this is only funny to myself.
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timepiececlockSo I was arguing in the Harry/Ginny versus Harry/Luna debate thread at fictionalley.org, and complaining about Ginny's lack of character development as one of the reasons I don't ship her with Harry. I said basically that she has no defining personality, not like the other characters in the books do.
Anyway, someone said this in response:
"I guess you don't have a strong opinion of JKR's abilities, Rashaka. She's been developed in great detail."
I started laughing out loud at my computer, despite my recent sicknesss/couging today. I couldn't help it. I wanted really badly to retort "No, point of fact I don't, but you don't want to get me started on that, and I don't think it's part of the Ginny developement issue anyway."
I'm not going to say it though. Because they'd jump on me if I said "You know, I enjoy the books too, but face reality folks she still only a mediocre beginner writer."
Definitely, definitely not going to say that.
It occurs to me that for HP fandom I'm the equivalent of the people who watched every season 7 Buffy episode even though they hated it, and spent all their time bitching about the glory days and fighting over ships/characters "gone astray" and how quality was lost... except without the glory days part.
Am I the only person in HP fandom who likes the characters and storyline and mildly enjoys the books, but who doesn't praise JKRowling to the point of Josshood? Because I really, really don't. In fact, the idea makes me giggle with disbelief.
Anyway, someone said this in response:
"I guess you don't have a strong opinion of JKR's abilities, Rashaka. She's been developed in great detail."
I started laughing out loud at my computer, despite my recent sicknesss/couging today. I couldn't help it. I wanted really badly to retort "No, point of fact I don't, but you don't want to get me started on that, and I don't think it's part of the Ginny developement issue anyway."
I'm not going to say it though. Because they'd jump on me if I said "You know, I enjoy the books too, but face reality folks she still only a mediocre beginner writer."
Definitely, definitely not going to say that.
It occurs to me that for HP fandom I'm the equivalent of the people who watched every season 7 Buffy episode even though they hated it, and spent all their time bitching about the glory days and fighting over ships/characters "gone astray" and how quality was lost... except without the glory days part.
Am I the only person in HP fandom who likes the characters and storyline and mildly enjoys the books, but who doesn't praise JKRowling to the point of Josshood? Because I really, really don't. In fact, the idea makes me giggle with disbelief.
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Date: 2003-10-17 06:10 pm (UTC)O know there's a bunch of bitter fans out there who hated season 6 & 7 (the years I started watching) who now condem the "joss is god" attitude... but since I fell in love with the show from season 6 onward, I'm definitely on a Joss-is-god high still. And I don't care if they laugh at me. They laugh at Joss, I laugh at JKR, everyone gets to laugh. :)
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Date: 2003-10-18 03:11 am (UTC)Ever since I became I die-hard fan in early s5 (The Real Me) I was very inclined to hate the two last seasons while they aired. I'd watch every episode and love it, then watch it the third time and start bitching about Willow's addiction and the writers screwing over Spike -- all the stuff everybody else complained about, too.
But the show is just too good to stay mad at. Even when they seem to really mess up a character, it's like they always come out swinging. For me anyway :o).
Hey, and proud to be a Joss-follower ever since s2 :o).