Kacy (penultimate) wrote, @ 2003-06-26 11:00:00

In Which We Wake
LJ's gone wanky again.

Due to Iris' inconsiderate spoiler-postage, I've removed her from my LJ Friends List. I admit I've been wanting to for a long time, and this provided me with an excuse to do so. There are some people on my friends list whose posts I avidly follow but never comment on, and some whom I read only if the subject matter happens to appeal to me at the moment. But I never, never wanted to know anything about Iris. I can barely stand the minute doses I have of her in real life.

Anyway, what's done is done. Christelle finished The Order of the Phoenix last night and texted me tearfully. We are -- in all seriousness -- planning to hold a wake for Him.

Everything we do makes ripples. when a writer creates a story, s/he also inadvertently creates a universe somewhere where that story exists. So somewhere, in another fold of the fabric of the universe Harry Potter really is battling Voldemort, of his own volition; but what happens next is all up to whatever J. K. Rowling decides must happen. Maybe it's the same thing with us and God.

In Rowling's universe, He really is gone. Gone forever. And I mourn His loss as surely as if I have lost a friend in battle in some distant country.

	ichigatsu 2003-06-28 20:35 (link)
	WARRRGGGH NOW I KNOW IT'S A BOY WAAARRRGGGH. And yeah, I never ever liked Iris so I never bothered adding her to my friends list in the first place. I was wondering if I was an inconsiderate bitch because you and J.O. added her back. (Reply to this) (Thread)

penultimate 2003-06-29 05:58 (link)

Waah, I'm sorry! Well, if it's any consolation they're mostly boys anyway. The only mournable girls who could've died would've been Hermione, Professor McGonagall, or Cho Chang. Would anyone have cared particularly if Cho died? Fine. If you must know: it's DOBBY. DOBBY IS DEAD. I'm fucking heartbroken ;p Re: Iris, you already had a lot of LJ friends. I just wanted to look a little less pathetic during the early days. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

asthenos 2003-06-29 09:34 (link)

No, you weren't being an inconsiderate bitch. As for me, it was a "Be kind to animals" thing, hehe. Besides, I figured I could always engage in a little snarkery while going over her entries, and adding her to my Friends list made it easier. Btw, penultimate, I looked her LJ over and saw that she has already hidden the spoiler review behind a cut. Not that it helps you any, but you may have actually knocked a smidgen of sense into her--a noteworthy achievement, if you ask me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	penultimate 2003-06-30 02:29 (link)
	Hunh. Maybe she received feedback from other irate HP-fans. Or had brickbats thrown at her from random strangers on streetcorners. Any one will do. ;) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: ichigatsu 2003-06-30 04:35 (link)
	Is she really that brainless? I mean, I only met her the odd number of times, so I don't know. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	penultimate 2003-06-30 12:42 (link)
	What do you mean by "odd number" ? Because if you're talking about her behavior, that's her normal state so relatively it doesn't classify under "odd" for her. Bad me. Sorry. *Kacy does an evil dance* (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: ichigatsu 2003-07-01 11:15 (link)
	Oh, I meant "odd" as in "can't really quantify." But yes, those times that I met her, she does strike me as...creepy and stalkerish. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

asthenos 2003-06-30 13:07 (link)

Well, she is perhaps not brainless, but certainly thoughtless, if the whole OotP spoiler thing is any indication. Of course, she's not the only one. People over at [Bad username in LJ tag] have been raising a stink at the fact that DJs are shamelessly broadcasting spoilers by way of banter. Anyway, I also only met her the odd number of times and make any conclusions with regard to her brain-state with certainty. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	watersprite 2003-07-06 02:47 (link)
	soyster and i have had enough interaction with iris (given she was our blockmate for almost 1 school year) to know stuff. she's everything and then some. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	penultimate 2003-07-07 02:42 (link)
	she was our blockmate for almost 1 school year Believe me, you have my deepest sympathies. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	watersprite 2003-07-07 06:15 (link)
	thank you... :) God...I'm so evil... then again, I think I'm entitled to sudden bouts of evil-ness. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)