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 Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:32 pm
Making a list of books that have become so popular that you can't badmouth them anywhere because EVERYONE has read them and most people have converted to the scary fangirl prototype.
I'll start.
Harry Potter 1-6
Twilight & New Moon
Eragon & Eldest
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 8:59 am
Oh, jeez, good thread >.<; I have had many a scary fan girl experience razz
May I suggest the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice be added to the list? I have had MANY creepy encounters with fangirls of her books.
And, as much as I love the HP books, it's hard to hold a conversation with another fan without them bursting out a 'OMg!!!14! Harry and Hermione 4eva!' . . . . Which is just sad.
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Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:07 am
Tallie Oh, jeez, good thread >.<; I have had many a scary fan girl experience razz May I suggest the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice be added to the list? I have had MANY creepy encounters with fangirls of her books. And, as much as I love the HP books, it's hard to hold a conversation with another fan without them bursting out a 'OMg!!!14! Harry and Hermione 4eva!' . . . . Which is just sad. I agree with that Harry Potter thing because I like it too, but, I'd like to say I'm not a fangirl. Anyway... I don't know many books like that. Would you class Inkheart as one? I don't actually know what's popular besides the things you guys said... (Anyway just as a side note, I really don't like Eragon... sweatdrop )
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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:12 am
I agree about Harry Potter. I don't want to go anywhere near a Harry Potter book because I've heard so darn much about it that I'm absolutely sick of it without even reading it.
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Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 3:09 pm
The harry potter books are far over-rated, and the way some people get about this sort of thing is just creepy. Really, there are far better books out there. On the other hand, a lot of people were afraid to read, or didn't like reading before J.K.R. introduced this fantasy series that was easy enough to read, and it recruited a lot of people into the intellectual reading world.
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Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 6:31 pm
I completely agree with you all on the staement about Harry Potter, by far it's the most serious case of fangirl-ism I've encountered in my web-surfing internet forum days. And why do they say Harry and Hermione? Read the books... it's clearly Hermione and Ron... ANYWAYS, back to my original point... which was wait... I lost it... it'll come back to me.
**ten minute pause**
Ok yeah, as I was thinking before. Although they have recruited alot of people into the reading world, how many of those people read things OTHER than Harry Potter? And when they are reading Harry Potter, what do they get out of it besides an enjoyable story? Do they get any astonishing realizations about the world (the racism of wizards towards muggles and other magical creatures that are not "human" house elves, centaurs, etc.) Do they notcice the underlying theme of destiny's role in our lives, or the fact that prophecies come true not because they were meant to be, but because people act on them?
No I didn't think so.
Sorry, I've been needing to vent about that for a while. Nasty encounter with a fangirl in which I was accused of over-analyzing the story. This accusation may actually be true, but what's the point of reading if we don't spend some time thinking about what we read and gaining at least a little but of wisdom from it?
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Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:21 pm
Overzealous fans of any literary series are annoying in general.
I'm tired of all the manga fangirls. To psuedo-quote a particular comic:
"Inuyasha? Yeah, I saw that- when it was FUSHIGI YUUGI."
