Tuesday, August 19, 2003
I'll be back in the Middle Ages.
Did you ever leave?
Camille at 1:09 PM
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Thursday, August 14, 2003
Wrong and wrong, Snobby.
Camille at
12:31 PM
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In my years as Watcher, I've buried. . . too many people.
But Jenny was the first I loved.
Camille at
8:23 AM
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Well I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag upon my door
I'm in love
And always will be
Camille at
8:22 AM
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Sunday, June 22, 2003
Well.
I've just finished Book Five.
And. . . I loved it.
I really did.
But I have this big empty space inside me. Call me crazy, insane, ridiculous-- but when Sirius died, I just cried. I'm glad nobody came down the stairs at that moment, because I was sitting on the floor, the book in front of me, and I was sobbing. I just. . . I
know Sirius is fictional. I know. But I get attached to characters, and right now I can't handle the fact that Sirius is dead.
I even worried over this. Yesterday, I called my brother and wailed "what if it's Sirius?" but I never took myself seriously. I thought Mrs. Weasley for sure. But. . . it wasn't. And I'm sure I'm scaring all of you who are not Harry Potter fans, but if you aren't one, why are you reading this? Beat it. I want to have a minute with my fellow fanatics.
To start over, I loved the book. I really did. J.K. Rowling's writing style has improved immensely, and the pace of the book just moved beautifully. The writing was amazing, and her characterization has never been so strong. I was a little surprised to see the scene with Snape and the Mauraders-- fandom, for once, was partially right!-- but thinking back, I think it works wonderfully. I loved Harry rushing off to confront Sirius and Remus about it (Side note: Remus and Sirius! I . . . can't talk about this right now), I loved how Snape wasn't completely innocent, I thought it was wonderful. And Harry.
Has that kid grown up or what? I am just a little twitterpated with Mr. Potter right now. His relationship with Cho (handled beautifully or what, with just a teensy bit of the Ginny/Harry that must be coming), his reaction to Snape (I would love to see a kind of mutual understanding occur between the two of them), the way he finally realized how much of his life was awful and how he lashed out at almost everybody in trying to deal with it-- I couldn't ask more for Harry. And with his reaction to Sirius' death at the end-- my heart was breaking for him. And the thing with Dumbledore--! I'm going to start crying again.
Sirius was done wonderfully. I . . . am going to miss him terribly, though, and I'm still devastated over his death. The R/S subtext was
sothere, although I would have liked to see a little scene with Lupin and Harry towards the end, just because I love R/S like that. And Snape! Oh, Snape. I honestly don't think I could have asked for more (aside from actually, oh, seeing Sinistra--) The flashback, Snape's anger, his confusion, his work (what exactly is he doing-- I still need to know!), the realization on Harry's part that Snape is human (and just maybe the same realization on Snape's part) The part where Harry sees the memory of Snape as a little boy was so wonderful. . . and I've got tear stains on my face. That is horrible.
I loved the D.A. squad, though. Hated Cho. Wanted to rip her hair out. I mean. . . yuck. At least Harry didn't fall for that nonsense she was pulling. There wasn't as much Ron/Hermione as I expected-- I was hoping for a kiss/them going out, and instead we got the terrible Harry/Cho kiss. I can definitely see where Ginny is going to come into the picture, though.
McGonagall, you rule. And . . . you just do. I loathe every part of Dolores Umbridge, may the woman rot in hell. Dumbledore, I love you, but . . . I can't think about him without thinking about Sirius. I just can't. Mrs. Weasley, I could deal with dying. I really could. But Sirius. . . oh, Harry, can't you catch a break? The twins were AMAZING. Percy, you're a prat.
. . . I want someone else to finish it. Because, really, I can't bear not being able to talk to somebody about it. I mean, I finished it in four and a half hours-- why can't you? :p
Camille at
12:29 AM
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Saturday, May 03, 2003
But I could swear by your expression that the pain in your soul was the same in mine.
Camille at
9:06 PM
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Wednesday, November 27, 2002
Let's see if this works. . .
Camille at
7:11 AM
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