tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post1020678713056141958..comments2023-10-20T16:03:03.157+01:00Comments on Devouring Texts: "'You have shown bravery beyond anything I could have expected of you.'"Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-2977680526480475642013-03-18T21:48:18.475+00:002013-03-18T21:48:18.475+00:00Oh! Friendship bookmarks! Brilliant. Yes, me too.Oh! Friendship bookmarks! Brilliant. Yes, me too.Megshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967657695336270359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-77185564673499060272013-03-18T21:45:44.790+00:002013-03-18T21:45:44.790+00:00I was ALSO sans alcohol when I read the ending. BU...I was ALSO sans alcohol when I read the ending. BUT I was at the Laundromat, and there was a water beetle that kept popping out from under the washing machine next to where I was sitting, and I kept yelling RITA, GET BACK UNDER THERE. And then I cracked myself up. So that helped diffuse the sads just a little.Megshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967657695336270359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-90347293639628719702013-03-18T14:41:06.345+00:002013-03-18T14:41:06.345+00:00The whole skating over Cedric's death thing is...The whole skating over Cedric's death thing is kind of like Rowling's trying to give him PTSD. Which he doesn't really show symptoms of at any points and I call shenanigans on that because man is his life messed up!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02127105939589606854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-57655488538388933122013-03-16T22:16:24.639+00:002013-03-16T22:16:24.639+00:00YES. WHAT THE HELL PETUNIA. I HATE YOUR FACE.YES. WHAT THE HELL PETUNIA. I HATE YOUR FACE.Kayleigh vWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889972089506839071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-16644833748191403982013-03-16T16:04:04.656+00:002013-03-16T16:04:04.656+00:00Yeaaaaaah, Gretchen's woes really don't cu...Yeaaaaaah, Gretchen's woes really don't cut it. But she does a good crying face! And aw, thanks for the gif compliments! I think most of these were left over/recycled from The Grapes of Wrath readalong :)/:(<br /><br />What is this mistake version?! Genuinely didn't know that was a thing. I did read this about a year after it came out though, I think, because that's when I read the first four books (I'm really young. Order of the Phoenix was the first one I had to wait for) so they'd probably fixed it by then. <br /><br />PS YAYAYAYAYAY! Alley totally used/uses hers as a bookmark too! I should have just SAID they were bookmarks and been done with it!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-51473538575553007912013-03-16T15:58:00.354+00:002013-03-16T15:58:00.354+00:00I didn't really remember the Mrs Weasley hug! ...I didn't really remember the Mrs Weasley hug! So it was a BIG SAD.<br /><br />Oh maaaan, Bush is tooootally evil. I mean, I guess not *really* but kind of, yeah? It's not just his lack of actions that made bad things happen, but also his actual ACTIONS. Oooooh, this was the wrong example for me!!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-6961606024612055452013-03-16T15:56:24.401+00:002013-03-16T15:56:24.401+00:00I didn't know that was a thing, like, AT ALL, ...I didn't know that was a thing, like, AT ALL, and it freaks me out! Obviously it's, you know, accurate that Lily comes out first, but I also think it's nicer because he has more of a connection to her and then it's like the big reveal of his dad. Even though he has obviously seen pictures of him and stuff... Hmmm. I don't know where I was going with this.<br /><br />OMG Mrs Weasley's hug! I think I was saddest that he'd NEVER had a maternal hug (that he could remember) before... DAMMIT PETUNIA!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-29694132862345551342013-03-16T13:54:13.720+00:002013-03-16T13:54:13.720+00:00SAD!SAD!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259549933849264277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-3046569931967031632013-03-16T03:04:51.360+00:002013-03-16T03:04:51.360+00:00Your crying GIFs are so excellent this week. Alth...Your crying GIFs are so excellent this week. Although I can't help but sneer at Gretchen Weiner sobbing over her sad unused hoop earrings when there are children in the wizarding world being tortured and murdered and forced to watch creepy cultish rebirth ceremonies. <br /><br />I read the part about Lily coming out of the wand and went, THAT'S NOT HOW IT HAPPENED but then I remembered that I have the mistake version where James comes out first and says that line. Remember when all the HP fans thought JKR's mistake was a huge clue to some big reveal about his parents' death? We clearly didn't understand that JKR just can't count backwards. <br /><br />PS I got your valentine and I love it! I'm going to use the bracelet as a bookmark while reading Order of the Phoenix! :DRaynahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536910555459674118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-8334152302877970872013-03-16T01:22:19.401+00:002013-03-16T01:22:19.401+00:00I didn't read, I only remembered, for this wee...I didn't read, I only remembered, for this week's posting, but yes, that hug from Mrs Weasley tears me up in distant retrospect. So sad!