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jaydk has convinced me to go see Harry Potter 3 again tonight. For the third time in IMAX. Eighth time total. That doesn't include the numerous times I've watched the Remus/Sirius scenes on my own copy. I'm such a dork. (But it is really cool to see in IMAX....)

(Is OoTP still considered spoilery? Well, it's been out over a year; I'm not going to hide every spoiler from it, so be warned.)

Here is a great essay about why Remus/Sirius might be canon. Not that I really care if they're officially canon or not, because I don't give a damn about authorial intent, but it's nice to see their relationship being examined so closely.

jaydk has tried to convince me that Sirius isn't really dead. I mean, there's no body, and who dies from falling through a veil anyway? Why would Rowling set up such a weird death unless something more was going to come of it?

I still think he's dead, personally. But now I have this idea in my head, which gives me hope, which is very bad because it makes me want to read more fic....

I'm going to be so devastated when the next book comes out and my poor darling Sirius is still dead!

Speaking of fic, I quite loved The Host and His Guest by Diane Coffin. (That's a rec; go read it if you haven't.) Not to mention the amazing stuff that anniesj has been writing.

So, btw, is anyone in R/S fandom for Sirius? Everyone seems to prefer Remus. I don't get it at all.... I totally identify with Sirius, and find him fascinating, and like him best. (Though I was more like Snape than Sirius in school ... but that whole flashback didn't bother me. Just made me love Sirius even more, and made me more heartbroken that he didn't really get a chance to grow up properly.)

God, I'm babbling. This is horrible. This is why jaydk and I are going to hang out tonight--so we can babble to each other about this.

We were also happy to learn that DragonCon has added a "Young Adult Literature" track. Which is going to have Harry Potter stuff! Woohoo!! (Given that there was only one HP panel last year, this is a major improvement.)

Anyone else going to DragonCon this year? jaydk and I decided to go because we had so much fun last year--so much to do, great music, amazing costumes, etc. Something for everyone.

Anyway, in boring RL news, over the weekend my dad came to the city and helped me install a new air conditioner. I should save on the electric bill, in the end, and at least the fuse won't blow, and I'll probably have better luck keeping roommates in a room that isn't sweltering.

My dad also brought the cats back, and the new roommate moved in. The cats seem fine; Lucifer is being very clingy, which he does whenever he's away from me for long. He needs lots of attention. The new roommate seems cool--vegan and likes cats. I've got my fingers crossed that it'll work out.

I went into work two hours early today, so that I can take off two hours early tomorrow. (Working ten hours = really boring). But tomorrow I'm going to see Common Rotation at psubrat's! With tons of cool people like chenanceou, elizard100, rockgoddes, redeem147, and so on. Should be fun. :)

And then I want to see Common Ro again the next night in Long Island, and then maybe Saturday night in Woodstock ....

I'm such a fangirl.

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[miggy.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I will make it to Writercon. It looks as if I've found someone who can loan me the money to make the ticket purchase, and that was the problem; can't be reimbursed for something if you don't have the funds handy to buy it in the first place. :)

Speaking of screaming matches, I totally freaked out the girl next to me when I went to see PoA. coldfury and I were in the IMAX, waiting for the previews to come on. Somehow I got started on how Gryffindor is the Bush Administration of Hogwarts: black and white worldview, everything has to be cast in terms of morality, you're with us or you're against us, blah blah blah. I paused midway through my quite passionate speech and noticed the stranger on the other side of me was practically falling out of her seat, she was leaning so far away.

Of course, it probably didn't help her estimation of my mental stability that I'd shown up for the movie in a Slytherin scarf.

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Yay! Glad to hear that you'll be at Writercon. We all have to exchange cell phone numbers and plan to meet and everything, don't we...? When are you arriving, btw?

LMAO. Last time we saw it in IMAX, jaydk and I were so into discussing it that the guy in front of us apparently assumed that we were experts and started quizzing us on what details he may have missed in the first two films.

Interesting views on Gryffindor, btw. I tend to see good and bad sides to each house--I don't like how Gryffindor is canonized and Slytherin demonized. It seems more to me that both sides have their wonderful and awful qualities, depending on how they are applied.

You're right about the Gryffindor-style arrogance and black-and-white morality, but Bush also reminds me of Slytherin in the sense that he puts the wealth of himself and his cronies above the welfare of others. Like the dark side of ambition is greed, and being willing to fuck over anyone who gets in your way.... Slytherin has that whole "we" (pure bloods) are better than anyone else, and the bigotry that goes along with that. Which is very Bush.... It's more like he incorporates the worst aspects of Gryffindor and of Slytherin.

[miggy.livejournal.com]

I'm buying the tickets today once I get the loan, so I'll get that info to you. Which addy is good to email to? I'll send you my arrival time, cell #, all that.

And yeah, good point about the mixture of the two houses' worst qualities. With a really bad pure Slytherin, you'd get, say... Ken Lay. (Looking at the real world, that is.) Greed and self-interest above all, and lots of people have their lives ruined for his success. A really bad pure Gryffindor, and you get... Fred Phelps. Goes after his ideals with every ounce of his being and never backs down in the face of adversity, but they're just horrible, horrible ideals.

But you need to combine the two for the real scariness to occur on big, terrifying scales.

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drinkthepoison at hotmail dot com is the best email address for me. I'll reply when I hear from you and send you all my info, too.

Totally looking forward to this! :)