when you think about it fanfiction is actually amazing
there are thousands of brilliantly written novel-length stories kids wrote from their own brains about characters and shows/books/movies they love all twined into the internet and other kids read these 50k+ stories in their own time and invest themselves in it
nobody’s being paid to write it and nobody’s being told to read it, people do it because they legitimately enjoy it
that is just kind of amazing
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grizzlysupercow replied to your photo: The Danish cover of TFIOS - the title literally…
Where did you find it?
I found it on the Danish online bookstore Gucca’s website. I was just browsing for John Green books in Danish, and I noticed that it was ready for preordering, so I got pretty excited!
“‘I can only hope,’ Julia said, turning back to Gus, ‘they grow into the kind of thoughtful, intelligent, young men you’ve become.’
I resisted the urge to audibly gag. ‘He’s not that smart,’ I said to Julie.
‘She’s right. It’s just that most really good-looking people are stupid, so I exceed…
‘Eat eggs, my faithful one.’
‘Eggs, my lord?’
‘Eggs are a symbol of rebirth, Quasar. And eat Orange Rocket ice lollies.’
‘What do they symbolise, Guru?’
‘Nothing. They contain vitamin C in abundance.’Ghostwritten is a great novel by David Mitchell and it’s also hilarious as fuck.
Bahaha!!
Read them all in Danish (several times) and listened to all the audiobooks, read by Master Stephen Fry - next step: reading them all in English (UK version, of course!)
I have stuck with Harry until the very end!
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Fourteen years ago today, the magic began; 30th June, 1997.
That’s my childhood, gone! </3
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