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No, this is not a declaration of hate against Harry Potter.
Rather, it is an explanation for something involving such.
When Harry Potter was first published back in 1997, my mother had been struggling with cancer for three years and was in the hospital a lot at that time. My dad had begun to read Harry Potter and decided to share it with her while she was in the hospital. When she came home, he continued reading it to her each night before going to sleep.
My sisters and I of course loved our parents reading to us, so, not to be left out, we'd congregate in our parents' room each night and listen in as my dad recounted with his various accents and inflections the stories of Harry and company.
We read the whole way up to the Goblet of Fire like this, as each book came out, we'd get together and read. Reading other books such as Marry Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, the Narnia series, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Sherlock Holmes, and Mark Twain's various novels in the interim while we waited for the next book.
We got four copies of each book. One for our parents, and one each for myself and my sisters to read to our eventual children.
Unfortunately, my mother passed away in 2002, finally succumbing to breast cancer after first being diagnosed with it in 1994 and we stopped reading Harry Potter thereafter.
When Order of the Phoenix came out the following year, none of us wanted to read it and we didn't. It took until the Half-Blood Prince to come out two years after that for us to read again. We gathered in our parents' room, leaving a spot open for mom where she'd always lain while listening to dad read and he read the Goblet of Fire, and after finishing that he read Half-Blood Prince.
Thereafter, we got four copies of the books yet again, and finished the series when the final book came out (by this point I was in college), gathered once again in my parents' room as we finished the book and put it on the shelf with the other books in the series.
I do not know about my sisters, but my dad and I have never gone back to the series again after that. It's almost as if there was a certain finality to the series when it all came to a close, that it truly was the end of it and a final goodbye to mom.
Ignoring the fact that I started to lose interest in the series once it started getting darker and less humorous, I don't think I could ever read the series again...unless my youngest siblings (16 years younger than me) asked me to read it to them.
Rather, it is an explanation for something involving such.
When Harry Potter was first published back in 1997, my mother had been struggling with cancer for three years and was in the hospital a lot at that time. My dad had begun to read Harry Potter and decided to share it with her while she was in the hospital. When she came home, he continued reading it to her each night before going to sleep.
My sisters and I of course loved our parents reading to us, so, not to be left out, we'd congregate in our parents' room each night and listen in as my dad recounted with his various accents and inflections the stories of Harry and company.
We read the whole way up to the Goblet of Fire like this, as each book came out, we'd get together and read. Reading other books such as Marry Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, the Narnia series, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Sherlock Holmes, and Mark Twain's various novels in the interim while we waited for the next book.
We got four copies of each book. One for our parents, and one each for myself and my sisters to read to our eventual children.
Unfortunately, my mother passed away in 2002, finally succumbing to breast cancer after first being diagnosed with it in 1994 and we stopped reading Harry Potter thereafter.
When Order of the Phoenix came out the following year, none of us wanted to read it and we didn't. It took until the Half-Blood Prince to come out two years after that for us to read again. We gathered in our parents' room, leaving a spot open for mom where she'd always lain while listening to dad read and he read the Goblet of Fire, and after finishing that he read Half-Blood Prince.
Thereafter, we got four copies of the books yet again, and finished the series when the final book came out (by this point I was in college), gathered once again in my parents' room as we finished the book and put it on the shelf with the other books in the series.
I do not know about my sisters, but my dad and I have never gone back to the series again after that. It's almost as if there was a certain finality to the series when it all came to a close, that it truly was the end of it and a final goodbye to mom.
Ignoring the fact that I started to lose interest in the series once it started getting darker and less humorous, I don't think I could ever read the series again...unless my youngest siblings (16 years younger than me) asked me to read it to them.
Hades Wing to Empire at War
So I cannot believe this is happening, but one of my fanfiction projects is actually being added into an Empire at War mod. I was contacted by a modder who read my very first Star Wars fanfiction, Hades Wing, and they informed me that they've been working on recreating my cast of ships and characters from Hades Wing in Empire at War. So far they've got Hades Wing's custom TIE bomber design, the TIE/db which they are finishing the modeling of for in game implementation. They wanted to get my permission to included the rest of Hades Wing as minor heroes, with the various squadrons of the wing becoming minor hero units in the game as well as a hero cruiser to represent their command ship. Honestly this is incredible. Out of all my Star Wars stories, this oldest of them, with all its clunky flaws and writing faux pas, is apparently the one to inspire a modder to recreate its cast in one of the most beloved Star Wars games ever. I'm genuinely shocked and honored, and I've asked that
Kaira: Updating a Story
So years ago I wrote something rather silly. In this we see Kahan face off against a newly incumbent Darth Vader some three years after the Clone Wars have ended and it is here that Kahan realizes who Vader is, and subsequently defeats him. At the time I wrote this, it was very much playing off the idea used in one of the older comics where Vader falls victim to Yoda's mind games and my just having fun with Kahan trouncing Anakin. However in all honesty this story needs to be redone, as the idea doesn't make sense for the way I want Kahan and Aira-ty's story to go. Vader can't have a grudge against a powerful Jedi who made a fool out of him and got away with it. So I'll be revisiting this story and I hope everyone will enjoy the results.
Happy Shipping Noises
So I found something fun over the Christmas holiday, that being @SMMarenco and their little project featuring Kanan and Hera being steamy! Seriously, look at this and tell me it isn't just great fun! These two deserved more time to be an awesome couple. I wanted to wait until the entire series was posted before sharing it with everyone. Seriously, if I was still working with Ka and Kesarah, I would take some inspiration from this! A real treat to have for the holiday season.
Commission Scam
So I've been getting messages from relatively new accounts, all under a year old, with very limited galleries, asking me to commission them for comics of some of my writing. While the idea of an artist taking an interest in my work and wanting to create something off of it is amazing, if you are indeed legitimately reaching out to create a work off of my writing, understand that I do not have the money to commission you to do so. We can work out a trade if that's something you're interested in, and if you decide you just want to create a comic, by all means. Just credit the story as the origin of your work. However I am assuming that most of these messages, if not all, are simply scams. Be aware everyone that this is the current scam going around. People asking you to pay them for a commission you didn't request. If you're indeed legitimate, I expect a couple things to see from you in your message and account. A sizable body of work that demonstrates the quality of work I should
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Makes sense to me