Archive for August, 2005

In which Mirabella engages in tl;dr rambling about why she gets so obsessive about moral issues in the Harry Potter books

Sunday, August 28th, 2005

I find myself getting pissed off about moral issues in JKR’s writing a lot. And this surprises me, because as a general rule I’m not overly endowed with morals myself. I like antiheroes. I like things like Wicked that invert the moral structure of a work. I will gladly gnaw off […]

In which Mirabella rambles about Narnia

Friday, August 26th, 2005

I don’t know about you lot, but I’m champing at the bit for the Narnia movie to come out.
The first time I read the book - and, I suppose, up to the last time I read it, which was some time ago - I was young enough that I wouldn’t have known Christian symbolism if […]

So. Blogging.

Friday, August 26th, 2005

I have to apologize for the abject emo-ness of my layout text. I don’t actually have a dull ache that seems to be a companion, unless you count my carpal tunnel. I just really liked the colors.
Anyway, I may duplicate some posts from my LJ here but probably not many. This blog […]