Procrastinate more

[mothwing]

Yes, I ought to be preparing lessons for Monday - I still need to finish my one-page-guide on how to write an essay, come up with fourteen mini-research topics for next Friday and a way to explain gender to the unenlightened.

Also, is it just me, or is Pottermore just a slightly less interactive, official, child-proofed version of HEX?
And I must say I diasagree with the house system. Not that I mind being placed in Ravenclaw, but what about a violin, a forest, and a preference for saving valuable spellbooks over school administration documents and teacher's property says "Ravenclaw"? 

Hrumph. It's a nice time-sink so far, in a point-and-click kid of way. Anyone else on there, though? Let's be buddies (I'm SilverSky77).

And as for Minerva's backstory - I'm not too fond of it because of the large focus this places on romance. There is more in a witch's life, especially someone as accomplished as Minerva. I'd have loved more detail on what exactly she did in the ministry, and especially what exactly she did with her animagusy ways (why invest that much time and ability into acquiring such a complex ability and then never use it?).

Also, I'm kind of wondering on what kind of basis Dumbledore makes his staffing decisions - is heartbreak mandatory or just some kind of nice bonus?

Comments

[tetleythesecond]

Ah, but that is what fanfic is for!

Personally, I see tons of delicious plot holes, inconsistencies, and unanswered questions there that want to be filled/fixed/answered.

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

It is, but it still pisses me off that the author herself didn't think of this as significant enough to even mention in her biography.

[kellychambliss.livejournal.com]

I haven't joined Pottermore -- I procrastinate enough as it is; I don't need more excuses /g/.

I'm actually sort of relieved about the Minerva backstory; of course it's heterocentric, but I never doubted it would be, and from a fanficcer's persepctive, it's far less constricting than I feared. There's still lots of space for us canon-whores to play.

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

At least it's only the beta and therefore only half-finished, otherwise it'd be too much of a temptation.

I'm torn on this - I'm grateful for the loopholes, too, and I'm also more excited about the news than I thought I'd be (even the Dursley backstory, and I'm not that fond of Vernon in particular), but the focus on romance still pisses me off.

[crocky-wock.livejournal.com]

I don't know. Somehow getting backstory on characters (which effectively destroys all existing fanfiction on such a character) without getting a book to go with it is like receiving a package that consists only of its wrapping. Nice as a concept, but somehow completely without the satisfaction that comes with unwrapping and exploring what's inside.
As it is, pottermore tells us a lot of things we already know, allows for random clicking and searching of items, the most boring occupation imaginable, even if you're just eight or nine years old, and every now and then we get a self-indulging post along the lines of: "This is what I thought when making up the name XY: Nothing! It just popped into my head! Surprise!!!" or (worse) "See this minor character, who, up until now, provided good opportunity for the less heterocentric-minded people who wanted to deal less with stereotypes and more with character depth to write fanfiction about them? Watch me attach a random backstory to them without also giving you an actual plotline to enjoy, effectively destroying all (or most of) the character's potential and adding nothing in terms of literary enjoyment."
Gna. Frustrating, somehow, especially since nothing in the world will stop the fans from going with this, not matter how pointless it may seem.

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

I'd like more interactiveness, too, and I'm especially peeved at the social networking schizophrenia - you go out of your way to Protect! The! Children! and then have an option to link to your exploits on FACEBOOK, of all places...? Yeah, that's a bright move.

Point&Click = meh.And her backstories - well, at least they leave a lot to our imagination. Elphinstone, srsly.

[cranky--crocus.livejournal.com]

Also, I'm kind of wondering on what kind of basis Dumbledore makes his staffing decisions - is heartbreak mandatory or just some kind of nice bonus?
Thank you for this question. Cracked me up to no end.

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

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