Comments | madderbrad: A silent excommunication; fandom observations both personal and at large

madderbrad

A silent excommunication; fandom observations both personal and at large

Dec 02, 2010 09:02

A long-time LJ friend de-friended me a few days ago. The act was done in silence; no warning, no notice, no message ... no courtesy. Just a silent disconnection. The event that apparently caused this reaction has aided me in making an observation about the HP fandom as it is at present, which I'll discuss a little further below.

( The post-mortem and how the event is symptomatic of a larger fandom trend. )

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phht December 2 2010, 04:07:07 UTC

Pairing for me isn't really an issue as long as it's not slash. I like H/G, but my main pairing if I were to pick one would be H/G/L. But I'd also read a well-written Harry/Bellatrix story. But for the most part, I don't actually see H/Hr either. Kinda weird, but whatever.

With the movies... I lost interest after the OotP movie. I was just waiting to see an awesome Ministry battle and got completely let down. And the changes to HBP I'd heard about left me 'meh' about watching it and the closest I've come is half-listening to it while family was watching it on DVD. I'm not sure I myself would bother watching HP7.0 and HP7.5 at this point.

madderbrad December 2 2010, 04:49:57 UTC

There were certainly things present in the canon that made H/Hr as it stood a bit whiffy. Like Harry not finding Hermione that much fun to be around. Or her tendency to nag (which put a lot of fans off, I think). But there were (lots of!) pluses too. I think things could have gone that way with a few changes as Harry the kids grew up.

I used to like H/G but I find the canon post-OotP Ginny to be a fairly nasty little character. Mind you, I dare say there are some modern H/G stories which fix her faults.

Thinking about my ex-friend and such has had me recollecting my early days in the fandom, which was only around 2005 or so. I remember coming across the Nargles - H/G/L - back then. I'd never thought such a combination was possible. For me, back then, it was pretty mind-bending stuff. I like the Nargles to this day, although, again, the canon-Ginny contamination makes it less of a draw.

I was just waiting to see an awesome Ministry battle and got completely let down.Yeah! I mean, I don't even remember the battle, so it ( ... )

phht December 2 2010, 05:43:26 UTC

I used to like H/G but I find the canon post-OotP Ginny to be a fairly nasty little character.

That's okay, I tend to ignore HBP/DH anyhow myself. As csi-tokyo can attest, I typically include HBP in cracky ideas just for the "Dumbledore is dead at this point" part, rather than actually liking that part of canon.

Yeah! I mean, I don't even remember the battle, so it must have been underwhelming, right?In the book, we have this multi-room battle. Time turners getting destroyed, brains with tentacles getting released, the room with the spinning doors, Hermione getting a gut wound, Neville breaking his nose, Ron getting tentacled (... and that just sounds wrong). It's pretty much the personal eye-opener for Harry's friends that this is real and could get you killed ( ... )

madderbrad December 2 2010, 05:55:58 UTC

WHERE WAS THE BATTLE?

I think you'll be getting half a movie's worth with DH 7.5, so that should slake your lust for magical mayhem.

If I ... just saw the movies ... I might expect a H/Hr pairing.

Yeah. With the additional focus on those two in this movie I'm really wondering if they're going to be able to pull off the required canon OBHWF switch around in the last. Maybe it'll be as lifeless as the H/G of movie #6. Although there's more hope for the R/Hr I think, at least half of that equation has some movie spark to it. :-)

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annearchy December 2 2010, 16:07:29 UTC

Sure, the argument that all of the above was just platonic is valid. It's always platonic... until it's not.

Best quote about this whole topic, IMO. I don't know if you saw parkergray's latest H/Hr fic, but in the comments she emphasizes that "Harry does what's best for everyone" and "Hermione does what's expected of her." I mostly agree with that, which IMO is why neither of them considered (for more than half a second, and never out loud) being more than friends.

madderbrad December 2 2010, 20:17:56 UTC

Yes, I love that line.

I haven't read parkergray's latest yet. There's too much happening in harryhermione, I can't keep up! :-)

she emphasizes that "Harry does what's best for everyone" and "Hermione does what's expected of her." I mostly agree with that, which IMO is why neither of them considered (for more than half a second, and never out loud) being more than friends.But that's so *sad ( ... )

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madderbrad July 17 2011, 06:53:15 UTC

Hi!

Because your comment was - from her perspective as a canon freak - obnoxious

Her perspective as an extremely sensitive and threatened canon freak, yes. But I guess that's part of the 'freak' label you've chosen ( ... )

shrek2be October 24 2011, 12:29:39 UTC

Hi an H/HR fan from India , just wanted to comment something , so the arguments between you and the person whom you*apparently trolled* on would be like sexual tension right, :-P? Because I can clearly see the love here .

I don't mean to offend , just to comment on a particular way R/Hr like to view their ship ( in terms of arguments).

madderbrad December 17 2011, 05:55:39 UTC

... so the arguments between you and the person whom you*apparently trolled* on would be like sexual tension right, :-P? Because I can clearly see the love here .EWWWWWWWWWW ( ... )