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farmercuerden ([info]farmercuerden) wrote in [info]hp_cornfield,
@ 2007-08-21 21:58:00


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A sporked version of this wank is available at The H.M.S. STFU. Though I suppose, technically, it should be just "H.M.S. STFU", since it otherwise works out to "The Her Majesty's Ship STFU", but... then again, without the "the" it sounds wrong.

Now, see, that's over-analysing. However, not quite so much as today's crank does: D.I.A.T.S.S.I.S.E., or QWERTYUIOP, as I shall refer to it, is a crank theory from before Deathly Hallows which, when proven wrong, sent its author into a rant of epic proportions.

Basically, it says that Dumbledore Impersonated A Trustworthy Severus Snape In Spinner's End - or QWERTYUIOP. This was the grand solution to all the mysteries of the Harry Potter series. As he explained:


To solve a mystery, most mystery genre fans know you have to use logic and deductive reasoning. What is logical to the fantasy genre fans is illogical in real life. I believe J. K Rowling is about to end the series in a logical, reasonable manner.


...a logical, reasonable manner which involves Dumbledore randomly impersonating Snape and agreeing to kill himself. But then, I'm a fantasy genre fan, and, according to him:

The Harry Potter fantasy genre fans believe the plot of Half Blood Prince has Dumbledore, the most intelligent wizard ever born, assign to a 17 yr. old teenager the almost impossible job of saving the world alone with no backup or support. Just think how illogical that conclusion is, but the fantasy genre fans tell you that was the plot of Half Blood Prince. They tell you it is logical for Dumbledore to have assigned this task to Harry Potter, and that the plot of Deathly Hallows will simply be about how this unqualified teenager finds the horcruxes, gets past their protection, destroys them, and then locates and kills the most evil and powerful wizard of all times. What a stupid idiot plot. I hope J. K. Rowling doesn't insult my intelligence with such an idiot plot. Examples of the errors of the logic of the fantasy genre fans is given throughout this site.



And furthermore, he wants Harry not to save the day, but instead be a perfectly ordinary wizard being tricked into being a pawn to allow other people to kill Voldemort while Harry distracts him. This would have the additional bonus of really insulting the fantasy genre fans:

By writing Deathly Hallows in this way, JKR will in effect have created a parody of the fantasy genre making the most adamant of her fantasy fans the butt of this joke.


Of course, this didn't pan out. So he went tl;dr on us!

After a short insulting "Congratulations" to those proven right, he took a hint from the Harmonians:

Against my desire not to give another second of my time thinking about Harry Potter my mind kept looking at possible changes in the plot that would have created a great mystery as well as fantasy and developed this theory. I am only posting it as closure for this period of my life. I have no desire to spend any time discussing or arguing it. I have already wasted too much time...

JKR CHANGED HER MIND BETWEEN HBP AND DEATHLY HALLOWS

This is the only logical explanation that my mind could come up with because of the –forgive me- clue and the fact that the DIATSSISE theory is the perfect answer to the true owner of the elder wand in Deathly Hallows.

In my opinion JKR changed her mind on what she was writing or made major plot changes during the editing process because the movie industry wanted a different type of book and she wanted to please her child. The movie industry thinks and JKR agreed that the DIATSSISE theory and the trap theories are too complicated for movies or children. The only reason I include JKR’s child to this theory is JKR’s last paragraph of her office entry after DH was released.

MY BIGGEST REGRET

From this time forward when I think of the Harry Potter series I will think: “What a Shame. The series turned from a literary classic to Juvenile Trash with a few changes to the plot. It could have been so great. What a shame.”


...At which point, he writes JKR a letter of such hilariousness that I suggest you read it in full (either at http://www.diatssise.com/ or at the aforementioned spork.) Some highlights include:



I did not believe this letter would become necessary. I thought the Harry Potter books would be placed in a closet or bookcase or donated to a library where they now belong and everyone would proceed forward with their lives. I thought you would recommend this course of action to the children and encourage them to put up their Harry Potter books and get off the discussion forums and then direct them to other books.


