Post-Harry Potter blues, anyone feeling it with me?

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08 Aug 2007, 12:44 am

-harry potter was born into my life the day I walked through a hefty oaken door to see dear uncle seated upon his antiquated rockingchair
And so my cousin and I emtered into magical world of harry potter

As I flip the pages of the novel in my hand, the sorceros stone,

BT now nay years have passed sicne thos summer days when i first he

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08 Aug 2007, 1:08 am

I have the post-Harry Potter blues too :(. I finished the last book a few days ago and I am sad that the series is finished.

My favorite book was Half-Blood Prince, followed by Goblet of Fire.



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08 Aug 2007, 1:14 am

Yes, the whole thing had me quite down for awhile. I still regret that I never went in costume at midnight to pick up my copy of the lastest installment... none of my friends care for HP enough to do that I never had anyone to go with.

I was 11 when I read the first book... Harry's age. That made me feel good. Now I'm 21... which is how old his parents were when they were murdered. Not a comforting thought. I still feel random pangs of sadness thinking about the characters who died in the final book.



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08 Aug 2007, 1:23 am

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Yes, the whole thing had me quite down for awhile. I still regret that I never went in costume at midnight to pick up my copy of the lastest installment... none of my friends care for HP enough to do that I never had anyone to go with.

I was 11 when I read the first book... Harry's age. That made me feel good. Now I'm 21... which is how old his parents were when they were murdered. Not a comforting thought. I still feel random pangs of sadness thinking about the characters who died in the final book.


I regret that I never went in costume, either. My son was Harry for Halloween when he was 3 though...he looked so cute.

I am very sad about the character deaths in book 7 too. I was really rooting for one in particular to survive and have a happy life :(.



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08 Aug 2007, 1:43 am

PM me and tell me who and I'll tell you who's death made me cry.

Argh! How long does a book have to be in print before you don't have to worry about spoilers?



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08 Aug 2007, 2:05 am

I'm not feeling it.



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08 Aug 2007, 3:08 am

I am only on the 4th book :)



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08 Aug 2007, 4:27 am

Danielismyname wrote:
I'm not feeling it.


Ditto...



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08 Aug 2007, 6:16 am

I am sorry that there will be no more hp books as it has been a major obsession for me on and off, once lasting for 3-4 solid years lol. But I have yet to finish the final book... not even halfway yet, although I know who dies. I am not that grieved. I was a little peed off about one character's death as I wanted them to have a chance to go on and have a decent life, but alas...



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08 Aug 2007, 6:20 am

grow up people. The movies were decent, but hardly this inspiring. I mean come on..


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08 Aug 2007, 6:22 am

And just who do you think you are to suggest people grow up?
Those who do not like Hp or have the same sentiments do not have to post and certainly don't have to come in simply to take a snipe at those who view it differently to you.
Grow up yourself and get down off your self righteous pedestal.



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08 Aug 2007, 6:33 am

Graelwyn wrote:
And just who do you think you are to suggest people grow up?
Those who do not like Hp or have the same sentiments do not have to post and certainly don't have to come in simply to take a snipe at those who view it differently to you.
Grow up yourself and get down off your self righteous pedestal.


I'm sorry, but anyone who gets this enthralled with these disposable pop culture waves, is an annoying ass. How the f**k can people get so excited about such nonsense?


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08 Aug 2007, 6:39 am

wiggerbeater wrote:
Graelwyn wrote:
And just who do you think you are to suggest people grow up?
Those who do not like Hp or have the same sentiments do not have to post and certainly don't have to come in simply to take a snipe at those who view it differently to you.
Grow up yourself and get down off your self righteous pedestal.


I'm sorry, but anyone who gets this enthralled with these disposable pop culture waves, is an annoying ass. How the f**k can people get so excited about such nonsense?


Had you considered that something you or another might get excited about might be classed as nonsense by someone else?
I think it would be a boring world if everyone considered the same things to be nonsense.
It might be nonsense to you, but that does not mean it is nonsense, it just means that is your opinion on it.
Maybe you should think before you judge people based on their interests/obsessions as you are coming across as bit of an annoying ass for coming in this thread and insulting those who have a different interest to you, based on your own opinion.



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08 Aug 2007, 8:16 am

Just after Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was released in 2003, Dame Antonia Byatt, author of Possession, weighed in with a critique of the Potter phenomenon. Ms Byatt is highly invested in the notion that certain cultural products are intended solely for children. The implication is that adults who enjoy these works have questionable motives and substandard intelligence. The paradigm of boneheaded immaturity, for Byatt, is the eight-year-old boy.

We must remember, though, that this is a person whose idea of fun is to create a parody of a Margery Allingham detective novel, and pepper it throughout with faux Victorian-Lady poetry. I think it reasonable to conclude, as does the writer of this article on Salon.com, that Ms Byatt is perhaps a little miffed that her literary output has not enjoyed anywhere near the same popularity or sales revenue as that of JK Rowling.

Let Ms Byatt carry on with her über-fastidious cultural pleasures, and let the rest of us carry on enjoying our own.



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08 Aug 2007, 10:12 am

I'm feeling it too. I read Harry Potter for the first time while babysitting some kids. I asked to borrow the book, and had it done the next day. I then read the rest of their books, and have been buying them since order of the pheonix.

I was kinda excited when the newe book came out. I wore a witches' hat but had to take it off because the wind was too strong.

I finished the book that day, and was pretty sad. It's over, :/



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08 Aug 2007, 11:06 am

Graelwyn wrote:
wiggerbeater wrote:
Graelwyn wrote:
And just who do you think you are to suggest people grow up?
Those who do not like Hp or have the same sentiments do not have to post and certainly don't have to come in simply to take a snipe at those who view it differently to you.
Grow up yourself and get down off your self righteous pedestal.


I'm sorry, but anyone who gets this enthralled with these disposable pop culture waves, is an annoying ass. How the f**k can people get so excited about such nonsense?


Had you considered that something you or another might get excited about might be classed as nonsense by someone else?
I think it would be a boring world if everyone considered the same things to be nonsense.
It might be nonsense to you, but that does not mean it is nonsense, it just means that is your opinion on it.
Maybe you should think before you judge people based on their interests/obsessions as you are coming across as bit of an annoying ass for coming in this thread and insulting those who have a different interest to you, based on your own opinion.


:twisted: I was borderline trolling, and I apologize.


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