Random HP stuff
I’m just thinking out loud…well, alright, I’m not, I’m thinking out keyboard. Or something.
How come it was only after OOTP that the Prank started being held up as the ultimate example of bad behaviour in fandom? I mean, we’d known about it for years…but it’s like we never really realised how bad it was till after we saw Sirius and James bullying Snape. (Well, maybe some people did…) It just seems like it gets mentioned all the time now.
I still reckon we don’t now everything about it, though. I still think Regulus was involved somehow. (I also really want Seer!Sirius-who-knew-Snape-would-be-a-DE, just so I can wave around my poor underappreciated one-shot and say ‘Mwahaha! You should’ve given me reviews!)
Yeah…anyway. How long till HBP, anyone?
August 25, 2004 @ 7:11 am
Hmm. That’s an interesting point. I only got into the HP fandom well after OOTP so I didn’t really notice the change. But, yeah, the Prank was a quite awful thing to do- but I still believe Sirius must have been provoked somehow. I know Sirius definitely has (had? *sniff*) to do stupid and not so nice things, but to pull something like that without any provocation at all is probably a bit much, even for him. I’d love to read more about it. …..Although my inner slasher is crying “love triangle” right about now. :p And in answer to your question: too long.
August 25, 2004 @ 7:23 am
Wow, that was fast. I just put that up. :D I really sort of hope Sirius was provoked, and didn’t just want to murder Snape simply for existing…it’s the whole Remus thing that bugs me, because in this case his hate for Snape eclipsed his friendship/love for Remus, and it must’ve taken a lot for that to happen. Yeah. I oughta read POA again, but it depresses me now. ;_; And waaaay too long, yeah. ;)
August 25, 2004 @ 7:32 am
Eh, don’t worry about the longness either. :p And checking LJ in the middle of breakfast is my friend (yours too, I guess, since you got a reply so fast. ;)) I hope so, too. It might just be my wanting him to have been provoked that’s convincing me that he was, if that made any sense. But until it’s proved in canon that he had no provocation for doing this, I won’t believe otherwise. I just can’t see it. And yeah, it must have taken quite a bit of provocation to eclipse his love for Remus. Ugh. POA is the only thing that doesn’t deppress me so much now. >_<