HBP, first reactions
Jul. 24th, 2005 08:50 pmI started it late Friday afternoon, got about 2/3 of the way through by the time I went to bed, and finished it off by noon on Saturday. I would've finished sooner, but I had to keep stopping and taking my turn at the wheel. *sigh*
First off, there's a copy-editing error on page 10 of the American version: site instead of sight. *grumble*
Moving on now...
Dude. Look what I inadvertently 'predicted'!
( a piece of 'Secrets,' chapter 9, in relation to HBP. Spoilers )
I'm now wondering how hard it would be to make "Knives" HBP-compliant. Not very, I think -- it just needs a couple tweaks to the H/G, a few throwaway comments about what some other characters have been doing, a time-shift on one of Ginny's actions, and a few edits to Harry's late-story confession.
Should I bother? The story works well enough as-is, I think, but given the timing of its release, it would probably be politic to incorporate the new canon.
Opinions, anyone?
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Also, I see that JKR has been giving interviews describing Ginny as nice and compassionate, and not at all unpleasant. Hah. How little she understands her own characters! Ginny has just as much of a nasty streak as the twins, although, to be fair to JKR, she doesn't seem to realize the twins are just as guilty of being bullies as the Marauders ever were. So I think it's a general blindness on her part, rather than a particular blindness toward Harry's love interest.
( Initial reactions to HBP )
First off, there's a copy-editing error on page 10 of the American version: site instead of sight. *grumble*
Moving on now...
Dude. Look what I inadvertently 'predicted'!
( a piece of 'Secrets,' chapter 9, in relation to HBP. Spoilers )
I'm now wondering how hard it would be to make "Knives" HBP-compliant. Not very, I think -- it just needs a couple tweaks to the H/G, a few throwaway comments about what some other characters have been doing, a time-shift on one of Ginny's actions, and a few edits to Harry's late-story confession.
Should I bother? The story works well enough as-is, I think, but given the timing of its release, it would probably be politic to incorporate the new canon.
Opinions, anyone?
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Also, I see that JKR has been giving interviews describing Ginny as nice and compassionate, and not at all unpleasant. Hah. How little she understands her own characters! Ginny has just as much of a nasty streak as the twins, although, to be fair to JKR, she doesn't seem to realize the twins are just as guilty of being bullies as the Marauders ever were. So I think it's a general blindness on her part, rather than a particular blindness toward Harry's love interest.
( Initial reactions to HBP )