However, since, in fact, she isn't insulting her own work - nine days after it launched - and since...

In my opinion the children on these forums are totally and completely absorbed with the fantasy world of Harry Potter. It is all they want to talk about.


Thus, of course...

THESE CHILDREN NEED TO GET OFF THESE FORUMS IN A REASONABLE TIME AND FORGET ABOUT HARRY POTTER AND GET ON WITH THEIR LIFE. I realize that they probably need to discuss what they like about the final book, but in my opinion it is not healthy for these children to continue much longer with their obsessive demands for unimportant detail. Please start encouraging these children to put their Harry Potter books away and start reading other books. I realize that I’m not a child psychologist, and I therefore ask you to please check with experts on the harm being caused to these children.

PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN.

Thank you

Paintball


...Yes, he actually shouts, in all caps, "Please think of the children!". A most rewarding little wank.



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[info]imp
2007-08-21 09:28 pm UTC (link)
Crazy, much? I think someone needs to go outside and see the sun or something. He's getting a little too worked up over his internet theories.

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(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2007-08-22 04:02 pm UTC

[info]mindset
2007-08-21 09:36 pm UTC (link)
May I ask, what is the point of an acronym that (a) doesn't mean anything as its own word, or (b) is completely unpronounceable? DIATSSISE = "diet sissy"? "Di at SS, I see"?

Also, he registered a whole website to promote this theory? Wow, and I thought the hermionepotter people lacked lives.

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(no subject) - [info]farmercuerden, 2007-08-21 10:09 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mindset, 2007-08-21 10:19 pm UTC
How's this - [info]scarah2, 2007-08-21 11:22 pm UTC
Re: How's this - [info]mindset, 2007-08-21 11:26 pm UTC
Re: How's this - (Anonymous), 2007-08-27 03:04 am UTC
Re: How's this - [info]deliciouschaos, 2007-08-22 12:03 am UTC
Re: How's this - [info]hallidae, 2007-08-22 12:08 am UTC
Re: How's this - [info]tehrin, 2007-08-22 12:10 am UTC
Re: How's this - [info]scarah2, 2007-08-22 12:11 am UTC
Re: How's this - [info]stella_polaris, 2007-08-22 02:12 am UTC
Re: How's this - [info]saralina25, 2007-08-22 01:44 am UTC
Re: How's this - [info]miraba, 2007-08-22 03:38 am UTC
Re: How's this - [info]singe, 2007-08-22 04:48 am UTC
Re: How's this - [info]analenna, 2007-08-22 01:25 pm UTC

[info]dorothy1901
2007-08-21 09:39 pm UTC (link)
I was wrong in not listening to my wife when she told me I was stupid for joining a discussion forum for a child's book and spending so much time on the discussion forums. I was wrong in telling her that the series wasn't just a child's fantasy series and there was much more to the series. This is the mistake I regret the most. Once time is lost you can never get it back. I don't look forward to living the rest of my life being told by the woman I love that “I told you so.”

I, on the other hand, look forward to his wife telling him "I told you so" for the rest of his life.

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[info]limyaael
2007-08-21 09:46 pm UTC (link)
THESE CHILDREN NEED TO GET OFF THESE FORUMS IN A REASONABLE TIME AND FORGET ABOUT HARRY POTTER AND GET ON WITH THEIR LIFE. I realize that they probably need to discuss what they like about the final book, but in my opinion it is not healthy for these children to continue much longer with their obsessive demands for unimportant detail.

...Says the man writing the enormous letter about how much he didn't like the final book.

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[info]deliciouschaos
2007-08-21 09:59 pm UTC (link)
PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN.

My life is complete.

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[info]hallidae
2007-08-21 10:13 pm UTC (link)
Oh, God. I think I developed a permanent eyetwitch trying to read through all the batshit. But the fact that he actually included "PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN" is beautiful, though.

