Potter Meme Day 17

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Day 17 Books vs. films.

Actually, I love both. Much is better in writing. The depth, recurring themes ("I'm with you - you're with me," and then the movie cuts it), the density in the books that the movies lack. Harry in Olivander's, and Olivander explaining that his father's wand was excellent for Transfiguration. And then in PoA we learn that his father was an Animagus while still at Hogwarts ... Things like that.

But the films can do things visually that the books can't. Occasionally they cut them in the final process, but that's what extra dvd's are for.

All in all, I think both books and movies are very well made, and both have been an inspiration for my own fics. The (cut) scene where Sybill puts icecream in her own wine, then starts on Irma's wine, ended up in one of my fics. In a very different way.
The scene where Dame Maggie comments on the dancing scene with Rupert ended up in a fic, too.

There's one recent case of influence, which I wouldn't have noticed without this brilliant meme and all of your answers to it. In reply to "What would you like to change in canon," featherxquill wrote: the adverbs.
I read that, and I realised I'd somehow completely missed the adverb issue. No idea what she was talking about.

I'm currently working on a fic that has to fit in exactly with a canon scene. So I got the English edition from the library, reread the scene several times, and finally wrote my version with the book open in front of me. When I handed the thing to my beta, she said twice (and she has never needed to point that out to me):"Cut the adverb. The tone is clear from the phrase itself."

So, "while both books and movies deserve some stern criticism," she said acerbically, "they are, to me, equally enjoyable."

( Questions yet to come )

Potter Meme Day 17

( questions done )

Day 17 Books vs. films.

Actually, I love both. Much is better in writing. The depth, recurring themes ("I'm with you - you're with me," and then the movie cuts it), the density in the books that the movies lack. Harry in Olivander's, and Olivander explaining that his father's wand was excellent for Transfiguration. And then in PoA we learn that his father was an Animagus while still at Hogwarts ... Things like that.

But the films can do things visually that the books can't. Occasionally they cut them in the final process, but that's what extra dvd's are for.

All in all, I think both books and movies are very well made, and both have been an inspiration for my own fics. The (cut) scene where Sybill puts icecream in her own wine, then starts on Irma's wine, ended up in one of my fics. In a very different way.
The scene where Dame Maggie comments on the dancing scene with Rupert ended up in a fic, too.

There's one recent case of influence, which I wouldn't have noticed without this brilliant meme and all of your answers to it. In reply to "What would you like to change in canon," featherxquill wrote: the adverbs.
I read that, and I realised I'd somehow completely missed the adverb issue. No idea what she was talking about.

I'm currently working on a fic that has to fit in exactly with a canon scene. So I got the English edition from the library, reread the scene several times, and finally wrote my version with the book open in front of me. When I handed the thing to my beta, she said twice (and she has never needed to point that out to me):"Cut the adverb. The tone is clear from the phrase itself."

So, "while both books and movies deserve some stern criticism," she said acerbically, "they are, to me, equally enjoyable."

( Questions yet to come )