挺早就知道有 Eddie Redmayne 这演员了。
他演的《The Theory of Everything》’《The Danish Girl》都挺出名的。
去年？千年？Popular 放新书的书橱上都有这两本书。( 《Theory of Everything》的原著是《Travelling to Infinity》）
电脑里存的《The Theory of Everything》放了都有一年，早就被我忘掉了，直到最近才想起。
Startled, I was unable to answer straightaway. Nobody asked me about this before, so I don't really thought about this.
I just...love it? From the start?
I can't clearly remember the first time I read the book. I started from Chamber of Secrets...I think? At least that's what I told myself. The book is not even mine.
And then I read the first book, then the next. And the next.
Harry Potter was a big hit during that time, but isn't really a 'thing' in the lives of people around me, especially those who're same age with me.
There were times where I bring one of HP novels, either Goblet or Fire, or Order of Phoenix, and my classmates will go around saying "whoa you are able to read a book this thick your English must be good~" (which turned out to be a false statement).
I remembered feeling proud of myself, remembered myself thinking it's always not enough for me however thick the book is.
Waiting for an owl to bring me my acceptance letter to Hogwarts,
Spending sleepless nights finished a book,
Imagining myself holding a wand, studying magic in Hogwarts, where I'm interested in every subject they offered,
Chilling beside the Great Lake with my friends,
Staying back and celebrating Christmas (tbh if I got to went there I'll only go home on summer holidays even though there're also other holidays such as Easter and Christmas that allows students to go home)
Studying in a thousand year old magical library....
How can I not fall in love with this story?
Everybody knows Harry Potter is a big hit, most of my classmates saw the movie, but only a few, very few, as I went to Chinese primary school, read the books.
But there's no one to share with, during that time.
My sis didn't read it until a few years later, and I haven't even met Joey so I can't force her to read it and fangirl with me.
I don't even know what a fangirl is during that time, even though I was one.
A few years later I went on tumblr (Joey's fault), discovered fandoms, fanarts, fanfics.
Doctor Who, Sherlock, Once Upon a Time... and of course,
Harry Potter.
Being one of the largest fandom (or is it the largest?), there're plenty to discover in there. However everyone has the right to have their individual opinions, thus some arguments might get heated.
There're times where I temporary forgotten about it, especially when I found a new favourite tv show, jump into a new fandom.
But those Harry Potter-related posts will pop up on my facebook wall or tumblr dashboard occasionally.
And there're also a period, once in a few months, where I decided to reread Harry Potter series despite having tons a book that I bought but haven't read it.
I cherish the moments when I read those familiar words, reread the whole passage / chapter of my favourite scene again and again and again, such as the chapter where Dumbledore visited Harry in hospital wing after Harry defeated Quirrell,
When Lupin barged into the white cottage announcing the birth of Teddy Lupin,
The battle of Hogwarts, where students prepared to defend their school and some of them aren’t even off age,
And did I mentioned Prof. Mcgonagall’s SASS~
After reading The Cursed Child, frankly I’m not really into Fantastic Beasts.
We had too little information about the movie. It’s a completely different story, and I’m not sure I’ll like it.
Thank gods I’m completely wrong about that hahahahahaha~
Fell in love with Newt Scamander from the start.
We have Jacob, a no-maj, tag along during the whole show.
Not to mention the Goldstein sisters who are both badass~
So here am I, back to old (new) life, writing fanfics just for my individual satisfaction, scrolling through tumblr, A03 and twitter with tags #FantasticBeastsandWheretoFindThem #NewtScamander #PorpentinaGoldstein #Newtina #NewtxTina
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I’m just very very very into that ship Orz
"Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home."
For those who was asking me on snapchat, yes, I watched this again
BECAUSE ONCE IS NEVER ENOUGH.
Went out with Joey and Khei Lai last Saturday.
Normal place, AEON Bukit Raja.
Since there's a Popular bookstore inside OF COURSE we'll go in and yup I saw this.
THIS.
Original screenplay by J.K. Rowling.
[fangirling]
The book follows the movie tho, so don't expect to see any deleted scene inside (sobs).
There's a shirtless scene for Newt that shows his scars (for a person that worked around dragons before it isn't surprising that he got some scars...or is there any other stories behind it? *wink wink*) that got cut nosebleed,
and a scene where Goldstein sisters were singing the Illvermorny school song.
Urghhhh I need thoseeee
Okay back to the movie.
It may be an unpopular opinion, but for me "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" is better than Harry Potter movies.
Don't get me wrong, I like HP movies.
I watched some of those before started reading the books when I'm just a kid, and it's the movies that encouraged me to read few hundred pages of English novel in the first time.
(Back in those times I only read Mandarin novels. 红蜻蜓 Childhood Memories hahahaha)
It's nearly impossible to fit every details inside a 2 hours plus movie, thus the Harry Potter books are always better than movies. ALWAYS.
But with J.K.Rowling (our Queen *bow*) writing the screenplay...wow.
Just.
Wow.
I need to control myself from skipping around and ran into the cinema the first time I watched it with my uni friends.
The Warner Bros logo.
Hedwig's Theme.
Both of my two friends sitting beside me are just chilling as if they were watching another normal movie but I was hugging my bag so tightly ASDFGHJKL OMGHEDWIGSTHEME HEDWIGSTHEMEEEEE!!!!!