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[info]saralina25
2007-08-21 10:21 pm UTC (link)
Giving the hero the impossible task isn't supposed to happen? Damn, someone dig up Campbell and tell him he was wrong.

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(no subject) - [info]kijikun, 2007-08-22 08:29 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]hallidae, 2007-08-22 01:41 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]vorpal_blade, 2007-08-22 02:11 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]saralina25, 2007-08-23 03:26 am UTC

[info]miraba
2007-08-21 10:36 pm UTC (link)
This is *amazing*.

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[info]gloria_mundi
2007-08-21 10:38 pm UTC (link)
Feh. I put more faith into the Kight2King theory and that was clearly a load of hogwash. Though I agree with the chess game as a metaphor for the series up to a point.

Link for the curious

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(no subject) - [info]farmercuerden, 2007-08-21 10:51 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]scarah2, 2007-08-21 11:24 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]isntitironic, 2007-08-22 12:37 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]scarah2, 2007-08-22 01:26 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]isntitironic, 2007-08-22 03:45 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]keri, 2007-08-22 01:27 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]keri, 2007-08-22 01:29 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]scarah2, 2007-08-22 03:42 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]vorpal_blade, 2007-08-22 02:13 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2007-08-22 04:06 pm UTC

[info]singe
2007-08-21 10:55 pm UTC (link)
PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN.

They think of YOU...getting the hell off their forum.

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[info]spawn_of_kong
2007-08-21 11:01 pm UTC (link)
To sum up:

"OMG, I just realized, after 7 books and 10,000 pages, that the Harry Potter books are actually aimed at CHILDREN.

...WAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Get off these forums, stupid children! Stop liking this series, it's was never supposed to be for you, until JKR sold out!"

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(no subject) - [info]spawn_of_kong, 2007-08-21 11:03 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]isntitironic, 2007-08-22 12:36 am UTC

[info]gingerkiss
2007-08-21 11:15 pm UTC (link)
PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN.

That made my day. It's just beautiful.

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[info]omgpolarbear
2007-08-21 11:40 pm UTC (link)
Snapledore- The name I call Dumbledore while he was impersonating Snape in Spinner's End

"Impersonating"? Is that what they're calling it these days?

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(no subject) - [info]tehrin, 2007-08-22 12:08 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]tiarlynn, 2007-08-22 06:54 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]omgpolarbear, 2007-08-22 10:58 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2007-08-30 06:30 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ari_, 2007-08-22 04:46 pm UTC
Snape. Snape. Severus Snape.
[info]freewheel
2007-08-22 12:28 am UTC (link)
This makes as much sense as a Potter Puppet Pals skit.

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Re: Snape. Snape. Severus Snape. - [info]tiye, 2007-08-22 12:56 am UTC
Re: Snape. Snape. Severus Snape. - [info]youngcurmudgeon, 2007-08-22 01:05 am UTC
Re: Snape. Snape. Severus Snape. - [info]tiye, 2007-08-22 01:08 am UTC
Re: Snape. Snape. Severus Snape. - [info]keri, 2007-08-22 01:30 am UTC
Re: Snape. Snape. Severus Snape. - [info]dark_puck, 2007-08-22 01:37 am UTC
Re: Snape. Snape. Severus Snape. - [info]b_jellybean, 2007-08-22 02:35 am UTC
Re: Snape. Snape. Severus Snape. - [info]singe, 2007-08-22 04:56 am UTC
Re: Snape. Snape. Severus Snape. - [info]oar, 2007-08-25 02:31 am UTC
Re: Snape. Snape. Severus Snape. - (Anonymous), 2007-12-06 05:45 pm UTC

[info]rosetta
2007-08-22 12:46 am UTC (link)
PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN.

That's so beautiful I'm rendered almost speechless.

