Lead on, oh Kinky Turtle

BECAUSE I GET TO DICTATE AND KNOW HOW OTHER PEOPLE ARE FEELING BECAUSE I AM THE ONE TRUE FAN AND IF PEOPLE DON’T FEEL THE EXACT SAME WAY I DO THEN THEY ARE NOT TRUE FANS. PEOPLE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE INDIVIDUALS WITH DIFFERENT WAYS OF LIKING/APPRECIATING/OBSESSING OVER THINGS. FANDOMS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MONOLITHS AND IF YOU DON’T THINK JUST LIKE ME THEN YOU CAN’T BE PART OF THE CLUB.

…Is basically what this confession says.

harrypotterconfessions:

In the books, In the movies, In fanfiction.

I hate Romione.

I hate Ronald more than I hate Voldy, Umbridge or Skeeter.

I have nothing against people who love Ronald but… Argh.

submitted.

I don’t think I’ve ever agreed so hard with a confession from this blog. OP, lept me love you down.

harrypotterconfessions:

His name is said like, what, 10 ten times in each film ? You can’t call yourself a fan if you constantly mispronounce the main character’s name.

graphic submitted.

So we’re calling having an American accent mispronouncing now? Lolololol, okay trollololol.

harrypotterconfessions:

I hate seeing typos and grammatical errors in confessions. J.K. Rowling is credited for reviving reading in a world of texting and poor education. I thought that her devoted followers would follow her example. She might make typos, but when “you’re” is confused with “your” (etc.) in confessions from supposedly “huge” fans, it is a huge shame and disappointment. 

I call bullshit and fucking shenanigans on this confession. For a lot of reasons:

1) Just because you are an avid reader/writer doesn’t mean you have a perfect grasp on grammar. That’s what editors are for (and don’t get me started on some of JKR’s less-grammatically wonderful moments; if she didn’t have editors I’d wager a bet that the HP series would be totally fucked grammatically). Just because you make typos or don’t have a great grasp on grammar doesn’t make what you say any less intelligent or valid.

2) Some people who post confessions here have learning disabilities. Some people here don’t speak English as their first language. Some people here are relatively young. These are all perfectly valid reasons for not fucking getting the right your/’re.

3) I used to be a grammar elitist too until I realized that it came from a horribly elitist place (that is more than a little ableist and racist): I only prided myself on my proper grammar because I thought it meant that somehow my words and thoughts were more valid or intelligent than others’. And that’s complete and total bullshit.

4) Omg, are you fucking serious, whether or not you are awesome at grammar has literally nothing to do with whether or not you are a fan of the series, Jesus Christ, get over yourself.

How is it disrespectful towards the fans? We should just be glad that he got control of his problem before it got out of control, not shaming him for struggling with an alcohol problem.

If it hadn’t come to light that he had been drunk/hungover on set, we never, ever would have realized it, so it’s a bit fucked up to say he was “disrespecting the fans”. Not everything in these actors’ lives has to do with the fandom or pleasing the fans and struggling with an addiction is sure as shit not something that affects us.

harrypotterconfessions:

I don’t get how people call themselves Potterheads, but don’t like Harry. It’s his story, his struggles, and his triumph.

He’s still boring and kind of annoying. There’s about fifty thousand goddamn characters in the Potterverse—I don’t have to like all of them, even the main ones.

All I ever hear most of the time when people say “I don’t see how THIS type of person could be considered a fan/Potterhead” is “YOU DON’T LIKE/INTERPRET/THINK ABOUT THE SERIES THE SAME WAY I DO BUT I’M RIGHT AND YOU’RE WRONG AND NYAHHHH!!!!!!”

harrypotterconfessions:

I refuse to read any fan fictions about a couple not written in the original books.  What Jo Rowling wrote is what happened, why would I read something that isn’t true?

Then how can you read any fanfiction? It didn’t happen in the books, it’s not true! Why are you reading it?

Then you need to read more books/watch more movies/tv shows.

It’s insulting to say that in the vast landscape of fictional female characters, Hermione Granger is the only good one. Look outside of mainstream bullshit and you’re even more likely to find some.

harrypotterconfessions:

Art is from here

graphic submitted.

It doesn’t mean that you don’t appreciate the original but it does mean that you don’t really get how screenplays work. Like, you can’t just take an entire 800 page tome and transfer it to a screenplay and then film it. That would be insanely expensive and not a very good movie. Because movies function differently than books. I’m not saying that every single cut or change they made was necessary but what I am saying is that they make these movies as economically as possibly (so that they can still make a profit that is far greater). The main purpose of these films and of any remakes is to make money, not cater to the fans’ every whim and desire. Sad and cynical but true. 

harrypotterconfessions:

For example, I whitewash Angelina (though I’ve always thought she has very dark hair and strong lines). It’s not because her skin color would bother me, but because that’s the way I imagined them as I read them the first time. By the time I was 7 or 8, I quess, so I didn’t pay too much attention to all the details. That’s why Tiana Benjamin isn’t my Angelina.

That’s still racist, yo. The whole “I picture everyone as white when I read about them!” is symptomatic of a racist, white-normative society. And the fact that even AFTER the fact, after you found out she was black, you kept white-washing her? That makes it even more racist. Yeah, okay, whitewash one of the maybe dozen POC characters. That’s totally not fucked up and racist. /sarcasm