Come Close and Talk Fannish To Me

[redbrunja]

The way my schedule worked out this week (part chance, part because I worked on Saturday and had a family outing at too-fucking-early-o'clock on Sunday), I have today off, sans a few appointments.
 
So anybody in the mood to gab about fandom?

Things I have been into recently:

•Community (besides the ubiquitous Jeff/Annie, my interest is piqued in Abed/Annie, Abed/Britta, and Britta/Annie).

•The Vampire Diaries. I just rewatched the pilot last night and was filled with happiness and joy. And I remembered why I had the foolish belief back then when this show started that I could ship Good Girl/Good Vampire. Oh, to be so young and foolish.

•Harry Potter. I'm currently on the downhill slope of Goblet of Fire and Hermione is maintaining a high standard of awesome. (Also, I like Krum/Hermione more and more as time goes on. He was a famous Quiddich star! Who went for the brainy girl! Who tragically paid more attention to the Boy Who Lived and had a crush on her oblivious best friend! SPEND THE SUMMER IN BULGARIA, HERMIONE!)

•Anastasia! I rewatched that movie with my mom a couple of nights ago and it was a really good childhood flashback. (Mom: "Did they just blame the Russian revolution on magic? Did Dimitri and Anya just elope with no money?" Me: "I'm so glad you waited until I was older to nitpick like this. (But you're right, of course.)"

•*points to tag list* While some things I later end up disliking end up in my tag-system, that and my icons are a good way to see what things I at one point liked enough to believe I'd be talking about them more than once. 

Comments

[terenewen.livejournal.com]

Yeahhhh, I definitely need to start watching TVD. Maybe after I get a little more settled in The L Word and finish season 1 of Community.

Ahh, I'm finally getting back into Goblet of Fire because I just finished A Game of Thrones last night at 4 am, and let me tell you, that book gave me really, really weird dreams. But ugh, that was always one of my disappointments, that Hermione and Krum didn't really reappear. I couldn't even define why I liked it so much at the time, but it was just such a, "YES!" moment when they came down to the ball together.
I guess distance would've made anything more between them kind of difficult, but... aww, okay, I guess I'll just be sad about it forever.

That all being said, it's really striking me, as I reread the HP series, how amazing the worldbuilding is. I knew, when I read them as a kid, that I absolutely loved these books. My friends and I would play games where we would pretend we were going to Hogwarts.
It's only in rereads that I'm realizing just what a perfect fantasy world it is. It's so tangible that it feels like it could be real, even all these years later. The details that she puts in about the wizarding objects, traditions, etc. just give the books so much. I mean, there's a reason a whole bunch of kids from my generation were really disappointed on their 11th birthdays, and it's not because J.K. Rowling is a spectacular, brilliant writer, it's because she knows how to build a world that makes the fantastic seem totally plausible.
Every fantasy book needs that base to stand on, or else the audience just can't believe in it. Judging by how much time I, as a 19 year old, spend going, "UGH I WANT A BROOMSTICK CAPSLOCK RAGE" when I read these books, I'd say she did a pretty good job.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Yeahhhh, I definitely need to start watching TVD. Maybe after I get a little more settled in The L Word and finish season 1 of Community.

You should. I personally find it FAR superior to TB. That said, I must warn you that the opening episodes are rather rocky - at least watch episode six before deciding to give it a pass (and it only gets better from six on).

I couldn't even define why I liked it so much at the time, but it was just such a, "YES!" moment when they came down to the ball together.

It was a total YES moment. I think because it's a fantasy that is super-primal to a lot of girls - that you can be the smart, non-veela girl and the famous Quiddich player is going to pick YOU and then if you make the effort you can be just as pretty as the pretty girls.

That all being said, it's really striking me, as I reread the HP series, how amazing the worldbuilding is.

Agreed. The world-building is what Rowling really excels at and I think that's one of the reasons that it was not only so popular but had SUCH a massive fandom.

I mean, there's a reason a whole bunch of kids from my generation were really disappointed on their 11th birthdays,

Count me in.

[terenewen.livejournal.com]

You should. I personally find it FAR superior to TB. That said, I must warn you that the opening episodes are rather rocky

Duly noted!

SOMEDAY MY LETTER FROM HOGWARTS WILL COME! It just got delayed, I'm sure! I mean, not all owls are as reliable as Hedwig!

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I know, right? Clearly I am a perfect candidate for Auror training! I have lots of black boots and would have no problem cursing people.