HP sigh

[jedi_of_urth]

So, because I could I wound up reading the TWoP HBP photo show and well...it reminded me why I hate that book.


All they seemed to talk about was the Hogwarts 90210 aspects, which I was really hoping they would tone down from the book. The plot of the book, though kind of thin, could have made up a good chuck of a movie length story without it having to give so much weight to the crappy ships of the book.

It was only my ability to hope that the 90210 aspects would be played down that had me all that interested in the movie, now that I'm back thinking they're going to make sure to sell that, and reminded of how much I hated it the first and only time I read the book, I'm back to not caring.

I will say that DH redeemed the series somewhat after the dren of HBP, but my love affair with the HP series died with HBP the first time around. Still, somehow I'm still worried the movie will manage to kill it more dead.

Comments

[tsukara.livejournal.com]

Precisely what I mean though. She, as an author, didn't let the plot go on its own to the conclusion it wanted to come to. She had written the epilogue at the very, very start of the series, and instead of abandoning that, forced the story back on to the rails she wanted it to follow.

And I agree completely about these things taking on a life of their own--trust me, I can't get through a Nano without it happening. And the reason I didn't win my nano last year? Was that I tried forcing the story back to what I thought it should be, instead of what it wanted to be. And it failed.

I also have to wonder if there aren't a few people on the cast and crew who agree more with the side presented here. Which, well, subtext is enough for me, after being called 'delusional' and other things by the author.

[jedi_of_urth]

I'm all for outlines, but outlines need to be consulted regularly, so that you don't get too far into an area where it won't hold up or to edit it with the new info. They're not an excuse for poorly wrenching the story back to a previously decided on ending.

A part of me agrees with the saying that the only thing worse than shipping H/Hr after HBP (and being called delusional) would be shipping R/Hr and having *that* be the story of your ship. Because seriously, I'll take the "delusional" BFF ship over that dren any day.

[tsukara.livejournal.com]

Precisely. And if you need to take that editing machete to your ending too? So be it. But I think after book three or so she kind of got editing immunity, and wasn't subject to things like, you know, character continuity.

Yeaaah. That's pretty much the source of my zen regarding HP. Sure, I didn't get the ship I liked--but ...yeah, it could be worse. Rowling could have written them with that ending. Bleh.

[jedi_of_urth]

I think she should have had to reread her own stories between writing, as well as keeping them on hand for fact checking (to this day it bugs me that in SS we're told no witch or wizard who went bad wasn't in Slytherin, in POA we're told Sirius was considered the worst of Voldemort's followers, and yet apparently Sirius was a Gryffindor; I can fanwank an explanation for this plot hole but I would have liked a real one). Not just counting her piles of money and checking in with her outline that could have used a relook occasionally.

I think the crappiness of the canon romances helps with my HP zen too. Not only is it part of why I ship the couples I ship in the first place, and it keeps me from being confused about whether I have any draw to the canon pairs, it helps me feel better about it not happening because it could have been worse, it could have been canon.