Nina put it so well – this is the kiasu fandom, possibly the scariest one I’ve encountered. But, it did make me a little sad not to be with friends who are so inclined to dress up. However, it was totally made up by the fact that while these young adults had their long-suffering mothers by their sides to get coffee and McMuffins the moment McDonald’s opened, I had runners who did my every bidding. Bwahahaha. It pays to know someone who only wants the Cliff’s Notes version.
Lining up was scary – at 4am in the bloody cold rain. With people in elaborate costumes wtf. Now the singing is one thing, but when a whole bunch of women chant, “Snarry for-evah!!” at the top of their lungs, and then hearing some little kid go, “Mummy, what’s a snarry?” You are bound to go all kinds of o_O. Dude, keep it PG.
Being evil, I opened up to the last chapter, much to the horror of people passed by, and proceeded to mutter all sorts of extremities upon discovery every last damn guess I made was wrong. Then I figured, why not call Nina, TJ and Lil just to be extra evil? TJ hung up on me. Psh.
Upon getting home I enforced radio silence until I’ve finished, and now can finally get online again. Although the urge to spit out every spoiler imaginable lingers, doing so would do most good on Wikipedia.
So, epilogue = fanfic? Yes.
Finally – does the UK children’s cover look a bit funny to you? Maybe it should be called Stargate: The Deathly Hallows.
Does it look like a Stargate or what?