Slashy HP goodness...

I was expecting to be vaguely disappointed. I was by Chamber of Secrets, which was, IMHO, very choppy. They crammed in all the major plot points from the book, but I felt like a lot of the build-up of tension and mood--things like Harry's growing isolation and the general fear and paranoia over the whole Heir of Slytherin thing--were lost. And that the whole school year took about two weeks. PoA felt much more coherent, as a whole.

( Prisoner of Azkaban movie goodness )

Oh, come on, you cannot expect me to go see and and NOT see slash.

I do recall reading somewhere a quote from Henry Jenkins (and really, if you're going to get at all meta about fandom at all, you have to read Textual Poachers) making analogies between Harry and his discovery of his heritage as a wizard, and a gay teenager discovering social support. It wasn't a direct analogy that magic=homosexuality, more of a comment on marginalization and being an outsider. This was several years ago, and now I can't remember from whence the quote came. Dammit.

And it may be worth noting that though costumes were not involved in our viewing experience, the centre of the dinner table last night featured a witch's hat with a beanie rat (aka Scabbers) on the brim. Hee.

Obscure Canadian TV

Finally got around to watching the first ep of The Collector, airing on Space. It's vaguely Brimstone-esque (says I, even though I never did get around to watching Brimstone) insofar as it's about this guy working for the devil.

Morgan, (who is the bastard love child of Duncan Macleod and Callum Keith Rennie) is a Collector for the Devil, collecting lost souls, and trying to save them before it's too late. Somewhere in there, I figure his own redemption's going to figure into the picture. There's a reporter with an autistic son, and a possibly-ex heroin junkie in the picture, too.

It's all moody and dramatic. And Canadian, set in Vancouver. It's supposed to run thirteen eps, so we'll see how it goes.

Me, I'm waiting for This is Wonderland to start reurns on Mon so I can finally see the frickin' pilot! Let's just hope that if the Flames lose tonight and there is one more game, it's Tues. Because I can tell you right now that of course CBC will pre-empt everything else for hockey.