Senioritis / Quitting-my-job-soon-ioritis Forum

[SlithyTove]

ngl I cried at

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one of the true patronus scenes about death etc.

Same. At work.

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Pretty much the whole part between Hermione facing the dementor and Harry finally casting the True Patronus.

[Bearlyalive]

checking in for the first time in here, to say that my last paper in UG is due today.... still have 5 pages till I make the page limit... I have been on tls more today than I have worked on this paper in total...

When's it due? I'm sure that you still have plenty of senioritis potential to tap into.

[slippin_jimmy]

I've been doing actual work all day

same. but now i'm almost finished!! (well with projects, but not sitting in my office)

[Smallville]

I've been doing actual work all day

every time I plan on this, everyone leaves me in the office alone and I can't help but not work

[Nachoo2019]

checking in for the first time in here, to say that my last paper in UG is due today.... still have 5 pages till I make the page limit... I have been on tls more today than I have worked on this paper in total...

You can do it!

I've been done since Sunday and I can't figure out what to do with my life. I can't remember the last time I didn't work and go to school full time. Now I just have work and this is a weird feeling

[Bearlyalive]

Same. At work.

I definitely had more problems stifling my laughter every 30 seconds than I did hiding tears (though obv not for those scenes).

[barley]

I've been doing actual work all day

I'm sorry for your loss

I appreciate your condolences I know your support will help me get through this.

[Bearlyalive]

I've been doing actual work all day

I'm sorry for your loss

I appreciate your condolences I know your support will help me get through this.

I believe in you, and so does this lil fella!

[SlithyTove]

Omfg it's everything Harry Potter should have been.

Well, Rowling's work still stands on its own as a masterpiece. But I definitely agree that LW's additions and clarifications to the lore are fantastic.

I agree. One cannot stand without the other. But there's so much depth here and such high quality characterization that in hindsight, HP seems a bit simplistic and shallow. I'm trying not to judge too harshly since LW had so much more to draw from than Rowling did when she first created the series and her creation of this world out of whole cloth was absolutely incredible. But I think I'm going to have a hard time thinking about this universe without this new information.

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A lot of what I'm thinking of when I say that it's what HP should have been are things like Ron being an idiot who they're not friends with and Draco being such a complex and ultimately human character. Some of Rowling's choices (like Hermione ending up with the most useless wizard in their year) never made sense to me so in that way, I think this version is better.

[cdotson2]

checking in for the first time in here, to say that my last paper in UG is due today.... still have 5 pages till I make the page limit... I have been on tls more today than I have worked on this paper in total...

When's it due? I'm sure that you still have plenty of senioritis potential to tap into.

at 11:59pm. so yeah I still have time to slack off haha

[SlithyTove]

Same. At work.

I definitely had more problems stifling my laughter every 30 seconds than I did hiding tears (though obv not for those scenes).

Most of my outbursts are either laughter or me shouting "YES!" accidentally aloud. But there have been tears and I bet there'll be more.

[Bearlyalive]

Most of my outbursts are either laughter or me shouting "YES!" accidentally aloud. But there have been tears and I bet there'll be more.

Oh honey, you've really no idea. You ain't seen nuthin yet. We'll be here with tissue boxes and cute bears/corgis.

[SlithyTove]

Most of my outbursts are either laughter or me shouting "YES!" accidentally aloud. But there have been tears and I bet there'll be more.

Oh honey, you've really no idea. You ain't seen nuthin yet. We'll be here with tissue boxes and cute bears/corgis.

I'm scared. I love them so much.

[suralin]

yeah I've never laughed and cried so much at a story

and it did ruin a lot of HP for me so be forewarned

[barley]

So I don't think I'm as far as SlithyTove but I'm having trouble reading it because Harry just annoys me so much. He's so obnoxious and pretentious. Does he get any better??

[SlithyTove]

yeah I've never laughed and cried so much at a story

and it did ruin a lot of HP for me so be forewarned

Too late. But I don't care. I've started thinking of it as the 'real' story while the original books were just the version that was safe to release to the public.

