Deathly Hallows and Ficcing Thoughts

( Yes, yes, spoilers, obviously. )

Hm. This ended up being a lot ramblier than I had actually intended, with a lot of stuff about my attitude toward fanfic and how I've been letting other people's attitudes toward it affect me, and how I want to play with my speculations and obsoleted fic ideas without feeling that I'm being disrespectful to the real author. I suppose what it boils down to (without the spoilers) is that some of my HP fics have been obsoleted over the course of the past few books, some have not, and I enjoyed the canon but am currently more inclined to play with the obsoleted ideas than inspired with anything new.

...Actually, I'm fine without any new plotbunnies right now, honestly. I kind of want to pay attention to the ones I've already got, and the newborn ones always have awfully sharp nippers. So I kind of hope this state of affairs actually lasts!

Well, not the part where I have random moments of not feeling any of my stories are worth the energy. But I think that's a sort of standard insecure nitwittery. Once I get into writing them I generally enjoy it. And while I rather wish I had kept up on SBTT and actually finished it before the real seventh book, I suppose there's some freedom in feeling it makes little difference what I decide to finish off next.