Well time for my little rant on a subject that has irked me for a while. now I know people are gonna find this weird but I'm out for some certain hard balled annoying as hell extremist Harry Potter fans...

Now before I begin this I like to say please don't get me wrong. I understand its a good series of books, I understand people like it, I understand its a huge thing for people who like the books that the final instalment has been finally let out to the mass mob of psycho people willing to stand outside of a book store all day and night.

Now.. for the reason why I wish to do this rant. WHY DON'T YOU PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHEN I SAY NO I MEAN NO STOP TRYING TO MAKE ME READ THE DAMN BOOKS0!! >,< grrrr.

To explain how I feel like this and my last comment we need to jump back ooo a few years back when I was still in high School, and this chakat only just found out about the books.

Now me, being a fantasy and Sci fi fan at first though that the books were slightly interesting, ok so the plot idea of a boy wizard out to save the day with good Christian morals behind it seems a bit corny but what the hell, might as well give it a shot. So i did, my Uncle being the nice man he is went out and bought for me the brand new Hard back copy of the First book. Sitting down i opened it up and began to read... boy did I wish I didn't.

Its one thing to write a book about a fantasy make up world but the concept of throwing it in the middle of a Modern world seems... well Silly at most, with the latest in technology and curiosity of Human nature ((not to mention Paranoia)), the idea that this 'main villain' does horrible and evil things, Murder people, try to take over the world and all that jazz. I'm sorry, but as 'grand' as magic is suppose to be in this world in the book I don't think they gonna find every last person affected.. well at least easily.

Now forgoing that idea and just deciding to ignore this, next comes the second thing that made me shake my head. having grown up on the worlds of Ms. Weis famous Author of the Dragonlance series the concept to me of Wizards walking around with little pointed woodies made me laugh so hard I was crying almost. I mean Could you imagine just how useless these "wizards' would be if someone just walked up and snapped it in half or stepped on the damn things. In my opinion the Use of casting a 'spell' without the need of a material object to "focus it" would be hundred times more helpful.

At this point I put down the book shook my head and would let it sit on me and I would think about reading it again. I never would have expected what happened the next day that turns me off form the book... I doubt think anyone would.

After school the next day I figured alright I'll give it a go once more, I'll try to be more open minded and give this book series a try. while I road the bus I pulled out one of my War hammer 40K Codexs and read it on the way to keep myself awake for the annoying hour and half ride home. Half way on the way the most shocking thing I have seen when it comes to these books occurred... some girl in about 3 to 4 grades under me walked up to me and sat down next to me, at first this wasn't so bad there were hordes of kids on board. after sitting down she taps me on the shoulder and asks if i like fantasy. guessing from my Codex book I was reading.

Lowering the book i turned slightly and nodded "yea I enjoy it why?" the next thing I knew this little girl reaches into her book bag and suddenly pulls out a copy of the same book my uncle bought me the day before. "I need to know..." she says and holds it up to me and looks at me 'have you read Harry Potter yet?"

Yes you heard me right... she asked me if I had read it. not only had she asked that but asked like a freaking religious recruiter... I mean its only a freaking BOOK! since when did this single story suddenly become Jovious freaking Potter! I can see it now "See the light Read the book of truth" and all that jazz as some freak holds up a copy of the book years later.

To my sickening shock, Just as i got off work today about 2 ago, before I posted this my 'strange thoughts' had happened. on the way back I ran into the "Potter-philes"(sp) as the new paper put it... people who took the idea a little to far, dressing up as little wizards and warlocks cheering on the book prising being able to get a copy. Hell I even was told when the book was about to be released they had a little New years Party where everyone counted down till the stores let people in to buy a copy.

Everywhere I see on the bus people with this book ... and again under the same circumstance as before I'm reading my Codex for the newest update to War hammer 40K and they come at me... now I think I understand a little bit while the Church was to begin with so against the books. Look what i have run into it since its release...

So please, if you people have picked up a copy of this latest book. don't come talking to me about it, I really could careless. I hate to sound rude but having to listen to it all day and seen what I have seen, nothing people can tell me now would be anything new.

Signed,
Silkpaws.