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Oh for fuck's sake, I wish the book would just come out already!!!
Now this has very little to do with my impatience with waiting and a lot to do with my impatience for spoilers and the crap that's going on right now. The stealing of the truck (containing 7680 books) makes me feel ill, not because I'm jealous but because how could they do that? How could people break the embargo and sell books early, when JKR has asked everybody not to spoil it for anyone? I want to read it cover to cover and be thrilled and saddened and scared like the others, but I already know a few things that are infuriating. Fortunately no rumour on who the death is gonna be has been heard twice, and I'm avoiding the big spoilery articles. Do you have *any* idea how much willpower that takes?!?! And I'm not gonna just give up on going to TLC, because it's my favourite damned site on the web, and I shouldn't have to. They're so careful there, they're lovely, but idiots just keep slipping spoilers in left and right.
I might build myself a coccoon to live in until Saturday morning. Grr.
Meanwhile, my nervous tense excitement is reaching fever pitch. I finished book 4 today, and felt the familiar leaden dread in my stomach and prickling at the back of my eyes while reading through "Flesh, blood and bone" and "Priori Incatatum." God, most depressing chapters ever. Still worried about that flash of triumph in Dumbledore's eyes which makes no sense to me.
BK DeLong wrote this at TLC in response to this editorialand I decided to share with you all, because I happen to agree.
While I appreciate where you are coming from, I'm afraid I wholeheartedly disagree with your position. In the movie industry, there are screenwriters, directors, producers, cast & crew. Plenty of opportunity to leak bits and pieces of the movie. In the book industry, there are editors, reviewers who have access to the book.
However, Ms. Rowling has made it quite clear that NO ONE (except those who must read the book ) should read the book before 6/21, 12:01am BST. She has kept the book even from her own child and husband. Only a handful of people have read the book - the head of Bloomsbury, Rowling's editor at Bloomsbury, an editor at Scholastic, Jim Dale (who read for the audio version) and Mary GranPre who illustrated the US version. I don't believe even her agent or lawyers have read the book. In fact, each time alleged spoilers are released...only the editors can verify the truthfulness of said information.
Rowling's one wish was expressed yesterday when she made a statement to those who stole 7,680 copies of her book from a truck headed to a warehouse - "Please don't spoil it for my readers." A majority of the Harry Potter fan community is of the same mindset - quite different from, say, Star Wars or LOTR fans. We don't want to know ANYTHING until we can all experience it together. Through a series of small communities created through Harry Potter news, fan fiction, and canon we have bonded with fellow fans all over the world and, in a way, we feel tied to Rowling through story. We don't want to know and my site won't post anything unless it comes from Bloomsbury or Scholastic (or in case of the audio clip, Random House).
I can't speak to the legalities of the situation because I rely on advice from TLC Editor Heidi Tandy who is an Intellectual Property lawyer. However Ms. Rowling went so far as to get an injunction on anyone in the UK printing anything about the book until the embargo is lifted. The NYDN felt they had a loophole because they printed it in their paper edition, which is not readable by the British public - however, their online version is and that's where they printed a copy of the article where the whole world was able to read it.
As a FAN site, TLC has chosen to respect Rowling's wishes to the latter. We have a good relationship with her representatives and feel that will better serve our fans than blatantly ignoring her wishes. I believe her actions are quite within the letter of the law and am very disappointed that the NYDN, AICN and other various publications have chosen to actively publicize their printing of spoilers making it VERY difficult for folks like us who read EVERYTHING Harry Potter to keep our eyes away from it.
If I could do a memory charm, I would.
A naturally skilled companion to those around you, you earnestly use your prowess out of concern to those you care about.
This forest is old. Very old. Full of memory... and anger.
Gacked from...well, everybody.
My friends are cool
Link/rec of the day is Sleeping Beauty, more N'Slash written by Jae rated *shrugs*. We're getting to the end of my recs now.
Pics of the day, Harry Potter because really, is there anything else anyone's thinking about?? If so, can you tell me how?
*looks at the clock, and swears that more time should've passed than that* oh this is fucking *torture*. And could there BE any more articles floating around?
PS: if any of my RL friends read this, I would really, really appreciate it if you guys could keep your eyes open for HP articles and give me a heads-up when something shows up, I'll love you forever. Well, mostly I already do. But y'know.
EDIT: fic below now.
I sincerely hope those are JKR's hands, coz if not I'm going to have an odd compulsion to rip them off.
Disclaimer: All Lies
Still
“Sean?”
”Yes, Elijah?”
”Would you still love me if I didn’t have my eyes?”
”Yes, Elijah.
“Sean?”
”Yeah, Lij?”
“Would you still love me if I killed someone?”
“Yes, Elijah.”
”Sean?”
”What?”
”Would you still love me if I betrayed you?”
Eyes narrowed. “Are you going to betray me?”
“Well, no, but. Hypothetically.”
“Yes, Elijah.”
“Sean?”
”Look, Elijah, I’m always gonna love you, okay? No matter what.”
“Even when I’m really old and have lost my boyish charm?”
”Yes, Elijah.”
”Sean?”
Silence. Repositioned himself, so Sean had to see him.
“Would you still love me if I loved you back?”
Fucking hell, can't reporters put SPOILER WARNINGS in their articles?!??! It's become common courtesy in the world of fandom!!!
You know, her lawyers wouldn't have to sue so much if people just did what she asked. It's not a lot to ask for, that nobody rip off her ideas, steal her books, or break contracts.
GRRRRR!
