and how sprawling everything became after that. The earlier books were tighter, but I'm interested in them not just on a storytelling level but on a world-building level, which is probably why we both love OotP the best.

I know Harry is always OotP!Harry in your heart. In some ways I love him that way, though I'm too proud of him for who he became and too invested in the full journey to ever wish anything different. I guess I just love the fact that he got to have OotP, that that's part of his journey, that JKR wrote it at all, if that makes any sense.

With him, whatever happens ♥ Always.

mildlunacy July 26 2010, 08:20:12 UTC

I guess by 'stories' I just mean *Harry* stories... I feel like Harry's path was a lot more set in HBP&DH (which are really one book), if that makes sense? You could tell a different story but it'd be obviously AU in a way alternate futures for OoTP aren't, or feel more natural. Like, for instance, most people who wrote post-HBP fic had them go on just another variation of the Horcrux quest, say. Whatever you do, there must be a Horcrux quest!! haha. With post-OoTP, even the obvious things-- Sirius is dead! Harry is angry!-- weren't so obvious (unfortunately?? haha). Or maybe it's the difference between 'hidden' stories and 'well clearly there are stories, right here ( ... )

samenashi July 26 2010, 07:45:55 UTC

WE'LL NEVER BE QUITS, POTTER. :(( i just burst into emotional tears.

And then, hilariously, I thought about H/D as a pairing and for some reason thought it would probably be a rare pairing.

this is what i thought too!! when i first got into hp/hd fic. none of my friends or any of the people i knew liked h/d and they all said i was insane... "i'm soooooooo alone," i thought miserably.

i love you. :(

loftily July 26 2010, 07:59:30 UTC

I love you too, sam :( we were there together the whole time! I was just cowering in fear of you for most of it.

When I first got into H/D I started writing this fic set at, yes, Hogwarts, including such surprising and unique settings as Potions class! Quidditch games! and possibly even detentions! I was so shocked to find that there were already fics out there like that. I thought I was so original.

samenashi July 26 2010, 08:11:20 UTC

i posted to ffn.net just with, "Does anyone think it is a cool idea to write a fic where Harry is sorted in Slytherin?" lkfjsdl;fksdf we are both mega original.

i was cowering in awe of you...

loftily July 26 2010, 08:15:22 UTC

And thus, I bet you were responsible for the genius that is Connor Potter. Don't deny it-you are the invisible hand behind fandom!

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beret July 27 2010, 16:43:38 UTC

because i'm me, the first thing i have to ask is: WHICH FRYE BOOTS?

anyway, ♥ ♥ ♥. this post!! i don't even have words! just_harry, omg. :(

loftily July 27 2010, 18:02:43 UTC

Hey, I appreciate your priorities! They're the Melissa Button boots. Sometimes while wearing them I feel like Robin Hood, but sometimes I also feel like Serena VDW, so I guess it evens out.

You will always be my NA friend, S, I know you understand ♥