tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22592688.post6934281714500073067..comments2010-11-07T20:33:04.800-08:00Comments on Eeyore's Reflections: Near the dead in Deathly HallowsEeyorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01934178312263962578noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22592688.post-53789911688333979932007-07-05T12:09:00.000-07:002007-07-05T12:09:00.000-07:00Hi Pat...You're more than welcome to see my "endin...Hi Pat...<BR/>You're more than welcome to see my "ending" -- though be warned, it's not that long, and certainly not as well-thought-out as your friend's lengthy fan fiction! Among other things I realized as I re-read it the other day is that I had Harry and Voldemort facing each other conventionally with wands. Oops! I should have known better, after the graveyard scene in Goblet!<BR/><BR/>At any rate, it was a great deal of fun to write, in a kind of adrenaline rush of worry over poor Harry. I'd be happy to send you a copy...I'm not sure I have your email address though.<BR/><BR/>I really have missed the HogPro forums. I check fairly regularly at various blogs -- John, Janet, Travis and ZoeRose in particular -- but I still miss the forums. Even when I didn't have time to write much, I enjoyed knowing I could go there and find good reading and discussion going on. I was amazed at the way community was built out of discussion around HBP and am trying not to hope too hard for a return to such wonderful cyber-community surrounding this one, in case it doesn't pan out!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08589856495993730380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22592688.post-54919996696058497242007-07-04T03:55:00.000-07:002007-07-04T03:55:00.000-07:00Thanks, Beth. I've missed it too. I enjoy the new ...Thanks, Beth. I've missed it too. I enjoy the new blog that John has, but I miss the private forum. There was a place for some of that Off Topic conversation that comes naturally after people talk so long about things like death, the soul, betrayal, redemption,even just friendship. And on a blog, there's often not an appropriate place for those conversations to happen.<BR/><BR/>I was looking at your blog, and I'd love to read the ending that you wrote after Phoenix. That's when a friend of mine, from another forum, started her first fan fiction--it's a book, and now she's finishing the sequel.<BR/><BR/>As happened with yours, there are differences in who died and when and how, but mainly hers is an exploration that came from all the discussions on what was going on in Phoenix, what Occlumency and Legilimency involve, and the Prophecy implications, as you mentioned.<BR/><BR/>She did a brilliant job of keeping the characters true to canon--Harry and Snape, though they work through many of their problems, are still snarky with one another, and Snape still is Snape--not at all nice to anyone, except possibly Dumbledore, who did survive her book 6 and most of 7. With one chapter to go, I doubt that he'll make it through to the end, but we'll see. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I'm not much for fan fiction, except in rare cases from people that I've talked to for a while--I think that's a matter of trust.<BR/><BR/>When I sat down this evening, I intended to write some more about OP, but it's late and I do want to get some sleep. So maybe I can get it done sometime tomorrow--erm, no, that would be sometime today, as it's now almost 4 am.<BR/><BR/>TTFN<BR/>PatEeyorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01934178312263962578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22592688.post-73444261636479066142007-07-03T15:37:00.000-07:002007-07-03T15:37:00.000-07:00Great post, Pat! It's been so much fun to follow a...Great post, Pat! It's been so much fun to follow all the speculation, and to engage in it a bit from time to time too. You're right...in 19 days we'll know. It gives me a bit of a funny feeling, actually, to know that the next time I read through the 6 books I've just read through, I will do so with completely different eyes, because my reading will be informed by my knowledge of the ending!<BR/><BR/>I've missed you and the others on the HogPro forums. I wonder if they will ever come back? We can hope...Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08589856495993730380noreply@blogger.com