Mark finally got there

[marguerite_26]

I hated OotP. HATED it. I cried for like ... ever. I remember sitting on my deck in the bright sunshine with a box of kleenex just bawling until I couldn't read anymore.

Having markreadshp pop up on my flist these last couple weeks, constantly reminding me of the 'yes, it can just keep getting worse' of OotP... it's making me all emo.

And now: CHAPTER 35: BEYOND THE VEIL.

I want to flippantly think: that's only the beginning. But that would really undermine the tragedy that is Sirius's death which really was something that you needed to live and dwell on for a bit and let it sink in before you could accept the tragedies to come.

*epic sad face*

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[faynia.livejournal.com]

I remember being up at 5am still reading this book and by the time I got to that part of the book I was just so emotionally exhausted from handling the whole book in one night I didn't even cry. I don't think I even dreamed that night. The whole book was just me being angry at Harry and for Harry and wanting to hit people that by chapter 35 I'd become numb from it all that I didn't even cry until I read through the chapter the next morning and handing it over to my little sister.

Who sobbed her eyes out during that chapter and had to come cuddle with me.

That was not a fun book. But I didn't get so enraged I threw the whole thing and went for an angry walk like I did with HBP.

Still.

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

The whole book was just me being angry at Harry and for Harry and wanting to hit people

OH! GOD!!! SO MUCH. Just everyone making bad decisions or just being CRUEL. unbelievably CRUEL. and then it just doesn't end. GOD!!!

lalla... I need to stop thinking about it. LOL.

I'm off to watch the Troll episodes now and forget about being emo. :DDD

[faynia.livejournal.com]

LMAO OF ALL THE EPISODES YOU PICKED THEM?

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

ha! They just happened to be next in my S2 re-watch. :D

[faynia.livejournal.com]

XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD


♥

[faynia.livejournal.com]

It's honestly to this day my least favorite book of all of them and I have a raging hatred of book six because of it, simply because if you're going to make Harry an angry little jerk two weeks won't change that and WHY IS HE ONLY INTERESTED IN GETTING LAID BAD SHIT JUST HAPPENED THIS ISN'T A SITCOM. :| I don't know. I love the series horribly but the last three books when I first read them were like sucker punches to the chest and not in good ways.

I'm hoping by reading them all straight through I'll manage to appease that feeling a little.

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

OMG HARRY'S GONNA KILL HISSELF NEED BOOK 6 NOW!!

heh. yes.

That bit with the plea for attention never struck me, but then - I have only read it once. LOL.

[absynthedrinker.livejournal.com]

Probably one of the finest moments in the movies. Daniel Radcliffe made us believe.

When I was reading the book I remember putting the book down and walking out by the ocean and just crying for him.

Hadn't this poor kid been through enough, lost enough? Made me wonder if JKR was some kind of sadist. Made me wonder whether I might not finish. But here I am. Cheer up darling.

Peace,
Bubba

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Bubba. yes, it does make you want to 'step away' and just cry for him doesn't it. :(

I'm reminded why I will never re-read that book.

[potteresque_ire]

The first time I read OoTP I didn't feel the emotions so much... it was a while after I read the other books (which I read over the course of several years with no fandom reminders in between) and so I didn't feel that connected with the characters. OoTP is not that plot-driven and works much better if the readers care about Harry.

The second time was right before Book7 release. I re-listened to all 6 on audio at once (and so I remembered everything) and Oh man, OoTP kills me :(. I, for one, had no problems with CAPSLOCK!Harry because the reaction is very human. I didn't cry but it made me all sad faced :( I really liked OoTP then....


*sobs*

[dysonrules.livejournal.com]

BLEH, I'm glad I haven't been to Mark's blog in a few days. It will take me awhile to catch up, but I'm not emotionally ready for that trauma yet.

I HATE THAT BOOK.
So much evil and angst and BAD STUFF.
*tapes up fluff-loving broken heart*

[teapostal.livejournal.com]

God, Mark Reads HP is so very very much live rereading the books yourself for the first time. i can remember feeling all those things, and I get emotional reading his reviews, too.

