it was another situation as the train left the station; it was "hello, hopeville, I need a vacation"

[primroseburrows]

I've cleaned my kitchen and washed its floor, and it's only ten-thirty! I have clearly gone 'round the bend.

I'm going out to buy my poor starving kitties some food, but first--diamond_dust06 has brought back an old meme, so I give you:




1. Ron/Draco. Totally Not Believable. They HATE each other. I know, you say, 'Oho! Harry and Draco hate each other, too!' It's different, I tell you. Harry and Draco feed off of their animosity. There's a dynamic there that's not even on the same level. Ron and Draco are the youngest generation of the Wizarding version of the Hatfields and the McCoys, and they will never get past that. And besides...(see #5).

2. Hermione/Draco. See above. When Draco says 'filthy mudblood', he means it. He doesn't give her the respect deserving of lint, never mind think of her as potential girlfriend material.

3. Harry/Ginny is canon, whether you, or I, or anyone likes it. Harry/Hermione will never be canon. Get over it. I don't like H/G, but um. The author is the god of the universe she creates.

4. Seme and uke. I not only don't get it, I hate the very idea of it. Why can't a fair-haired, slender guy be dominant in a relationship? What he have to be submissive just because he's fairer and shorter than the other one? What does size and colouring have to do with personality? It. Doesn't. Make. Sense. Maybe this is why I can't get into Anime.

5. Ron is straight, except in matters Trio, because that's different. That's the Trio, the Holy Trinity, the Three Musketeers, all for one, one for all, OT3--you get the picture. But yeah, Ron is so straight. So, so straight. A zero on Kinsey. Maybe even a -1.

6. Draco is not strikingly handsome. He's got pointy features and is only a shade or two shy of Albino. He's not ugly, either, but um. Not a pinup boy.

7. For that matter, Tom Felton is not strikingly handsome, either. Rupert Grint is much better looking than Tom, as much of a w00bie as our fisherguy is. Again, not ugly, but. Which is why I think that visually, Tom is perfect as Draco.

8. I don't get fics that feature very minor characters, i.e. Hannah Abbot/Blaise Zabini, Lee Jordan/Terry Boot, that kind of thing. If someone's writing stuff like that, why not write original stories? Because these characters have almost NO backstory at all.

9. Alan Rickman, as much as I completely adore him, is too old to be Snape. I love his portrayal of Snape, but he's still too old by at least ten years. The Marauders, etc. in the movie were aged up to fit with Alan's Snape, and as much as I love David Thewliss and Gary Oldman as Remus and Sirius, they're too old, too. These people should be in their late thirties, early forties tops.

10. Sirius? Is deader 'n dirt. He isn't pining, he's passed on! Do I think we'll hear from him again? Sure. But from the Great Beyond, nothing more.


Oh, and:

BONUS!!

11. I like Harry's hair in the GoF film (also Ron's). Remember, this is right in the middle of the post-Nirvana grunge era. Teenage boys grew their hair.

Okay, now, off to buy cat food. I'll try to contain my joy.

Comments

[ragdoll.livejournal.com]

Photographic Evidence (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/RagaDal/janjason.jpg). I apologise for how scary I look (and how FAT). Sadly, just moments later, that poor silk suit was covered in beer. He got way too excited about Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery for his own good and knocked the glass off the table in front of him and all over him, head to toe.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

That sounds just like Jason, from the few times I've seen him. Exuberant lad.

[ragdoll.livejournal.com]

Yeah, he was just way too excited by the film which had just opened (and hardly anyone had seen it). I wish I could download the memory of him shouting "Do I make you horny? Do I? Do I?" and flailing his arms about just before the beer went flying. It was hysterical.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

I would have loved to have seen that. I saw him do a parody of Michael Flately in Lord of the Dance, flailing arms and all. It was brilliant

[ragdoll.livejournal.com]

It was so great -- he really was a great con guest and I loved Marcus Cole as a character. Have you ever seen him on She Wolf of London? He was soooooo hot. Leather pants and everything. :)

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of She Wolf of London.

He could be Fanon!Sirius. :)

[ragdoll.livejournal.com]

She-Wolf was a great not-seen enough horror/comedy series that was on about 15 yrs ago. The first year it was set in the UK and written/produced by Brits. The second year, it moved to Los Angeles and got more American. I have a few episodes on tape-- I'd kill for it on dvd.

Anyway, one of the episodes was about a haunted/cursed circus which was kind of a take off on Something Wicked This Way Comes. Jason played the cursed Ringmaster who is a lot sexier than Jonathan Pryce as Mr. Dark.

and yes, definitely fanon!Sirius. :)

(yummy Neil Icon. I still need one)

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

You can use that one. Or this one. I'm not icon!possessive.

[ragdoll.livejournal.com]

I might use the earlier one. I really need to find the Right Picture and make one. Sadly, the one photo I have of me with Neil is just scary. (He's exhausted and I'm FAT).

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Neil is oddly not photogenic. The actual good pictures of him are rare. But when they're good, they're very, very good. Oh, yes.

[ragdoll.livejournal.com]

See, I think he's very photogenic although he's prettier in person. I've loved him since I first laid eyes on him (in photos) back around 1989/90. But I'm weird. :)

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

I think he's selectively photogenic. Not to mention, when he's obviously been up for a couple of days and is half-asleep on his feet, he still manages to look better than most uber-photogenic people do on their best days.

And? He's a nice guy. He charmed my socks off when I met him at Worldcon.

[ragdoll.livejournal.com]

Neil and I have been net correspondents since around 1990. He's always charming and always lovely to me when I get to see him in person (and he gives good hugs and smooches). I'm the person who first named him "Unca Neil" and according to him, am one of the few people who is actually allowed to call him that. I'm really bummed that I've missed him on this signing tour but I've sent messages via other friends so he knows I'm still out here. :)

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

I don't think I qualify to call him Unca anything as I am but ten months younger. :)

[ragdoll.livejournal.com]

I'm 14 months younger but when it comes to storytelling, he seems much much older and wiser.