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[heidi]

In response to Cassie's LJ post, the incredible variety of reactions to OotP is one of the reasons why I so love this fandom as a whole - to see all the immediate, emotional, self-generated and visceral reactions, as I've been doing by reading LJs over the past three days, especially to see the reactions before people have had their first impressions affected by what others have said, has been fascinating.

It'll be interesting to see how, over the next few months, we all manifest our reactions to this total earthquake...

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[ari-o.livejournal.com]

agrees.

*hugs heidi*

[fiannaharpar.livejournal.com]

I've been fascinated by the reactions because they seem to fall directly into one of two camps, "loved the book" or "I hate JKR". Very little "I hated the book".

For some reason, I find it really cool that we all feel close enough to JKR to be angry with her personally when the book doesn't meet expectations.

I haven't had a chance to read it yet (long story), but i'm looking forward to seeing what happens.

[rachet.livejournal.com]

My tears alone could cause a flood to join in that earthquake.

:-)

[flourish.livejournal.com]

Tell me about it. Everyone has an opinion, and everyone wants it to be known...

[debellatrix.livejournal.com]

Three weeks it tooooo far away now!!

[earthquake1906.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for telling me where "dead sexy" came from! Have corrected my post...

Interesting you called this an earthquake. Having lived through a few (=why I chose it as a name), I know that sometimes it's fun and exhilarating to be "shaken up" a bit, and other times it's not. Yeah, we'll see! I'm also enjoying seeing peoples' reactions.

Since I'm posting, I'll also say that I'm delighted to hear how well everything is going with BOTH your sons, and with Nimbus (another thing you helped give birth to)...will sign off now before I become (God forbid) mushy... / eq