History Blog / MarkReadsHarryPotter

* PerverseSexualLust: Mark has declared Hagrid their ''leather daddy'' boyfriend.

After [[Blog/MarkReadsTwilight suffering through]] ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', Creator/{{Mark|Oshiro}} decided to embark on the project of reading ''Literature/HarryPotter'' (which they'd never read before) and review it on their blog one chapter at a time and even though at the beginning they were not quite sold now it's REAL HARD because '''[[BoldInflation THIS SERIES IS SO AMAZING AND ADDICTIVE]]''' AND [[Creator/JKRowling J. K. ROWLING]] [[SugarWiki/GushingAboutShowsYouLike IS A FUCKING GENIUS]]! they WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THIS SHIT! [[http://bit.ly/MRHPlist CHECK IT OUT RIGHT NOW!]]

** "Shit gets real" and "you are/I am not prepared", the latter having been started by their followers during their ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' blog.

--->'''Mark:''' You worthless, authority-obeying, mindless piece of shit. I cannot remember a literary character EVER filling me with this much rage, contempt, and disgust AND GUYS '''I HAVE READ THE ENTIRE FUCKING ''[[Literature/{{Twilight}} TWILIGHT]]'' SERIES.''' I will seriously take the entire four books of Bella whining over EVER reading this fucking BULLSHIT, SHITTY PERSON’S WORDS EVER AGAIN.

* TakeThat: Quite a few against ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: It's pretty clear how much Mark loves Hagrid: The first chapter hr's introduced, Mark already wants to marry him. Bear in mind that Mark generally has no interest in marriage, as [[Blog/MarkReadstwilight their Twilight reviews]] made clear.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Mark has reviewed chapters from the point of view of characters, including Hedwig more than once, transcribed IM conversations they had with their friend Kasper while reading the chapter for the first time, and more.

* AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame: In their review of the first chapter, Mark outlines their meager pre-existing knowledge of the series. One of the things they know is that [[spoiler: Snape kills Dumbledore.]] They don't know why, or when, or what makes it a spoiler, just that it happened. They manage to turn this into a RunningGag by writing "Oh no, watch out [[spoiler: Dumbledore]] :(" every time the two are in a scene together. They also thought that it would happen in [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows the last book]], so the ending of Half-Blood Prince remained a huge shocker for them even with that spoiler.

After [[Blog/MarkReadsTwilight suffering through]] ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', Creator/{{Mark|Oshiro}} decided to embark on the project of reading ''Literature/HarryPotter'' (which he'd never read before) and review it on his blog one chapter at a time and even though at the beginning he was not quite sold now it's REAL HARD because '''[[BoldInflation THIS SERIES IS SO AMAZING AND ADDICTIVE]]''' AND [[Creator/JKRowling J. K. ROWLING]] [[SugarWiki/GushingAboutShowsYouLike IS A FUCKING GENIUS]]! HE WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THIS SHIT! [[http://bit.ly/MRHPlist CHECK IT OUT RIGHT NOW!]]

The result was an epic, five-month journey through all seven books of the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' series, finishing the series on October 30th, 2010. [[http://markreads.net/reviews/category/harry-potter/ He's now re-reading the series.]]

* AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame: In his review of the first chapter, Mark outlines his meager pre-existing knowledge of the series. One of the things he knows is that [[spoiler: Snape kills Dumbledore.]] He doesn't know why, or when, or what makes it a spoiler, just that it happened. He manages to turn this into a RunningGag by writing "Oh no, watch out [[spoiler: Dumbledore]] :(" every time the two are in a scene together. He also thought that it would happen in [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows the last book]], so the ending of Half-Blood Prince remained a huge shocker for him even with that spoiler.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Before his review of [[http://markreadsharrypotter.buzznet.com/user/journal/7316071/mark-reads-harry-potter-goblet/ Goblet of Fire Chapter 10]], Mark says "There's also a great deal of commentary on slavery, oppression, privilege, and why Percy is so goddamn annoying."

