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The one who seduced you and fucked you over and broke your heart in a million pieces and laughed about it: Gone with the Wind

The old flame you don't see very often any more but whom you still really enjoy getting together with for a few drinks and maybe a pleasant nostalgic romp in the sheets: Dianna Wynne Jones

The mysterious dark gothy one whom you used to sit up with talking until 3 a.m. at weird coffeehouses and with whom you were quite smitten until you realized he really was fucking crazy: Mercedes Lackey

The one who gave you the best damned summer of your life and who you measure all other potential partners against: Lois McMaster Bujold

The one you spent a whole weekend in bed with and who drank up all your liquor, and whom you'd still really like to fuck again although you're relieved he doesn't actually live in town: Tolkien

The steady: Martha Wells

The one you repeatedly cheat on your steady with: Patricia McKillip

The alluring stranger whom you've flirted with at parties but have never gotten really serious with: Dorothy Dunnet

The one you hang out with and have vague fantasies about maybe having a thing with but ultimately you're just good buddies 'cause the friendship is there but the chemistry ain't: Terry Pratchet

The one your friends keep introducing you to and who seems like a hell of a cool guy except it's never really gone anywhere: Charles Vess

The one who's slept with all your friends, and you keep looking at him and thinking, "Him? How the hell did he land all these cool babes?": the Dresden Files/ Harry Potter

The one your friend has fallen for like a ton of bricks and whom she keeps babbling to you about on the phone for hours, and you'd be happy for her except you just know it's going to end badly: Ayn Rand

Date: 2007-10-01 12:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] grauwulf.livejournal.com
ummmm okay? looks at you with a strange face....

Date: 2007-10-01 12:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thanate.livejournal.com
other people have been doing this about TV shows... I thought it was kind of interesting as a metaphor.

Date: 2007-10-01 10:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dante-di-pietro.livejournal.com
"The one who's slept with all your friends, and you keep looking at him and thinking, "Him? How the hell did he land all these cool babes?": Harry Potter"

OH GOD YES!

Dreck, I say, DRECK.

Date: 2007-10-01 09:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thanate.livejournal.com
And it's so sad, because all the good children's fantasy authors are getting re-published and shelved under "What to read while you're waiting for the next Harry Potter to come out."

Date: 2007-10-02 02:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] astormorray.livejournal.com
You know, I agree, and I'm also obsessed? I don't know what the hell it is. I know they're terrible, and I hate so many things about them, and... I'm obsessed. :P

Date: 2007-10-02 12:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gcbiggles.livejournal.com
I know what you mean. There are a lot of things about the books that I absolutely hate, but I enjoy reading them anyway. I think it's just the magical world that I enjoy, actually. That was part of why I hated the 7th book so much- they spent so much time moping around in the middle of nowhere instead of in a magical environment.
I would have loved to see what a really good children's fantasy author could have done with the characters and world of Hogwarts.

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