Fanboys and Fangirls Say the Darnedest Things!

The two largest YA fandoms are rising up against certain media giants this week.

The Twilighters are out to crucify comedian Russell Brand for cutting off Robert Pattinson mid-sentence.

“F— U Russell for interrupting Spunk!” a reader named Nightmare and Dream commented, using a nickname Pattinson earned from one of his “Twilight” Tuesday appearances on MTV. “Rob has an amazing hot voice, and we only heard 1.5 words from him!”

It will be okay; I promise you.  Let’s not forget that there is a whole movie on its way.  We will all get our Spunk fix very soon.  Though Twilighters, write away.  You are entitled to express to MTV that you didn’t care for the host and you should.  They need to know that you don’t like Russell Brand so as not to ask him back, but handle it maturely.  You’ll have more of an impact if you avoid profanity and make it about more than just the host screwing up at a life event. Things like that happen.  

Now over at the Harry Potter camp, fans have apparently been sending the Warner Bros. executives -death threats- after the release of the sixth movie (Half-Blood Prince) was pushed back.

Some of these are just hilarious.

Jean Fink, a 51-year-old Los Angeles artist who also works as an administrative assistant, was so distraught after a night of fitful sleep that she dashed off a scathing message to the man who’d betrayed her. “I can’t breath amymore [sic] because you just ripped out my heart,” she wrote in an Aug. 15 email.

Ms. Fink, the artist and administrative assistant, recently stood outside Warner Bros.’s Burbank lot with a large sign. “Dear Mr. Horn,” she scrawled in red marker. “You will forever be known as ‘The man who changed Harry Potter’s release date.’ Are you happy now?”

“Harry Potter is for the fans, he’s for the underdogs, and so am I,” Ms. Fink says. “I won’t stop fighting this.”

To that I have…no words. *Facepalm*

Birthday for Harry Potter Means Presents All Around

Amazon to publish, The Tales of Beetle the Bard

Well it’s July 31st again.  Happy Birthday Harry Potter.  

Amazon has announced that they will be making available for purchase the Tales of Beedle the Bard.  If you’ve got the money, they are offering a collector’s edition for a mighty $100.00.  If you are like me, they’re being nice enough to price the standard edition at $7.59.  

If you don’t remember, Amazon purchased the collection of tales at an auction for staggering $3.98 million dollars to benefit The Children’s Voice Campaign.  Proceeds generated by the sale of the book in its new formats will also go towards charity.  The new books will be available in December but pre-orders are taking place now.

Not that any of this is really all that much of a surprised.  Do you really think Amazon would buy a book if they weren’t planning on selling.  HAH!

A Rough Week For Harry

Even with the trial over things do not seem to be improving for J.K. and old Harry.  A few of the students over at Harvard are none too pleased that she will be their commencement speaker this spring.

“Harvard seniors have every right to demand a Harvard-calibre speaker. Harry Potter – and JK Rowling – is just a flash in the pan. Writing bedtime stories is lame – just ask Tolkien and CS Lewis. The class of 2008 has been royally screwed by Harvard. A petty pop culture personality of questionable permanence will send us on our merry way, while figures of real substance wait in the wings.”

Ouch, burn.

Also in the same week, the New York Times reports that the bestseller list for May 11 does not contain a single Harry Potter title.  But hey, can anyone really complain?  It was an incredible run and phenomenon, forcing the mighty New York Times to even establish the Children’s Lists, but I guess that accomplishment is of “questionable permanence.”