*breathes and counts to 10*
Green Queen
Now this has very little to do with my impatience with waiting and a lot to do with my impatience for spoilers and the crap that's going on right now. The stealing of the truck (containing 7680 books) makes me feel ill, not because I'm jealous but because how could they do that? How could people break the embargo and sell books early, when JKR has asked everybody not to spoil it for anyone? I want to read it cover to cover and be thrilled and saddened and scared like the others, but I already know a few things that are infuriating. Fortunately no rumour on who the death is gonna be has been heard twice, and I'm avoiding the big spoilery articles. Do you have *any* idea how much willpower that takes?!?! And I'm not gonna just give up on going to TLC, because it's my favourite damned site on the web, and I shouldn't have to. They're so careful there, they're lovely, but idiots just keep slipping spoilers in left and right.
I might build myself a coccoon to live in until Saturday morning. Grr.
Meanwhile, my nervous tense excitement is reaching fever pitch. I finished book 4 today, and felt the familiar leaden dread in my stomach and prickling at the back of my eyes while reading through "Flesh, blood and bone" and "Priori Incatatum." God, most depressing chapters ever. Still worried about that flash of triumph in Dumbledore's eyes which makes no sense to me.
BK DeLong wrote this at TLC in response to this editorialand I decided to share with you all, because I happen to agree.
While I appreciate where you are coming from, I'm afraid I wholeheartedly disagree with your position. In the movie industry, there are screenwriters, directors, producers, cast & crew. Plenty of opportunity to leak bits and pieces of the movie. In the book industry, there are editors, reviewers who have access to the book.
However, Ms. Rowling has made it quite clear that NO ONE (except those who must read the book ) should read the book before 6/21, 12:01am BST. She has kept the book even from her own child and husband. Only a handful of people have read the book - the head of Bloomsbury, Rowling's editor at Bloomsbury, an editor at Scholastic, Jim Dale (who read for the audio version) and Mary GranPre who illustrated the US version. I don't believe even her agent or lawyers have read the book. In fact, each time alleged spoilers are released...only the editors can verify the truthfulness of said information.
Rowling's one wish was expressed yesterday when she made a statement to those who stole 7,680 copies of her book from a truck headed to a warehouse - "Please don't spoil it for my readers." A majority of the Harry Potter fan community is of the same mindset - quite different from, say, Star Wars or LOTR fans. We don't want to know ANYTHING until we can all experience it together. Through a series of small communities created through Harry Potter news, fan fiction, and canon we have bonded with fellow fans all over the world and, in a way, we feel tied to Rowling through story. We don't want to know and my site won't post anything unless it comes from Bloomsbury or Scholastic (or in case of the audio clip, Random House).
I can't speak to the legalities of the situation because I rely on advice from TLC Editor Heidi Tandy who is an Intellectual Property lawyer. However Ms. Rowling went so far as to get an injunction on anyone in the UK printing anything about the book until the embargo is lifted. The NYDN felt they had a loophole because they printed it in their paper edition, which is not readable by the British public - however, their online version is and that's where they printed a copy of the article where the whole world was able to read it.
As a FAN site, TLC has chosen to respect Rowling's wishes to the latter. We have a good relationship with her representatives and feel that will better serve our fans than blatantly ignoring her wishes. I believe her actions are quite within the letter of the law and am very disappointed that the NYDN, AICN and other various publications have chosen to actively publicize their printing of spoilers making it VERY difficult for folks like us who read EVERYTHING Harry Potter to keep our eyes away from it.
If I could do a memory charm, I would.
A naturally skilled companion to those around you, you earnestly use your prowess out of concern to those you care about.
This forest is old. Very old. Full of memory... and anger.
Gacked from...well, everybody.
| ||||||||||||||||||||
My friends are cool
Link/rec of the day is Sleeping Beauty, more N'Slash written by Jae rated *shrugs*. We're getting to the end of my recs now.
Pics of the day, Harry Potter because really, is there anything else anyone's thinking about?? If so, can you tell me how?
*looks at the clock, and swears that more time should've passed than that* oh this is fucking *torture*. And could there BE any more articles floating around?
PS: if any of my RL friends read this, I would really, really appreciate it if you guys could keep your eyes open for HP articles and give me a heads-up when something shows up, I'll love you forever. Well, mostly I already do. But y'know.
EDIT: fic below now.
I sincerely hope those are JKR's hands, coz if not I'm going to have an odd compulsion to rip them off.
Disclaimer: All Lies
Still
“Sean?”
”Yes, Elijah?”
”Would you still love me if I didn’t have my eyes?”
”Yes, Elijah.
“Sean?”
”Yeah, Lij?”
“Would you still love me if I killed someone?”
“Yes, Elijah.”
”Sean?”
”What?”
”Would you still love me if I betrayed you?”
Eyes narrowed. “Are you going to betray me?”
“Well, no, but. Hypothetically.”
“Yes, Elijah.”
“Sean?”
”Look, Elijah, I’m always gonna love you, okay? No matter what.”
“Even when I’m really old and have lost my boyish charm?”
”Yes, Elijah.”
”Sean?”
Silence. Repositioned himself, so Sean had to see him.
“Would you still love me if I loved you back?”
Fucking hell, can't reporters put SPOILER WARNINGS in their articles?!??! It's become common courtesy in the world of fandom!!!
You know, her lawyers wouldn't have to sue so much if people just did what she asked. It's not a lot to ask for, that nobody rip off her ideas, steal her books, or break contracts.
GRRRRR!
*breathes and counts to 10*
Green Queen