[SlithyTove]

So I don't think I'm as far as SlithyTove but I'm having trouble reading it because Harry just annoys me so much. He's so obnoxious and pretentious. Does he get any better??

There were a few chapters in the early 30's when I hated him so much I wanted to stop reading. He's still completely pretentious (he reminds me a lot of Kvothe from Name of the Wind in that way) but he's found some humility and it doesn't bother me at all anymore. At least for now.

[Bearlyalive]

I suppose my staunch "utilitarianism is BS" position may make me biased towards Rowling. I don't know if anything in HPMOR gets me like the Kings Cross station chapter with Dumbledore in Deathly Hallows. I definitely think LW has the edge for humor, plot complexity (and pulling it off), and a few other things, but it never ruined the original for me. They're both great

[Bearlyalive]

So I don't think I'm as far as SlithyTove but I'm having trouble reading it because Harry just annoys me so much. He's so obnoxious and pretentious. Does he get any better??

I dunno if this should count as a spoiler, since it's mostly answering your question, but w/e:

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Yeah, at the very end Harry pretty much realizes how much of an idiot he was through the entire story, and definitely redeems himself. Believe me when I say that the story wouldn't work to convey LW's message without Harry being the way he writes him.

[capricasixx]

let's take it to the next level
https://www.buzzfeed.com/kevintang/whic ... aumDw5ZJEM

You got: Pride (being euthanized for your social anxiety)

You told your doctor that the world doesn’t live up to your standards, and sharing the earth with 98% of other people is just plain embarrassing. He straight up euthanized you to spare you the pain of all that

lmao its not not true

I got wrath after self-reporting gluttony in the poll

also Happy Cinco de Mayo - I'm having leftover Moroccan for lunch

[Bearlyalive]

My coworker brought homemade Tamales. Today is a good day.

[suralin]

omg re: kingkiller that's actually a great comparison. and I love both kvothe and hpmor!harry

it's hard for me to address the tone argument, bc I sorta identify w them quite a bit. as far as the mary sue critique that both protagonists get (I know nobody brought it up but it is common), the fact that they face p overwhelming odds and that their character flaws often lead them to disaster saves it. in the case of hpmor, eliezer is explicit that not all things harry does or thinks are things eliezer is advocating

[barley]

So I don't think I'm as far as SlithyTove but I'm having trouble reading it because Harry just annoys me so much. He's so obnoxious and pretentious. Does he get any better??

I dunno if this should count as a spoiler, since it's mostly answering your question, but w/e:

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Yeah, at the very end Harry pretty much realizes how much of an idiot he was through the entire story, and definitely redeems himself. Believe me when I say that the story wouldn't work to convey LW's message without Harry being the way he writes him.

Oookay I'll stick with it and hopefully will find him more bearable soon! I absolutely love how the story fleshes out the HP universe in such a well thought out way so it'll be great when Harry stops getting in the way of me enjoying that part of the story!!!!!!

[barley]

omg re: kingkiller that's actually a great comparison. and I love both kvothe and hpmor!harry

it's hard for me to address the tone argument, bc I sorta identify w them quite a bit. as far as the mary sue critique that both protagonists get (I know nobody brought it up but it is common), the fact that they face p overwhelming odds and that their character flaws often lead them to disaster saves it. in the case of hpmor, eliezer is explicit that not all things harry does or thinks are things eliezer is advocating

I don't mind book Harry as much because I find his thinking/behavior to be a lot more believable/relatable (he's annoying, but all that is understandable for an11-17 year old boy who has led a terrible life), but I in HPMOR I just keep getting irritated about how this smug elitist little boy keeps outwitting everyone around him. I know he's supposed to be a child genius or whatever, but it's just too over-the-top for me. Though I get that once I get further in the book thinks will presumably start backfiring on him, but till then

[archipm]

Having to actually work today since I left early yesterday ugh. I started reading HPMOR and got to chapter 15 but then got distracted by AYTO LMAO