LOL INORITE. Well... I mean... I'd said before that I was hesitant to get into them because so many people I adore (cough cough) were into them and what if I read it and didn't feel the same way, what does that say about me as a person (and other normal thoughts), but my need for escapist fare and my curiosity won the fuck out.
I'd heard many of the valid criticisms (lack of diversity, racial stereotypes) that had been leveled and I have to say after reading the first book I thought in the movie Hermione should've been Black (wasn't there a post that an artist made awhile ago of book!Hermione versus movie!Hermione and book!Hermione was depicted as Black and JK Rowling liked and favorited that artist's work so people kinda confirmed it as cannon?). As someone pointed out (and what's always a good reminder in these situations), a book can be well-written and still have really problematic elements that are worth noting/criticizing.
LOL, I'm in a difficult situation with this since I actually have a wand (when I bought from the occult bookstore that went out, sob sob, at the time my mother told me about the scene in the book) and although I don't use it often (not as often as my broom or my athame) it does kinda look like the ones of the series. I should take a picture.
I took several quizzes and apparently I'm either Hufflepuff or Gryffindor (I'm leaning towards Hufflepuff because anything that tells you you belong with the main characters I'm skeptical).
I WOULD LOVE AN OWL AND A CAT. (http://magdolenelives.tumblr.com/post/42236611262/childofthefoxes-lupinelove-they-are-friends)
PS: I don't know why I haven't mentioned this, but for Christmas I was stumped on what to get my mother until I thought maybe she'd like her own letter from Hogwarts. Of course there are oodles of great templates available and I fact checked everything to make sure it was correct. After I finished it, though, I realized my graduation owl that I'd been going to use I couldn't find, so at the last minute I threw together a little stuffed owl from some flocked felt and some beads I had (with cotton balls and some other beads inside to give it some weight). It actually came out really well! Of course when researching I had to find all these people's awesome-looking Harry Potter parties (including weddings and birthdays) complete with ridiculously awesome looking feasts.
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Date: 2015-03-09 05:58 am (UTC)I'd heard many of the valid criticisms (lack of diversity, racial stereotypes) that had been leveled and I have to say after reading the first book I thought in the movie Hermione should've been Black (wasn't there a post that an artist made awhile ago of book!Hermione versus movie!Hermione and book!Hermione was depicted as Black and JK Rowling liked and favorited that artist's work so people kinda confirmed it as cannon?). As someone pointed out (and what's always a good reminder in these situations), a book can be well-written and still have really problematic elements that are worth noting/criticizing.
LOL, I'm in a difficult situation with this since I actually have a wand (when I bought from the occult bookstore that went out, sob sob, at the time my mother told me about the scene in the book) and although I don't use it often (not as often as my broom or my athame) it does kinda look like the ones of the series. I should take a picture.
I took several quizzes and apparently I'm either Hufflepuff or Gryffindor (I'm leaning towards Hufflepuff because anything that tells you you belong with the main characters I'm skeptical).
I WOULD LOVE AN OWL AND A CAT. (http://magdolenelives.tumblr.com/post/42236611262/childofthefoxes-lupinelove-they-are-friends)
PS: I don't know why I haven't mentioned this, but for Christmas I was stumped on what to get my mother until I thought maybe she'd like her own letter from Hogwarts. Of course there are oodles of great templates available and I fact checked everything to make sure it was correct. After I finished it, though, I realized my graduation owl that I'd been going to use I couldn't find, so at the last minute I threw together a little stuffed owl from some flocked felt and some beads I had (with cotton balls and some other beads inside to give it some weight). It actually came out really well! Of course when researching I had to find all these people's awesome-looking Harry Potter parties (including weddings and birthdays) complete with ridiculously awesome looking feasts.