I think you're the only one I know who got their lj before getting an pitas or other onlinr journal. Total agreements with you.

Oh, and I have seen some of those HP lj wars. They get nasty. And yes I was quite shocked. And believe me when I say this I'm unbelievably glad that the anime fandom is relatively quiet in lj. I have my suspiscion that it is related to the fact that one can't be as flexible when it comes to layout changes.