A brief history of midnight

[russell_w]

As a dork, why do I find midnight releases absolutely irresistible? I've probably participated in nearly a dozen in the last few years, as part of the three juggernauts of pop dorkdom: Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and Harry Potter. And now, I'm gearing for a midnight trip to the Regulator for the sixth book release. Why can't I stay away

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[aliwilliams]

You really should have been in New York with us! Scholastic turned a whole block of SoHo into Diagon Alley, complete with wand-making, live owls, and a wailing Moaning Myrtle bathroom. We went to the festivities, though we required a bit of a detour in a SoHo bar shortly before midnight. (We had a "you're drunk at Harry Potter!" moment, not our first.)

The sad thing is that I didn't actually get a book--I'm stealing Sara's when she's done--so the materialistic bibliophile in me wants a physical trophy from the night.

(Heh, as I write this, my roommate is perched on the couch on page ten, alternating betweeen "I found the first typo!" and "Awwwww, he really is dead.")

[russell_w]

Sounds very cool. Regulator was pretty awesome, too. Still lots of 14-year-olds around, but the type of 14-year-olds who have Weezer patches safety-pinned to their messenger bags. Lots of crazy costumes, including one kid who had a fake Dementor attached to his back, and Sirius who brought a large black dog as his Animagus form. Their Sorting Hat was broken, though. Damn thing put me in Hufflepuff, when I'm so obviously Ravenclaw it's painful.

I also found the first typo.

Yes, he really is dead.

I gave in and slept about three hundred pages in, and finished in the morning. It is quite good, I think, though I'm still digesting. (The internet may possibly melt from the relationship-related information in here, some of which goes against some, shall we say, very popular interpretations of certain subtexts.)

Also, it turns out that I got a massive, massive, massive spoiler from a thread title on a completely unrelated messageboard, about which I am retroactively pretty pissed.

[drathena]

Was the first typo the 'site' vs. 'sight' thing or did I miss the first one?

And where do you guys think Snape falls on the evil scale? Is he still following instructions from Dumbledore or was he rotten to begin with?