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(Anonymous)
2007-08-22 12:55 am UTC (link)
I'm not understanding why he thinks the theory is so brilliant.

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(no subject) - [info]farmercuerden, 2007-08-22 01:53 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]rudemistress, 2007-08-22 01:07 pm UTC

[info]stella_polaris
2007-08-22 02:08 am UTC (link)
Anyone who thinks Harry Potter was ever literary classic potential clearly doesn't know what they're talking about. Rowling is not that good a writer, academically speaking.

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anaerobica
2007-08-22 02:46 am UTC (link)
I do like I normally do halfway through a good mystery. I simply leaned back, closed my eyes and let my logic, imagination, and deductive reasoning look for a solution.

Too bad he doesn't play a violin too. I'm thinking it must be a fake, this guy is too good to be true.

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(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2007-08-22 03:18 am UTC

[info]pastri_archy
2007-08-22 03:26 am UTC (link)
*sticks finger in ear; wiggles it around* I read the sporked version and I think my IQ dropped a few points. Obviously, being in the age group of serires, I should nod and do what he says.

*pulls out Bartimaeus Trilogy*

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(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2007-08-22 11:14 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pastri_archy, 2007-08-22 03:16 pm UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2007-08-23 07:19 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pastri_archy, 2007-08-23 03:58 pm UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2007-09-09 01:16 am UTC

[info]azazello
2007-08-22 04:11 am UTC (link)
I was hoping to see at least one mad theorist bring the wank to this extent when HP7 made them wrong. Potterdammerung has been damn disappointing as to quality (strikethrough2 has a lot to answer for) and this sort of thing was what I was more personally hoping for.

His theory really brings the stupid, too.

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(Anonymous)
2007-08-22 05:05 am UTC (link)
I therefore ask you to please check with experts on the harm being caused to these children.

I can just see Jo jumping up after reading his letter, sprinting to the phone to call her agents and publicists. "Quick! We need to recall every single book immediately! PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!"

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[info]anonyrat
2007-08-22 06:17 am UTC (link)
Awesome, I love this argument. "This plot is nonsensical and illogical. Except if you factor in some fantasy elements, which the author did, but I am going to ignore those in favor of complaining."

Although I've never seen this advanced as problem with the Kids These Days.

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(no subject) - [info]phosfate, 2007-08-22 01:22 pm UTC

(Anonymous)
2007-08-22 12:34 pm UTC (link)
JKR is going to call teh intahnetz!

"Shut everything down immediately! The kids are on the Harry Potter forums!!! STOP THE INTAHWEBS!!!!"

(someone make an icon, macro, ANYTHING. Please!)

SleepyMouse

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[info]rudemistress
2007-08-22 01:09 pm UTC (link)
THESE CHILDREN NEED TO GET OFF THESE FORUMS IN A REASONABLE TIME AND FORGET ABOUT HARRY POTTER AND GET ON WITH THEIR LIFE.

It's too bad I don't have an irony icon.

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(no subject) - [info]pastri_archy, 2007-08-22 03:17 pm UTC

[info]analenna
2007-08-22 01:19 pm UTC (link)
So, he was bitching all over HP forums for years, calling other people’s theories idiotic, insisting that the Harry Potter books are not a fantasy genre and that having a main hero of the story be the main hero of the story is just to damm obvious, and now he got himself bitch-slapped by Deathly Hallows?
JKR, I love you more and more every day.

I don’t remember how many times I read complaints from these children that their teachers were making them read classics like “Catcher in the Rye” but they had just skimmed the book and was re-reading one of the Harry Potter books for the 10th time.

Children would rather read Harry Potter then Catcher in the Rye?
I’m shocked, shocked. JKR has them bewitched!
I’ve almost stopped reading right there, I thought I’ll just write the standard Oh, please think of the children comment and go away.
Good thing I’ve scrolled a little lower. I think I’ve stared at that line for at least a couple of minutes before I realized that I don’t, in fact, have telepathic abilities.

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