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Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 11:47 am
the manga fans are by far the worst i agree
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Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:43 pm
canadiangirl89 Although they have recruited alot of people into the reading world, how many of those people read things OTHER than Harry Potter? And when they are reading Harry Potter, what do they get out of it besides an enjoyable story? Do they get any astonishing realizations about the world (the racism of wizards towards muggles and other magical creatures that are not "human" house elves, centaurs, etc.) Do they notcice the underlying theme of destiny's role in our lives, or the fact that prophecies come true not because they were meant to be, but because people act on them? As for the earlier part of your statement, I have to disagree. Most people I have met who have read the harry potter books as their introduction to reading, used the books to learn how to read if they were behind, went on to read other books afterwards. After all, there is quite a bit of time between the intervals of the release of each book... at this point the reader is 'hooked' to the genre, at least. Most will go on to search for more fantasy novels, and ultimately expand to other genres when running out of things to read in the fantasy genre. As they expand, they find new books and new authors they enjoy and favor, leaving the Harry Potter legacy behind. This much is from what I personally have seen. As for the later, that sounds an awful lot like those who consider the HP novels and all other fantasy/sci-fi novels as bad examples for children, and even demonic. The books are just that. Books. Only a complete idiot would take from what he reads in such fictional books as to be true. And a complete idiot will not be much missed in the long terms of things to have fallen off his roof while attempting to ride a broom stick. Although I hate to be harsh, such is the truth. The racism concept is laughable-- if anything, the HP books strive to demolish such ideas. The main character is friends with the 'half-blood,' a secondary character, (Namely, Hermione) and this shows that such people are not to be looked down upon. The antoganist, Malfoy, is a racist character, and he is not shown at a good angle. Not to mention Dobby, and the new centaur divination teacher. The prophesy idea is also corrupt-- The main teacher of divination was oft considered a fraud, and with her, most ideas of prophesy, discluding the single correct one neccesary for the plot. Either way, it can be discounted, going back to my earlier statement-- It's a fantasy novel, and those who actually take what they read in it for truth have serious problems. I am not trying to sound 'fangirlish' in anyway. In fact, I'm not very fond of the books at all. But I also think it's wrong when someone tries to read too many insults into a novel. It may be a less than great reading, but it's not some sort of destroyer of society. The people who read the books may not note the full scope of the story, but they won't take racist or impractical ideas from it either.
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:59 pm
Ariomness canadiangirl89 Although they have recruited alot of people into the reading world, how many of those people read things OTHER than Harry Potter? And when they are reading Harry Potter, what do they get out of it besides an enjoyable story? Do they get any astonishing realizations about the world (the racism of wizards towards muggles and other magical creatures that are not "human" house elves, centaurs, etc.) Do they notcice the underlying theme of destiny's role in our lives, or the fact that prophecies come true not because they were meant to be, but because people act on them? As for the earlier part of your statement, I have to disagree. Most people I have met who have read the harry potter books as their introduction to reading, used the books to learn how to read if they were behind, went on to read other books afterwards. After all, there is quite a bit of time between the intervals of the release of each book... at this point the reader is 'hooked' to the genre, at least. Most will go on to search for more fantasy novels, and ultimately expand to other genres when running out of things to read in the fantasy genre. As they expand, they find new books and new authors they enjoy and favor, leaving the Harry Potter legacy behind. This much is from what I personally have seen. As for the later, that sounds an awful lot like those who consider the HP novels and all other fantasy/sci-fi novels as bad examples for children, and even demonic. The books are just that. Books. Only a complete idiot would take from what he reads in such fictional books as to be true. And a complete idiot will not be much missed in the long terms of things to have fallen off his roof while attempting to ride a broom stick. Although I hate to be harsh, such is the truth. The racism concept is laughable-- if anything, the HP books strive to demolish such ideas. The main character is friends with the 'half-blood,' a secondary character, (Namely, Hermione) and this shows that such people are not to be looked down upon. The antoganist, Malfoy, is a racist character, and he is not shown at a good angle. Not to mention Dobby, and the new centaur divination teacher. The prophesy idea is also corrupt-- The main teacher of divination was oft considered a fraud, and with her, most ideas of prophesy, discluding the single correct one neccesary for the plot. Either way, it can be discounted, going back to my earlier statement-- It's a fantasy novel, and those who actually take what they read in it for truth have serious problems. I am not trying to sound 'fangirlish' in anyway. In fact, I'm not very fond of the books at all. But I also think it's wrong when someone tries to read too many insults into a novel. It may be a less than great reading, but it's not some sort of destroyer of society. The people who read the books may not note the full scope of the story, but they won't take racist or impractical ideas from it either. I'm not saying they're bad books, I rather enjoy them. I just like analyzing what I read.
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