** "Shit gets real" and "you are/I am not prepared", the latter having been started by his followers during his ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' blog.
** His friend Kasper coined the phrase, "Haters, please familiarize yourself with the left-hand evacuation procedure", which Mark now uses regularly.
** He eats potato babies because he is a ''godless sodomite''. Which is now a gif. Mostly it's just the potato babies that people quote.
** He begins all his reviews with a short summary of the chapter, followed by "Intrigued? Then it's time for Mark to read Harry Potter."

** "Die in a fire." and variations, when referring to characters he doesn't like.

** The presence of Malfoy or Umbridge will almost certainly piss him off. ''Especially'' Umbridge.

** During Chapter 3 of ''Order of the Phoenix'', Mark inserts himself into the story to express his excitement at seeing the return of both Lupin and Moody. Everyone finds him annoying, and Moody eventually stuffs him into the Dursleys' oven and turns the heat up to maximum. [[UnexplainedRecovery He Gets Better]].
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Mark's reviews of the first few chapters of the first book were snarky and condescending. Then he was won over by the chapter where Hagrid shows up at the Hut-on-the-Rock and then all was right with the world. Those first few chapters were a holdover from the ''other'' series he'd read and blogged about: Mark hated ''Twilight'' with a passion.
* {{Fanboy}}: He unabashedly adores the series, faults and all. Although he is quick to bash any faults he finds, but most of the time something else that's awesome distracts him.

** You can guess how he responded to the following two chapters.

* MediumAwareness: A staple of his ''[[ScriptFic Harry Potter: A Play]]'' segments.

--> HARRY: He is TOTALLY planning on stealing the Sorcerer's Stone.

* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: sometimes shows up in his [[FootnoteFever footnotes]] when quoting directly from the source material during his [[ScriptFic Harry Potter: A Play]] reviews.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: It's pretty clear how much Mark loves Hagrid: The first chapter he's introduced, Mark already wants to marry him. Bear in mind that Mark generally has no interest in marriage, as [[Blog/MarkReadstwilight his Twilight reviews]] made clear.
* PerverseSexualLust: Mark has declared Hagrid his ''leather daddy'' boyfriend.

* ScriptFic: the ''Harry Potter: A Play'' segments, another holdover from his [[Blog/MarkReadsTwilight Twilight]] reviews.
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Mark has reviewed chapters from the point of view of characters, including Hedwig more than once, transcribed IM conversations he had with his friend Kasper while reading the chapter for the first time, and more.

** These typically take the form of Mark mocking Creator/StephenieMeyer whenever he finds a good example of ShowDontTell, the lack of such in Twilight being an early complaint he had.
** In the last chapter of Deathly Hallows, Mark has Cedric go up to Harry and co and talk about how he's "spent the last five years trapped inside a book that glorifies abuse, shame, and mediocrity" following his death, a reference to the fact that him and Edward Cullen are portrayed by [[Creator/RobertPattinson the same actor]].

After [[Blog/MarkReadsTwilight suffering through]] ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', Mark decided to embark on the project of reading ''Literature/HarryPotter'' (which he'd never read before) and review it on his blog one chapter at a time and even though at the beginning he was not quite sold now it's REAL HARD because '''[[BoldInflation THIS SERIES IS SO AMAZING AND ADDICTIVE]]''' AND [[Creator/JKRowling J. K. ROWLING]] [[SugarWiki/GushingAboutShowsYouLike IS A FUCKING GENIUS]]! HE WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THIS SHIT! [[http://bit.ly/MRHPlist CHECK IT OUT RIGHT NOW!]]

After [[Blog/MarkReadsTwilight suffering through]] ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', Mark decided to embark on the project of reading ''Literature/HarryPotter'' (which he'd never read before) and review it on his blog one chapter at a time and even though at the beginning he was not quite sold now it's REAL HARD because '''[[BoldInflation THIS SERIES IS SO AMAZING AND ADDICTIVE]]''' AND [[Creator/JKRowling J. K. ROWLING]] [[GushingAboutShowsYouLike IS A FUCKING GENIUS]]! HE WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THIS SHIT! [[http://bit.ly/MRHPlist CHECK IT OUT RIGHT NOW!]]