The sound of silence

[krisomniac]

I'm not gonna lie. I'm kind of numb and considering not finishing that last chapter. It seems we've been debunked. Completely and thoroughly by the mistress of the canon herself. R/S shippers can argue, invent, and equivocate all we want, but we are NOT canon. I mean, not that we ever were, I suppose. It just feels so tacky. The Entire Tonks storyline felt pasted on to the plot in a final and contrived attempt to shut us all up.

Well, Jo. It worked. I think you may have lost this fan for good. Haven't yet decided.

It was great fun while it lasted, though, eh?

I tip my hat to all the R/T folk out there. I won't be joining you... ever, but I do hope that you don't gloat too loudly. Or else I'll just have to not be around to read it.

Actually, I think I may retire from the fandom for a bit. At least to catch my creative breath, as it were.

Then, I've also been known to say I'll never drink alcohol again after a particularly rough night. It all comes to nothing in the end.

*takes a bow*


ETA: I finally forced myself to read those last few pages. If you haven't... Tonks is very clearly... er... satisfied.

Comments

[nistelle.livejournal.com]

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<<I've decided that we all read way more into these stories than JKR ever intended. She didn't mean to create interesting and complex characters -- that happened by accident. And now it's a matter of her running around and making their brilliantly monochromatic one-dimensionality shine through.>>

God, well said. I just keep shaking my head of what a /waste/ it all is. She really had so many opportunities to do things with characters and relationships that have really never been done before, but... nothing.

Anyway I just agree completely with everything you've said. It's comforting to read my exact thoughts. ^_~

[krisomniac.livejournal.com]

And I was so ready to enjoy the books, to overlook the ehavyhanded-ness. That was until the very heavy hand whacked me in the face.

Hell, I even thought the soul-splitting was a neat little way to structure Harry's fighting energy.

[eridanusus.livejournal.com]

There is gonna be lots of wild theories on RAB for the next couple of years though. Personally, the first thing I thought was Regulus Black. But that's just me.

[krisomniac.livejournal.com]

Ooo... I'd bet anything you're right. Although, I seem to be on the dead opposite wavelength of JKR.

[mariana-oconnor.livejournal.com]

In complete agreement, I spent a while racking my brains for someone with the initials and then... and that _will be good... but still grrr argh can't _anyone_ be bloody ambiguous anymore!?

[krisomniac.livejournal.com]

About as ambiguous as a Disney cartoon.

What? Didn't you get the memo? All people have a counterpart out there, a member of the opposite sex without whom you will pine and wear away, getting thinner and thinner until you finally disappear in a loud *pop* of not fitting in.
[/bitter sarcasm]