Kudos to everyone who managed to get through all of the new Harry Potter book this weekend. I’m still only about halfway done, so it looks like at least a few more days of treading carefully on the internet to avoid spoilers. I’m liking it at least as much as the last one, so that’s good.
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Spoilers shmoilers. I’m about three books behind and have not been treading carefully, and still don’t know how those last three end. I am thinking the spoiler thing is overrated.
Oh, it is overrated, no doubt about that. If you’ll notice, in my Saturday post, I admit how ridiculous Rowling has been about the whole thing. It’s common courtesy to extend some kind of spoiler warning, and not maliciously reveal what happens just to ruin the book for others, but by and large it’s up to me, as the reader, to avoid the things I don’t want to know beforehand.
For instance, I’d feel perfectly happy about discussing the books you haven’t read in great detail here on my weblog. I might post a quick warning up front, but I won’t not discuss the books, just because you might stumble on something accidentally before you’ve read it. But, at the same time, I wouldn’t go out of my way to reveal details of plot or suprise endings in, let’s say, messages on your weblog. Which, apparently, some people have been doing. (Well, not your weblog. I don’t think. But, y’know, in general.)
It’s mostly about context. Obviously you needn’t live like a hermit while reading the books to enjoy them. But, when a book gets this much attention and there are people actively trying to leak spoilers, if you don’t want those details revealed, there’s no harm in a little avoidance/precaution.
Dumbelor knocks up Herminy. They live happily ever after and their kid kicks Voldimort in the head. Mwahaha!
I apologize if any of that nonsense turn out to be true.