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Okay, so I totally get the whole thing about not wanting people to spoil the ending for you...but I am getting a little irritated with seeing constant reminders everywhere of people to warn about spoilers and "you'd better not ruin it for me" and all that, as if people have nothing better to write about and the world will end or something. I actually saw somewhere (no, no one on my friends list) where someone threatened to never again speak to anyone who spoiled the ending for the book or movie (they didn't seem to be joking, though whether they are or not, there are people that would seriously do such a thing.) Maybe it's not the height of politeness to purposely spoil the ending of the story for people, but there are far worse transgressions that one can make. For serious. There's a point where it stops being fun and starts being...I dunno, a bit excessive.

I'm really starting to feel the return of the "I hate the very idea of Harry Potter" sentiment that I felt back when I actively refused to read the books or see the movies. Because I'm just so sick of hearing about it, much like I was then. That whole Lancaster YMCA triathlon making news in Hong Kong debacle just instilled a very active disinterest in me for several years.

Yeah, I like the books and the movies, they're cool. But oh my gawds folks, there are plenty of other books and movies that are just as good and better. Go obsess about some of those for a few minutes.

Ya know, I knew who died at the end of Half Blood Prince before I read it. Ya know what? It didn't ruin the book for me...there was so much more to it than OMG! *name* died! If I happen to inadvertently find out about the ending of Deathly Hallows before I get to read it, it's not gonna spoil it for me and I sure as hell am not going to quit talking to someone over it.

Like I said, I like the books...but maybe now that the last book is coming out, the world can find something else to obsess over.

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[corpslave.livejournal.com]

I'd prefer not to have the ending spoiled for me. The timing of this book has me in a tough situation... my book was pre-ordered on amazon, so it arrives tomorrow morning, but I won't be able to read it right away because of my summer class. I have an exam every week and of the 3 days each week I have class, the 2 that aren't exam days have assignments due, not to mention 4 pop quizzes over the 6-week session. I half-jokingly asked the professor for a day off to read Deathly Hallows and she said she sympathizes, but no.

I'm considering avoiding stuff like LJ till I've had a chance to read it. Since fuzzyr gets to read our copy first, I've warned him. If he tells me who dies, then he dies too.

[fuzzyr.livejournal.com]

Fuzzy doesn't get to, because you stole it from him before he got a chance. :)