HP stuff, fanfiction, etc

Behind the times as I always seem to be, I only just got around to reading The new Tea story (Possession) yesterday. Loved it, loved it, loved it. Her Snape is like my perfect picture of him, and the Harry/Snape in it makes me wiggle happily in my chair. I'm just sad that I'm done with it. All last night I kept saying to myself "I have to finish my work fast tomorrow so I can read more! ...oh, wait, I finished it."

It got me thinking about more HP stuff though, and how I'm really not interested at all in the upcoming movie. (In fact, every time I see an image from it, I get even less interested and more turned off.) None of the characters look at all how I picture them, and most don't even seem to act too much like the book-characters. For the same reason, I've not even watched PoA once since seeing it in the theater, even though I own the DVD. (I haven't even unwrapped it yet! I probably should, maybe there are interesting extras...)

While I am looking forward to the next book more than I am the movie, I'd trade the both of them together for the next story in the Tea series. :) That's not stretching the truth, either. While I don't talk about HP fanfic much anymore, I still very much enjoy it. The stuff I read is better written than many books (including the HP ones themselves), and the storylines are often things you wouldn't find in most published novels.

So that brings me into an odd place: Still loving the fandom while being "meh" about the canon. While JKR's Snape is of course THE canon Snape, I'm one of those who think some fandom writers write him better (make him into a whole person, deal with all the character's potential, etc). I understand that JKR's version of him is the canon one, but canon doesn't have to mean "best" version (right?).

So anyway: Rah! Rah! Yay for fanfic writers! Even to this day, I still boggle at the amount of enjoyment I get for free from you folks. You all are great and wonderful, and I don't thank you guys nearly enough.

HP stuff, fanfiction, etc

Behind the times as I always seem to be, I only just got around to reading The new Tea story (Possession) yesterday. Loved it, loved it, loved it. Her Snape is like my perfect picture of him, and the Harry/Snape in it makes me wiggle happily in my chair. I'm just sad that I'm done with it. All last night I kept saying to myself "I have to finish my work fast tomorrow so I can read more! ...oh, wait, I finished it."

It got me thinking about more HP stuff though, and how I'm really not interested at all in the upcoming movie. (In fact, every time I see an image from it, I get even less interested and more turned off.) None of the characters look at all how I picture them, and most don't even seem to act too much like the book-characters. For the same reason, I've not even watched PoA once since seeing it in the theater, even though I own the DVD. (I haven't even unwrapped it yet! I probably should, maybe there are interesting extras...)

While I am looking forward to the next book more than I am the movie, I'd trade the both of them together for the next story in the Tea series. :) That's not stretching the truth, either. While I don't talk about HP fanfic much anymore, I still very much enjoy it. The stuff I read is better written than many books (including the HP ones themselves), and the storylines are often things you wouldn't find in most published novels.

So that brings me into an odd place: Still loving the fandom while being "meh" about the canon. While JKR's Snape is of course THE canon Snape, I'm one of those who think some fandom writers write him better (make him into a whole person, deal with all the character's potential, etc). I understand that JKR's version of him is the canon one, but canon doesn't have to mean "best" version (right?).

So anyway: Rah! Rah! Yay for fanfic writers! Even to this day, I still boggle at the amount of enjoyment I get for free from you folks. You all are great and wonderful, and I don't thank you guys nearly enough.

Babbling brooks... and DRKs

FFXI only, and mostly just nervous/exciting babbling. :)

Very belatedly I saw Niala's post on the CTY site, and eee! I'm so excited about doing CoP 3.5! But even more importantly, I'm excited that I might be more useful than I am in other fights! I can stun every 45 seconds (assuming I keep my MP high enough), so hopefully I can keep the darned thing from ever using its Nightmare move.

Would you believe that someone (not on CTY) posted "who bring's DRK's to a BC??"? Gah! *sniffle* Abuse me all you like, but don't you go abusing my job!

From what I'm reading, this fight won't be as bad as 2.5, but the next BC fight looks much, much harder than both. Eek. It's a 50 level cap, so by hook or by crook I'll be 50 by then and can go, but I'm not sure how much longer I'll be able to stay with the group after that. I doubt I'll be 60 in time to do the 60 cap one. ;;

I'm expecting to get Alchemy to 56 tonight. I don't really want to craft, but I bought like 40 poison flours (which don't stack) so I kinda need to use them up. Hopefully I'll get home and finished before the new moon hits (I think I will).

Ugh. I wish I'd stop stressing about FFXI. Once we get a tank for the static I'll be able to rest a little easier. (No responses to my post on the LJ Midgar comm, and only one LS person expressed interest on the shell.)

I really just need to settle down, mentally. I have this big feeling hanging over my head: I feel like I'm falling behind "everyone". But it's not a race! And if it was, I certainly wouldn't be fighting against people on the LS! It just makes me sad that I accept so much help but I can't give back as much as I'd like to. ("Oh, sure, I'll go help you all with X! ...just raise me after I die fighting the first one, 'kay?") Heh, you know, maybe we need to bring in more low level new members to the LS just so us middle-level folks would have people we could help. :p

Stress, stress, stress. I'm a little stress kitty. Meow!

Note to self: Still need to clear fomor hate. Go kill more things soon, and die at the end to eat the extra XP.

Babbling brooks... and DRKs

FFXI only, and mostly just nervous/exciting babbling. :)

Very belatedly I saw Niala's post on the CTY site, and eee! I'm so excited about doing CoP 3.5! But even more importantly, I'm excited that I might be more useful than I am in other fights! I can stun every 45 seconds (assuming I keep my MP high enough), so hopefully I can keep the darned thing from ever using its Nightmare move.

Would you believe that someone (not on CTY) posted "who bring's DRK's to a BC??"? Gah! *sniffle* Abuse me all you like, but don't you go abusing my job!

From what I'm reading, this fight won't be as bad as 2.5, but the next BC fight looks much, much harder than both. Eek. It's a 50 level cap, so by hook or by crook I'll be 50 by then and can go, but I'm not sure how much longer I'll be able to stay with the group after that. I doubt I'll be 60 in time to do the 60 cap one. ;;

I'm expecting to get Alchemy to 56 tonight. I don't really want to craft, but I bought like 40 poison flours (which don't stack) so I kinda need to use them up. Hopefully I'll get home and finished before the new moon hits (I think I will).

Ugh. I wish I'd stop stressing about FFXI. Once we get a tank for the static I'll be able to rest a little easier. (No responses to my post on the LJ Midgar comm, and only one LS person expressed interest on the shell.)

I really just need to settle down, mentally. I have this big feeling hanging over my head: I feel like I'm falling behind "everyone". But it's not a race! And if it was, I certainly wouldn't be fighting against people on the LS! It just makes me sad that I accept so much help but I can't give back as much as I'd like to. ("Oh, sure, I'll go help you all with X! ...just raise me after I die fighting the first one, 'kay?") Heh, you know, maybe we need to bring in more low level new members to the LS just so us middle-level folks would have people we could help. :p

Stress, stress, stress. I'm a little stress kitty. Meow!

Note to self: Still need to clear fomor hate. Go kill more things soon, and die at the end to eat the extra XP.