I couldn't agree with you more. The people who don't like spoilers decide that they'll ruin the fun for everyone, and the spoiler-free p[eople have no retaliation.
Its like... Mia doesn't like meat, but you don't see her running around rubbing cabbage in everyone's face like a whitewash.
(man am I overcommenting/posting today. Super bored at work)
I got the Hermione joke. Actually, that is why I read the last Harry Potter book having not read the previous two because I wanted to know if she really did die or not. I kept hearing "she dies! she dies!" and then people say "no she doesn't that's just a rumor." But I didn't know who was foolin'. So I read through the book as quick as I could and got close to the end and thought, well, she's not dead. I never finished the book because that's all I wanted to know.
Sorry... sarcasm does poorly when lacking tone, expression and gesticulation. I also couldn't tell if Gavin didn't get the whole "that's so ironic" joke on Dre's post or not....
But seriously, Hermione really DOES die in this one. Rowling has said it was the hardest thing she's ever had to write, and that she was depressed and locked in her room for days afterwards.
I remember standing at Cleveland St. one night and people being like, oh, she dies its so sad and I was like, really?! And they kept it up, oh yeah, she dies...
Finally someone would say, no man, that's just an internet rumor but then someone would counter, not it's not, she dies, she dies. And I got so frustrated and I would plead, tell me seriously, does she die. This went on for hours and I got so flustered about it. cruel. so the following week I went and got a copy of the book.
I'm actually glad they told me hermione dies because now I have time to emotionally prepare myself before I get to that part of the book. If that had caught me off guard I might have broke down weeping on the subway on the way to work.
excerpt: Hermione lit the votive candles on her night stand, followed by a stick of incense. She turned off the light, turned up the R&B music and turned toward Harry. She removed his glasses and stared longingly into his eyes. "You have such beautiful eyes. I'm not sure why it took me so long to notice," she said, kissing him softly on the lips. She backed away slightly and pulled off her sweater, revealing her recently developed bosom. "Is that the new Nimbus 2000 or are you just happy to see me?" she whispered breathlessly in Harry's ear …
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crueltywhite) wrote,
July 15 2005, 14:32:19 UTC 6 years ago
July 15 2005, 14:38:28 UTC 6 years ago
Its like... Mia doesn't like meat, but you don't see her running around rubbing cabbage in everyone's face like a whitewash.
Fuck cabbage!
.... Hermione dies....
July 15 2005, 14:55:40 UTC 6 years ago
And if Neville dies, I quit!
July 15 2005, 15:01:33 UTC 6 years ago
I got the Hermione joke. Actually, that is why I read the last Harry Potter book having not read the previous two because I wanted to know if she really did die or not. I kept hearing "she dies! she dies!" and then people say "no she doesn't that's just a rumor." But I didn't know who was foolin'. So I read through the book as quick as I could and got close to the end and thought, well, she's not dead. I never finished the book because that's all I wanted to know.
July 15 2005, 15:04:59 UTC 6 years ago
Sorry... sarcasm does poorly when lacking tone, expression and gesticulation. I also couldn't tell if Gavin didn't get the whole "that's so ironic" joke on Dre's post or not....
But seriously, Hermione really DOES die in this one. Rowling has said it was the hardest thing she's ever had to write, and that she was depressed and locked in her room for days afterwards.
July 15 2005, 15:12:46 UTC 6 years ago
I remember standing at Cleveland St. one night and people being like, oh, she dies its so sad and I was like, really?! And they kept it up, oh yeah, she dies...
Finally someone would say, no man, that's just an internet rumor but then someone would counter, not it's not, she dies, she dies. And I got so frustrated and I would plead, tell me seriously, does she die. This went on for hours and I got so flustered about it. cruel. so the following week I went and got a copy of the book.
I think I still have it if anyone wants it.
July 15 2005, 14:41:50 UTC 6 years ago
July 15 2005, 14:43:41 UTC 6 years ago
July 15 2005, 14:52:53 UTC 6 years ago
July 15 2005, 19:04:58 UTC 6 years ago
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/st
excerpt:
Hermione lit the votive candles on her night stand, followed by a stick of incense. She turned off the light, turned up the R&B music and turned toward Harry. She removed his glasses and stared longingly into his eyes. "You have such beautiful eyes. I'm not sure why it took me so long to notice," she said, kissing him softly on the lips. She backed away slightly and pulled off her sweater, revealing her recently developed bosom. "Is that the new Nimbus 2000 or are you just happy to see me?" she whispered breathlessly in Harry's ear …
July 15 2005, 19:22:26 UTC 6 years ago
July 17 2005, 18:38:27 UTC 6 years ago