[LMB] Places to talk about Potter offlist

[Azalais Aranxta]

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, Raye Johnsen wrote:

> --- "Vicki V." <vicki.well at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> > You had interesting things to say about the Potterverse and
> > the books in the past.  I'm pretty much clueless about LJ but
> > I've managed to create a barebones account there.  May I
> > please read the Potter discussions on your LJ?

I answered this offlist.  Anyone who wants to friend me is
welcome to do so but make sure I know who you are.  There is
going to be a lot of nastiness online during the next six weeks
and people are quite wise not to want it to come to this list.
HP is a combative fandom full of sore losers and sorer winners.

Therefore, I will not be friending people back unless I recognise
them, think I want to read their journals and am able to be
fairly sure they're not on wank report duty.

> I do not believe Malfoy intends to host a Potter discussion
> this time.  I firmly suggest you go here:
> <http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml> and type 'Harry
> Potter' into the search box.  Not only will you find Harry
> Potter discussion groups, you'll find discussion groups
> focusing on different areas of the Potterverse, so you'll get
> in-depth discussion on the areas that most interest you.

There will be in-depth discussions all over LJ, but probably any
discussion in my journal will be flippant at best and possibly
nonsensical to those who aren't vets of the last few big
Potterverse flamewars.

I'm now firmly in "so glad it's all over"  mode and cheerfully
but disinterestedly waiting for Amazon UK to ship me a book I've
already read enough of online to know that I should have waited
for paperback.

If your point of view is critical, like mine, I can recommend
several places to discuss the book that aren't here.

http://community.livejournal.com/deathtocapslock
*ESPECIALLY RECOMMENDED*

I also find these places amusing so far:

http://community.livejournal.com/dh_epic_fail
http://community.livejournal.com/roseandhugo
http://community.livejournal.com/the_ass_ship

DO NOT GO to any of these URLS if you haven't read it yet.  You
will probably have to join the comms to see DH discussions as
they are spoilery.

If you like everything JKR writes and agree with her POV, I don't
have any recommendations for good places to talk about that, but
you probably already know some.

Love,
~malfoy :)

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Azalais Aranxta (~malfoy)
ataniell93 on LiveJournal and Vox
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/malfoymadness

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