I remember the post-HBP explosion. (My own two cents in the one post I wrote on my lj after reading the novel were simply to declare that I figured JKR did all the teenage romance stuff there because there would be no place for it in the last volume, and that I was willing to bet Snape was acting on Dumbledore's orders - the "Severus, please" was a dead giveaway, as she would not have written Albus D. pleading for his life. ) Though for me the most memorable HP-related wankfest observed from a distance was the MsScribe saga as recounted in what read like a novel in its own right.

The movies: as I said, I like them in varying degrees, but I'm not passionate about them, and the actors don't match the visuals I have of the characters (I mean, Alan Rickman is great but also decades older than Snape, which means every other character from that generation is played by decades older actors, too, Emma Watson with the exception of the first movie wasn't allowed to have frizzy hair, let alone prominent teeth, and Rupert Grint in the first three films hopelessly mugged it up; it's interesting that against everyone's prediction after the first film, the one young actor from the trio who not only grew most in skill through the movies but made really smart decisions about his acting career so far was Daniel Radcliffe). They're good entertainment, though. And a great meeting place for nearly the entire British acting scene.*g*