Saying goodbye...
Ok, dear readers (if I haven't lost you yet :) allow me to become a bit maudlin. Perhaps it is the rain, the position of the moon, but I sit here rather unexpectedly long in reflection about finishing HP7. No spoilers, don't worry.
There is something about saying goodbye to book characters. It has been a long time since an imaginary world had gripped me so tightly. I remember other series where I began in my mind to live side by side with characters, and ending them, too, also involved a period of mourning. But as I get older and adultness becomes stronger, this experience becomes rarer and rarer. Rarely now does a book draw me in with childish faith in fantasy. Add to that the bittersweet overlay of adult emotions, and I wonder how long it will be (if ever?) that I can go back to that kind of place.
Now I didn't really expect to be that affected by finishing HP7. I knew I hated to come to the end of things, but still. At first HP was a thing of entertainment, witty repartee, amusing side notes, and of course, a fight against evil. It was an escape into a fantasy world. But then as it ends, and evil became more prominent, it became both fantasy and real life all at once. And when books do that, they have an impact beyond the story line. And the characters go from being 2D images, but instead, in some way, to being real people.
ff
for other HP readers, how are you coping? :)
There is something about saying goodbye to book characters. It has been a long time since an imaginary world had gripped me so tightly. I remember other series where I began in my mind to live side by side with characters, and ending them, too, also involved a period of mourning. But as I get older and adultness becomes stronger, this experience becomes rarer and rarer. Rarely now does a book draw me in with childish faith in fantasy. Add to that the bittersweet overlay of adult emotions, and I wonder how long it will be (if ever?) that I can go back to that kind of place.
Now I didn't really expect to be that affected by finishing HP7. I knew I hated to come to the end of things, but still. At first HP was a thing of entertainment, witty repartee, amusing side notes, and of course, a fight against evil. It was an escape into a fantasy world. But then as it ends, and evil became more prominent, it became both fantasy and real life all at once. And when books do that, they have an impact beyond the story line. And the characters go from being 2D images, but instead, in some way, to being real people.
ff
for other HP readers, how are you coping? :)
posted by Frieda at 8:18 PM
4 Comments:
see...this is why I haven't moved past book 4. by the time I finish all 7 books the madness will have died down and it won't be such a big deal
thus...i feel that procrastination has saved me yet again.
Hana
book four?? i've only gotten through book 1. and i don't remember the story anymore. something about magic.
....maybe hana and i weren't quite the moral support you were looking for in your time of grief. sorry, but i really just wanted to say hi :)
great to hear from you Ahila!! you are all the moral support I needed!
:)
frieda
well word on the street is that JK Rowling is working on some HP encyclopedia that'll have more bits about everyone's story. so knowing that helps me get by . . .
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