The 2nd time when I watch it with both of them I just went ASDFGHJKL
Hahahahaha it's good to have another friend who loves Harry Potter to watch with me.
After years of waiting for a new story of the wizarding world I've imagined the moment where I get to listen to Hedwig's Theme in cinema once again (Cause I've got nothing better to do hahahaha) but when the actual thing happened...
Dream came true.
Literally.
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Newt Scamander is the sweetest cinnamon roll ever the way he talks to his creatures, where he casually said he annoys people (and I went awwww) and that scene where he begged Graves not to hurt the creatures in his case when MACUSA captured him (heartbreaking) and omg his goofy smile....
SUCH A SWEET HUFFLEPUFF (HUGS
Comparing to Harry Potter, who's "The Chosen One" and "The Boy Who Lived" even before he knew his special identity, Newt Scamander is...hmm quite normal?
He went through his school years as outcast, and he eventually got expelled from Hogwarts due to some kind of accident with beasts.
Kinda remind me of Hagrid tho.
With a war hero as brother (Things I wouldn't know I'll need it until I actually need it: details about Scamander's family please please please upload more about this in Pottermore), maybe others will have high expectation on him? But he's just...him. NEWT : People like you, don't they, Mr. Kowalski? JACOB (startled) : Oh - well, I'm - I'm sure people like you too - huh? NEWT (not very concerned) : No, not really. I annoy people. —— J.K. Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Original Screenplay, p.121
A guy who loves magical creatures and hope to change to view of his fellows wizards towards these creatures.
Maybe that's why he's so fond of those creatures?
He can communicate more easily with them compared to people.
It's unsurprising to know that many are able to relate with Newt, because, like him, the shy and awkward Hufflepuff, while we're scared and nervous about people we create our comfort zone and rely on the warmth of fictions.
Just like how he rely on the warmth of his creatures.
The way he says "mummy's here" to the Occamys and he feeds a glowing-transparent-squid-thingy with a feeding bottle ASDFGHJKL
Mum I found my new boyfriend hahahahaha
By the way I found this on tumblr:
NO I'M NOT CRYING YOU'RE CRYING
For those who're complaining about the differences of ability in verbal / non-verbal and apparate / disapparate between Harry Potter series and Fantastic Beasts....you all do know that characters in Fantastic Beasts are adults right?
And those in Harry Potter's are a gang of students where most of them are yet to graduate from Hogwarts?!
OF COURSE there's a difference in their abilities.
More about those fantastic beasts:
This is my favourite scene about Niffler omg Newt's expression hahahaha
Haha cute little fella who kept stealing shiny things~
Thunderbird is SO BEAUTIFUL and whoa I'm so glad that I got Thunderbird as my house in Illvermorny.
Newt named the thunderbird he rescued from Egypt 'Frank'.
They're so majestic golden feathers able to summon thunder whoaaa lemme named this after an equally majestic name,
FRANK.
Newt is just too cute （掩面
Swooping Evil. The way Newt release him seems like he’s playing yoyo.
COOL
Here you can see my new OTP being together [self-insert hamsap moon emoji]
Newt got a handful of them inside his suitcase but the one who stays inside his breast pocket is Pickett, who got bullied by other bowtruckles and it rather stays with Newt all the time.
- and many more interesting creatures -
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Main characters in this story, Newton 'Newt' Scamander, the magizoologist that wins almost everyone's heart in the fandom, Propentina 'Tina' Goldstein, an ex-auror in MACUSA, Queenie Goldstein, Tina's sister who's a legilimens,
and Jacob Kowalski, a muggle who Newt accidentally bumped into inside the bank thus being exposed to the magical world.
I love all four of them.
Queenie seems a little 'Luna' at first, kinda weird but sweet.
But then she's an expert in legilimens and using her skill, she found out that her sis was in danger and she played a key role in rescuing her sis and Newt.
Her romance with Jacob seems a bit comedy in this, sweet and humorous. It's not my otp but I considered it a very good ship *smiles*
Too bad there's a law that prohibits marriage between wizards / witches and no-maj.
Hope they remove this stupid law soon.
Jacob.
Funny. Likable. Most of the time he's in awe after finding out there's another world with magic parallel to ours.
And THEY OBLIVIATE HIM.
*sobs*
Imagine that you finally found out there's a magical world, experiencing so much wonders, feed and pet those majestic beast, befriended with the wizardry kind and then they REMOVE ALL YOUR MEMORIES.
Sorry I had too much feels about that scene.
Newt and Tina.
This ship had been canon before the movie was up. It's mentioned in the Fantastic Beasts textbook.
Now retired, he lives in Dorset with his wife Porpentina and their pet Kneazles: Hoppy, Milly and Mauler. —— Newt Scamander, 'About the Author', Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, p.88
Good thing they stayed in character and there isn't a cliche kiss scene while they're parting.
This is just the first movie, thus their relationship / friendship (whatever you call it as long as it's a ship hahaha) is quite subtle....
unless you read the original screenplay. [hamsap moon face]
Or you've read 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'.
This makes me ship them even more asdfghjkl (rofc - rolling on floor crying) #OTP
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This is the soundtrack when Newt was doing the "mating dance" with an Erumpent but that Erumpent ended up chasing Jacob.
He's being chased and the soundtrack is so cheerful HAHAHHAHAHA
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I need the second Fantastic Beasts movie. Now. QwQ
