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HBP (No Spoilers)
Jul. 12th, 2005 12:00 amThis isn't a post of HBP spoilers; it's just a post about my HBP spoiler angst:
Up to now, I've been very good about remaining spoiler-free for HBP. I used to actively pursue spoilers in other fandoms, especially SG-1. Frankly, I would have been a wibbly mess had I not been entirely spoiled for Meridian (not that it would have been possible to have remained unspoiled, given that I was present at Gatecon when the announcement was made). But after SG-1 started feeling somewhat tired, I went spoiler-free and found it did make the show more enjoyable (to the degree that one can enjoy SG-1 post-season four).
A month or so ago, it was easy to remain spoiler-free, given that there weren't many spoilers out there that JKR didn't drop herself. Now it's come to my attention that there are sites that reveal virtually everything you want to know about the book, so there's genuine temptation: do I want to know? Will my enjoyment be lessened? Or would it be better to prepare myself for a painful development (fortunately, I am one of thesane minority who thought Sirius was a boorish lout and I miss him not a whit)? To quote a pirate: Argh.
I think I can handle being subjected to almost anything (R/Hr, Draco going good, Harry retaining his emotional one-dimensionality, poor Percy snuffing it, Hagrid being the HBP, Harry being distracted by romance even though he knows that he's fated to fight Voldemort and thus should be buckling down in his studies rather than making cow eyes at some bint, etc).
However, I don't think I would like to read unless I am properly forewarned: 1) Snape buying it; or 2) Neville betraying Harry. I am resigned to Snape's likely Book 7 demise; frankly, it might not be the best moral message to allow Snape to escape from the situation he made for himself, so I'm prepared for a messy, but hopefully valiant, pivotal death scene somewhere in the latter half of Book 7. I'm not at all prepared for Neville to be anything but a good guy, and if he turns into a latter-day Peter Pettigrew... I just want to know in advance.
So, if you've digested the HBP spoilers, and you know that either 1 or 2 will come to pass, would you please email to warn me (please don't post in comments)?
Up to now, I've been very good about remaining spoiler-free for HBP. I used to actively pursue spoilers in other fandoms, especially SG-1. Frankly, I would have been a wibbly mess had I not been entirely spoiled for Meridian (not that it would have been possible to have remained unspoiled, given that I was present at Gatecon when the announcement was made). But after SG-1 started feeling somewhat tired, I went spoiler-free and found it did make the show more enjoyable (to the degree that one can enjoy SG-1 post-season four).
A month or so ago, it was easy to remain spoiler-free, given that there weren't many spoilers out there that JKR didn't drop herself. Now it's come to my attention that there are sites that reveal virtually everything you want to know about the book, so there's genuine temptation: do I want to know? Will my enjoyment be lessened? Or would it be better to prepare myself for a painful development (fortunately, I am one of the
I think I can handle being subjected to almost anything (R/Hr, Draco going good, Harry retaining his emotional one-dimensionality, poor Percy snuffing it, Hagrid being the HBP, Harry being distracted by romance even though he knows that he's fated to fight Voldemort and thus should be buckling down in his studies rather than making cow eyes at some bint, etc).
However, I don't think I would like to read unless I am properly forewarned: 1) Snape buying it; or 2) Neville betraying Harry. I am resigned to Snape's likely Book 7 demise; frankly, it might not be the best moral message to allow Snape to escape from the situation he made for himself, so I'm prepared for a messy, but hopefully valiant, pivotal death scene somewhere in the latter half of Book 7. I'm not at all prepared for Neville to be anything but a good guy, and if he turns into a latter-day Peter Pettigrew... I just want to know in advance.
So, if you've digested the HBP spoilers, and you know that either 1 or 2 will come to pass, would you please email to warn me (please don't post in comments)?