It is my favourite thing to see pop up on my feeds right now, out of over 200 different things. I literally can NOT wait for each new chapter review, no matter how depressing the chapter.

[anna-unfolding.livejournal.com]

Rita. Full disclosure. Drunk here. And yes, it is only 6:47 u, I mean 7:42 (wot?! I got distracted!) pst. Shut it. The kids are with Sam.

This. You didn't write much here. I've written much more in my past incarnation about sirius and harry. But for some reason I am especially emo this evening and I let out a rl sob when I read your post. You nailed it, Rita.

What you wrote is why shoebox project is so important. The marauder story so important. It is so important. OMG ask Pir8 if I can't be trusted. The marauders have the hp story down. It sucks, basically. That is the story. And ootp is all about that. And when hbp ends so horribly, so utterly wrongly. it is so fucking awful, what's ahead of harry. The horocruxes. what we all knew somewhere deep inside. That either harry was a horocrux, or would have to be sacrificed. I think that all began at ootp.

OMG I am connecting this to buffy. You might not remember this but I wrote you long ago that one of the central questions of buffy was, can you be a Girl and still be a Hero? And the answer? No. You can't. You can't be a regular person with a regular life and be a hero. You can be a female person and be a hero (they depicted that so well) but not just a girl. And Harry can't be a real person, either.

It's awful. Sirius' death. The deatheaters at the D of Mys. That draco becomes one in hbp. I can't stand it. Harry having to count on the people worth living for to come back to life after the battle at the end of ootp. But losing sirius. Fuck. OK I have to go now. But harry. OMG harry!!!

[gmth.livejournal.com]

I have been dreading Mark reaching this point in the book. Every time he mentioned Sirius in his oh-so-glowy way, I cringed. I knew it was going to break him, the poor love.

[eeyore9990.livejournal.com]

God, THIS. I whimpered last night when I read forward to see exactly how far he was from it and realized he was probably going to hit it today. Just... ugh.

[ineffably-roma.livejournal.com]

*sobs* Sirius, Hedwig and Dobby were the worst deaths for me. Hee! 3 animals if you cound Padfoot.

I remember wanting the OotP to do so much more than they did and wanted Sirius to come out triumphant in the end. His death dashed many a fanfiction author's dreams. LOL

I'm anxious to see what Mark thinks of Harry and Dumbledore's conversation about the Prophecy. :( and Dumbledore holding back on telling Harry earlier.

OotP has one of the worst scenes plot wise for me. When Harry finds the 2-way mirror, I was pissed off. I could never believe that he wouldn't have used it before.

I'm also anxious for him to get to HBP. It's my favourite book.

[ms-katonic.livejournal.com]

Oh god, POOR GUY. :(((((

Every time he posted about liking Sirius or wanting to see how the plot arc got resolved, it took all I had in me not to wail all over the comments.

I still can't read OotP ever again precisely because of this chapter. I really loved Sirius and this broke my heart. :(

[starduchess.livejournal.com]

Best line of Mark's review:

11:22:16 AM browncorduroy: because it's alcohol or seppuku

I bet everybody felt like that after reading/watching OotP.

[lullabylily.livejournal.com]

Oh gods! OotP was *such* a trauma for me!! I was depressed for weeks!! Sirius was at that point in my life my all-time favourite fictional character; I absolutely adored him. The moment I realised he was going to die in the book, I stopped reading. I confess that I've never *really* read the ending of OotP... That book was an object of hatred for me; and I just pretty much skimmed the final chapters to at least have a clue and be capable of reading HBP. I thought HBP was a pretty good book again; it was a tremendous relief after OotP. There's just waaay too much teenage angst in the 5th HP book. The whole balance in that book was so off; everything was overly negative and then that horrible death! HBP was much more balanced again. DH... I'd have to read it again to make an educated statement, but all I know is that I nearly threw the book in the swimming pool at one point. But it was nowhere near OotP depression and awfulness.