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g.j. ([personal profile] in_the_blue) wrote2004-08-16 07:13 pm

I love writing.

I'm working on my rabid plot bunny! I found that due to circumstances outside of my control (i.e. real history, darn it) I have to make this a 5th-year story, but that's just okay. It's going to work out fine.

And yes, Gufa, I promise I will be very very good writing James. So many people don't like him since Book Five.

I do.

[identity profile] livii.livejournal.com 2004-08-17 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
People who don't like James after book five can bite me. Seriously, he was a prat, he was dumb, but he was fifteen years old. Give me a break! And at least he didn't call anyone a mudblood.

ARGH. James bashing = big pet peeve.

[identity profile] jiminyc.livejournal.com 2004-08-17 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
My opinion of James didn't change at all after Book Five. Honestly - I would hate to think of anyone judging my whole life based on something I did back when I was 15. I can remember some pretty crappy things I did when I was younger...but I made a pretty fair adult. :)

I still think that was JKR's way of asking her readers to keep Harry's character in perspective and not to judge him too harshly in OotP. To remember that he's just a kid and people can change a lot before they become who they are going to be.

[identity profile] atropos87.livejournal.com 2004-08-17 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)
The huge anti-James reaction post OotP seems quite characteristic of a certain part of the fandom IMO. I've seen a lot of very strange (well strange to me anyway) theories and heated arguments floating about that essentially revolve around the twin presumptions that a person's character is fully formed at 15 and that it simply isn't possible for a decent person to have done something in their youth of which they are not proud as an adult. My reaction to that? Bah, humbug.

[identity profile] queen-nerd06.livejournal.com 2004-08-17 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I still like James. Mind you, I ont perceive him to be the oh-so great guy I thought he was before, but I still definately like him.

He only hated Snape because Snape was totally into the darkarts. And you really have to take into account all the horrible things Snape did to muggles when he was a deatheater (IE: torturing, killing). So I really just dont like Snape...period.

[identity profile] erised1810.livejournal.com 2004-08-17 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I loveh im to!! We onl ysaw a snapeshot of him (no that wasn't a typo. it's m ynew invented word adn it's mine!) adn I refue t obelieve thats' all he was about.
fifth year marauders fic then? woooheee!!!