<br /><br />Fudge is small minded and wanting power, and that's a dangerous combination in a nation's leader. Exhibit A: George W. Bush. He's not evil, per se, but his lack of actions result in a lot of evil being done, and it's hard to separate that from being evil to begin with. <br /><br />As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-7506103317383044362013-03-15T23:24:34.994+00:002013-03-15T23:24:34.994+00:00RE point 1: Ooooh. My book has the editing weirdne...RE point 1: Ooooh. My book has the editing weirdness that Emily mentioned in her post, where James comes out of the wand before Lily. He says the exact same thing Lily says, so I guess their dialogue is just reversed in the revised scene. But YES oh man this whole thing is just so sad. I love that all of us were affected most by Mrs Weasley's hug. Poor Harry.Kayleigh vWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889972089506839071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-576013222412144502013-03-15T22:20:13.468+00:002013-03-15T22:20:13.468+00:00Hahahaha, of COURSE you did! I had some others whi...Hahahaha, of COURSE you did! I had some others which is why this post is a leeeetle quote heavy, but awwww, D-Dore saying the nice stuff.<br /><br />Hey, we both had to deal with this alcohol-less. I think it's made us stronger people. I KNOW it made me cry. And nothing could have dulled the pain anyway. *cries a bit*<br /><br />I was totally thinking 'why doesn't D-Dore just point out that he can lead people against Voldy and everyone will think he's a hero?' Because that definitely seems like a thing Fudge would be into. I really love how there's a shift in how Harry sees Fudge at the end, and it is SO GOOD for setting up OotP. SERIOUSLY.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-8885709506957969202013-03-15T22:15:24.435+00:002013-03-15T22:15:24.435+00:00It's ALL to much, Ellie. I was not at all prep...It's ALL to much, Ellie. I was not at all prepared, honestly.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-37557324500198542172013-03-15T22:01:03.106+00:002013-03-15T22:01:03.106+00:00Awwww, don't cry Ellieeee! I haven't seen ...Awwww, don't cry Ellieeee! I haven't seen the movie cause, yeah, I can't, but I can imagine that's very traumatic to watch! It's totally traumatic in my head, anyway. SniiiiiiiiiiffLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-85337750892639056332013-03-15T21:55:23.334+00:002013-03-15T21:55:23.334+00:00WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP.
It really does do that th...WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP.<br /><br />It really does do that thing you said when you said sad a number of times! I love it, but then I also feel so sad that Harry's never had it before, and he only gets it when he's seen someone murdered in front of him and has nearly died and has seen Voldy rise again. SNIFFFFFFFFF!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-87560976585373019942013-03-15T21:50:35.411+00:002013-03-15T21:50:35.411+00:00I do like Krum, bless him! HE JUST WANTS TO BE A N...I do like Krum, bless him! HE JUST WANTS TO BE A NORMAL BOY!<br /><br />FUDGE IS TERRIBLE! I mean, there's the out and out evil of Voldemort, and then there's the kind of evil that just ignores the bad things that are happening, and Fudge is really that dude (and hello massive theme for book 5!) Everyone should always listen to D-Dore.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-62599358040535453022013-03-15T16:33:18.235+00:002013-03-15T16:33:18.235+00:00Allllmost went with that title quote. Of course. W...Allllmost went with that title quote. Of course. Whatever, don't care if they're the obvious ones cos they're good.<br /><br />I knew the Cedric death stuff but was so afraid of the sads for the end of this book cos of your tweets. And I realized when I was listening to it on the train I was COMPLETELY alcohol-less. Which, it was like 7 in the morning so to have liquor would have been bad but that didn't make it less wanted.<br /><br />On the Fudge thing, I wonder if Dumbles had pointed out how popular war time leaders are (even if after war times everyone dislikes them cos they screwed stuff up) if Fudge would have been more likely to admit Voldie was back.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-23799124269447906652013-03-15T16:21:45.470+00:002013-03-15T16:21:45.470+00:00Yup, going to have to avoid a re-read of this one ...Yup, going to have to avoid a re-read of this one until I'm basically an emotional warrior. Like some sort of Zena of the crying realm. Seriously, I feel raw just from reading this. The hugging bit?! It's just too much.Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362128444319074118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-12661607109289617152013-03-15T10:30:29.368+00:002013-03-15T10:30:29.368+00:00Oh good grief, even this POST is making me well up...Oh good grief, even this POST is making me well up and I'M NOT EVEN READING THE ACTUAL BOOK RIGHT NOW. Duuuuude, way to spread the feels. Ohhh, the bit when Lily appears from the wand is SO EMOTIONAL, it gets me big time. In the movie, the part that makes me cry most is when Harry and Cedric hit the ground back at Hogwarts and everyone erupts into cheers, and Harry's just clutching Cedric and sobbing like his heart will break. *wells up again* OOOOOOKAY I'm going to go think happy thoughts now. *hic*Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246472269477492583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-77010659523700126532013-03-15T08:30:22.021+00:002013-03-15T08:30:22.021+00:00Pretty sure I'm going to cry when I read every...Pretty sure I'm going to cry when I read everyone's post this week because this section is SO SAD. <br /><br />Mrs Weasley's hug probably kills me most of all, but that might be because it follows all the tragedy and it just caps off a whole bunch of sads super sadly. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259549933849264277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-22603496691956523222013-03-15T08:09:18.688+00:002013-03-15T08:09:18.688+00:00ALL THE SADS!
I think Dumbledore's Cedric spe...ALL THE SADS!<br /><br />I think Dumbledore's Cedric speech was pretty sad... And Krum saying good-bye, because for some reason this time around I'm a huge Krum fan. <br /><br />Isn't Fudge the worst? UGH. I can't believe how easily he manages to screw everything up, and how he refuses to listen to Dumbledore. *shakes head*<br />Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196903315080725315noreply@blogger.com