So, I was browsing deviantART last night, and right out of nowhere, someone talks about one of the characters that dies in Harry Potter 7. I was freaking out, because not only was the book spoiled, but the character that died was vitally important.
(I'm not even going to post anything in spoiler tags. If people are curious, PM me and I'll give you more details.)
Then, while on mugglenet, I accidentally came across a spoiler that said the exact opposite of what I'd read before. I wasn't as upset, but it was still a heartbreaking death. THEN, I read that the other person doesn't die, but THIS person does.
By that time, I was so freakin' confused, it wasn't even funny. It was also like three in the morning (I had trouble sleeping).
THEN, someone says that -insert name here- dies, then another person says, "no, they don't die. -insert name-, -insert name-, and -insert name- die, though.
Then there were all these idiot posting things in all capital letters like, "-Insert name- KILLS -insertname-!!!1!!11!" By this time, I had heard probably about five contradicting spoilers.
Then, I read an article on there AND Yahoo! about supposed copies of the book leaking on the internet. First of all, you'd have to be a freakin' invisible ninja to get your hands on one of those books early (they have 24-hour security, alarms on the books, the whole nine yards).
Some people who were stupid enough to go and read the "book" started saying that there were way too many inconsistincies for it to be the real thing. Supposedly, it's not written at all in JK Rowling's style, the chapter titles are weak, there's no summary on the flap inside the book (there's always been one of those in every book), and PLENTY of grammatical and spelling errors that JK Rowling would ever make. (I've yet to find any grammatical errors in her book.)
So, I kept reading, there were these idiots posting the same crap over and over again, while the half-way intelligent people were busy proving the book was fake and how the "author" could've gotten it made in the first place.
Here's my theory:
Someone wrote a long fan fiction made to seem like Deathly Hallows. They print out the cover art (supposedly, the cover was held together by cellophane, which makes it seem like it's just a bunch of images of the over art put together), copy Mary GrandPre's style (it's not that terribly hard to do), and voila, they've got a copy of Deathly Hallows.
Of course, this is a bit of a stretch, but not as much of a stretch as suggesting they stole a few books (which were so highly protected it's almost amusing) without being caught, took a picture of every page, and posted it on the internet. Funny thing is, each of the different copies are written differently, and have a completely different plot line.
X_fangirl_X read a spoiler that I also saw, and we were both pretty disappointed because spoilers for books just ruin it. But now, I think we can rest easy, given the fact the books are probably fake.
Yes, I'm insane.
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