Like a freaking violin

[stgulik]

That's how Warner Bros. is playing me.

Every day, every hour, there's a new promotional video, interview, blog post, or web announcement concerning Harry Potter and/or Deathly Hallows Part 2.

Previously, in a mood of blissful anticipation, I "liked" Mugglenet on Facebook, took to following it on Twitter, and even signed up for email updates. I enjoyed the periodic piece of news on the upcoming movie. But now, the updates come at me every half hour or more. I feel inundated by the blood-splattered promotional posters, and I have way more knowledge about how poor Emma Watson feels about her brief stint as a college student than I ever needed in order to survive in life.

It's nobody's fault. Birds gotta swim, fish gotta fly, movie studios gotta promote their flagship franchises until they die. But I'm just one human with one, somewhat squishy brain. So I'll be unplugging from the Deathly Hallows machine - not all the way, but most of the way - until July 15.

You know the most frustrating thing? With all my heart, I want to see Deathly Hallows with one of my fan fiction friends. But y'all live too far away! I'm looking at you, Ms. T. Radiator. You're about as far away as another American could get without falling in the ocean. I have to think of something we can do to connect from a distance on that day. Hmm.

Comments

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

Well, I KNOW! I don't think I can go watch it. I'll be crying like a loon in the theatre, and unless I go by my self at 4 in the morning I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to wait until the DVD is out in 2019 or whenever.

I'm all for connecting so we don't have to face this alone. Heck, even Harry flippin' Potter doesn't have to do that.

Let me know what you come up with. I'll be there for you.

[stgulik.livejournal.com]

We ALL need to go. It's crucial we know we all cried "together" in the theatre over the weekend. It'll bring us closer together and we'll each know what we mean, if you know what I mean.

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

It's tough. I'm a real crybaby and can cry at the drop of a hat (great when I'm doing a sad scene in a play, not so great at a restaurant or theatre when someone tells a moving story).

I don't just cry, I sob. I'll filling up thinking about it right now.

I'm thinking we may be looking about 11 chapters in the exchange fic, by the way. That's the way it's looking. I have a question about one of them, though - I'll email you about it. I need your opinion big time.

[justpinkpastel.livejournal.com]

I am feeling bombarded with all the promotion going on. It's too much!

[stgulik.livejournal.com]

Same here! Important, I think, to let some of the hype pass us by, so as not to spoil our own anticipation. I say the same thing about Christmas!