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NM (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} narcissam) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} fandom_wank,@ 2005-09-04 16:01:00 |
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The Systematic Assassination of Hermione Granger - Harmonian Wank. Of course.
After depressing myself reading the news, it occured to me that there might be something amusing on the HMS Harmony Forums to lighten my mood. Voila. McGonagall has posted The Systematic Assassination of Hermione Granger. (You have to register to read the forums.)
Really, most of the threads in these forums could be Fandom Wank material, but this one is so special.</a>
My second favourite bit:
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. History is marked by the tragic consequences of man’s yielding to the sin of “hubris” – pride. JKR had better learn from the lessons of history – because her pride may very well yet be her downfall. I have said before that the HP series had the potential and the promise to be one of the most enlightening literary works of this age, and a vehicle for untold millions of the younger generation to see and understand that they have it in them to rise above the banality – and mediocrity – of the stereotypes painted by the popular media and by a global society that is increasingly focused on materialism and selfish interests. But JKR, in her insistence on sticking to her “original outline” for the series, has effectively derailed the immense promise of the HP series, and – dare I say it? – placed her own interests above the higher purpose that this series may have served. And what is the result of this monumental act of pride?
The sorry mess that is HBP.
And my favourite bit:
As those of you who are closest to me know, I am a Catholic. While I never thought the HP series the "work of the devil" as some Christians called it, I know every Harmonian knows and understands why I cannot find it in my heart to defend HBP as I defended the first five books.
Nonetheless, my faith tells me that God, in His infinite love and wisdom, always has a plan for everything. This will give me the strength to hope in your hopes that Book 7 may yet be salvaged.
Bring on the icons!
NM
After depressing myself reading the news, it occured to me that there might be something amusing on the HMS Harmony Forums to lighten my mood. Voila. McGonagall has posted The Systematic Assassination of Hermione Granger. (You have to register to read the forums.)
Really, most of the threads in these forums could be Fandom Wank material, but this one is so special.</a>
My second favourite bit:
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. History is marked by the tragic consequences of man’s yielding to the sin of “hubris” – pride. JKR had better learn from the lessons of history – because her pride may very well yet be her downfall. I have said before that the HP series had the potential and the promise to be one of the most enlightening literary works of this age, and a vehicle for untold millions of the younger generation to see and understand that they have it in them to rise above the banality – and mediocrity – of the stereotypes painted by the popular media and by a global society that is increasingly focused on materialism and selfish interests. But JKR, in her insistence on sticking to her “original outline” for the series, has effectively derailed the immense promise of the HP series, and – dare I say it? – placed her own interests above the higher purpose that this series may have served. And what is the result of this monumental act of pride?
The sorry mess that is HBP.
And my favourite bit:
As those of you who are closest to me know, I am a Catholic. While I never thought the HP series the "work of the devil" as some Christians called it, I know every Harmonian knows and understands why I cannot find it in my heart to defend HBP as I defended the first five books.
Nonetheless, my faith tells me that God, in His infinite love and wisdom, always has a plan for everything. This will give me the strength to hope in your hopes that Book 7 may yet be salvaged.
Bring on the icons!
NM
