tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034855245900964602.post8864210054418783285..comments2023-12-27T14:13:16.127-05:00Comments on Spinning Straw Into Gold: HPP: Setting, and Settling into the StoryChristiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18107748184124761940noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034855245900964602.post-71639829938763494402013-06-29T23:05:47.103-04:002013-06-29T23:05:47.103-04:00Thanks for sharing this with us! Some really amazi...Thanks for sharing this with us! Some really amazing features.<br /><i><b><a href="http://youtubers.co/where-is-zoe-sugg-from" rel="nofollow">where is zoe sugg from</a></b></i> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10407889075689739932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034855245900964602.post-6156095786852976042013-05-16T12:08:39.495-04:002013-05-16T12:08:39.495-04:00Glad you like it! I put a lot of thought into the...Glad you like it! I put a lot of thought into the pairings, hope they turn out okay (some of the chapters are murky in my memory).Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107748184124761940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034855245900964602.post-72512441024400537432013-05-16T12:06:49.805-04:002013-05-16T12:06:49.805-04:00Americans have an inexplicable habit of placing an...Americans have an inexplicable habit of placing anything-that-happened-in-olden-days in an English setting, so I think that definitely contributes. Culturally, we owe so much to GB, that it's hard not to look at her like a mother or much elder sibling. So when you get things like tea-time, actively used train stations, and post through a slot in the door (rather than a mailbox) it speaks "idyllic era" to us. I get a sense of the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the younger, which I, at least, identify with the tone of my favorite fantasies. Hence Masha's point about why it has to be in England! It's just that England itself is kind of archetypal.<br /><br />Though even for someone familiar with living in Britain, Rowling's lack of anchoring details makes it easy for it to float just out of time. I think the early movies did exceptionally well in portraying this--the Dursleys' house wasn't modern or fashionable, the children weren't dressed in trendy clothes, and there was no television shows or popular music to speak of.<br /><br />Good feedback about Petunia; I hope to see more of the relationship between her in Lily later in the series.Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107748184124761940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034855245900964602.post-52098631396029667972013-05-16T06:13:30.848-04:002013-05-16T06:13:30.848-04:00Really interesting to see the reactions from peopl...Really interesting to see the reactions from people who didn't grow up here - for me, relating it to my time and place made it all seem so real. Kings Cross, London Zoo, Surrey - I'd been to all of these places, and the magic felt all the more tangible because of that for little me. (I compare this to a a children's fantasy book I'm reading now where the magic starts in Portland, and I find it much harder to connect until the main character takes the story into the woods - a fantasy arena where all readers are on an even playing field, like when Harry gets to Diagon Alley. Somewhere no one knows, and the wonder is equal for all.)<br /><br />Great point about Petunia - my sympathy for her grows massively throughout the series, but at this point in time I don't think her behaviour could be excused - she treated Harry and Dudley the same way her parents treated her and Lily, with a blatant favourite. <br /><br />Can't wait to listen to the music! xxA.L. Lovedayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16205189160121469082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034855245900964602.post-54296369220622384292013-05-16T01:27:20.459-04:002013-05-16T01:27:20.459-04:00The sense of timelessness is something I simply LO...The sense of timelessness is something I simply LOVE about the series. Even though I know there are exact dates to the events in the novels I still get a bit taken aback when people actually refer to them. I tend to find modernity in any fantasy novel kind of distracting (though I don't know if this is my own natural preference or if it's because I grew up reading Tolkien and Rowling). And it's strange too, because in Harry Potter there's a sense of timelessness and placelessness (there's is an obvious word here that my brain is forgetting), but there are also strong hints of other places and times throughout the series: Hogwarts itself is steeped in the middle ages and there is a whole wizard history to accompany our 'muggle history' (witch burnings), not to mention Kings Cross, a very real place in London. I just think its all done so subtly. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05536373669811879997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034855245900964602.post-41535426369966882752013-05-14T15:28:13.339-04:002013-05-14T15:28:13.339-04:00P.S. I LOVE the songs you assigned to chapters. Ju...P.S. I LOVE the songs you assigned to chapters. Just got chills pairing McKennitt's "Dante's Prayer" with The Mirror of Erised.Jenna St. Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474588706124865006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034855245900964602.post-65233000093711704582013-05-14T15:04:39.902-04:002013-05-14T15:04:39.902-04:00There is an exact date for these events, but I app...There is an exact date for these events, but I appreciate the sense of timelessness! Rowling did take great care with that, and the story's just so much more readable for it. Fantastic point! I hadn't really thought about it before.<br /><br />Haha, Masha and I were just talking about Aunt P. in my combox! I sympathize with that side of her so much it's scary... my next-younger sister was always tougher and louder and more noticeable and better at getting her own way when we were kids, and it took me till adulthood to stop resenting that. Petunia could've done a lot more for the story than she did, even--perhaps especially--in those ten years offscreen... I understand Rowling's choice of the Cruel Relative archetype, but I would have loved a Petunia who showed the full power of Muggle love and greatness.<br /><br />That Ministry of Magic video is SUCH a crackup. They and their friends clearly had all kinds of fun with it. :DJenna St. Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474588706124865006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034855245900964602.post-58337742734962856362013-05-14T10:39:30.350-04:002013-05-14T10:39:30.350-04:00Timelessness..Yes! I know what you mean. I does gi...Timelessness..Yes! I know what you mean. I does give a sense of being only lightly connected to any particular time..though the place is very firmly decided. It really MUST be England.<br /><br />I pity Petunia as well. I want her to have the chance to grow to develop, to leave the resentment behind and be a soothing presence to delight in. I want her not to be negatively compared to her sister in Harry's life and in the reader's mind..I don't like her, but I want to grow into an affection.<br /><br />I want to say more, but my car is all repaired and I have to pick it up! Later..<3Mashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943998810222103926noreply@blogger.com