[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Halloween Mixer

[illyana delorean]

Yah, yah, I'm late to the mixer. But I'm fashionably late!!

*Do you believe in ghosts? Why or why not?

I believe that people see and experience strange things that they think 
are ghosts, but I am not quite sure if they are really the spirits of 
dead people. Until I experience a ghost myself, I am not really going 
to think more about them. I have read a lot about hauntings and ghosts, 
though, and am very interested in that kind of thing.

*What things about you often come as a surprise to others?

I have no idea! I guess you'll have to ask others! I do think that 
people are a little surprised when they realize how straightforward I 
am about things. I have some pretty big balls for a chick! :D

*Provide the etymology of your signature/handle/email address.

I have been using "illyanadmc" for years - ever since I started using 
the internet, basically. "illyana" is the name of a comic book 
character from "The New Mutants" comic book and "dmc" stands for 
DeLorean Motor Company. Obviously I love DeLoreans, because i use the 
last name "delorean" on the internet.

*Whose signature/handle/email address on the HPfGU boards (a) would you 
like to steal or (b) intrigues you?

Umm... the answer to both questions is "none."

*Describe your ultimate Halloween costume.

I have never really been one to create elaborate Halloween costumes; I 
usually just throw something together at the last minute. So, I guess 
my "ultimate" Halloween costume would be something half-way decent that 
took less than ten minutes to create - this year's "zombie bridesmaid" 
costume was a good example of a last-minute idea that ended up looking 
pretty okay.

*If you lived in the Potterverse, who would you be, and what would you 
do for a living?

Well, since I want to be a librarian in the real world, I guess I would 
like to be a librarian in the Potterverse, as well. Or perhaps a 
bookshop owner. I am not sure if I would want to work at Hogwarts as a 
librarian, because I am not too fond of children, but perhaps I would 
be a librarian at a non-school WW library, if such a thing exists.

*What would you see in the Mirror of Erised?

I think I would see myself and my boyfriend both with higher education 
degrees and steady jobs that we love. That is basically what I daydream 
about nowadays.

*What shape would a boggart take, if you chance upon one?

Either a large spider or my friends laying dead on the floor.

*What happy memory will you rely upon, if you are to conjure up a 
Patronus?

Not any particular memory, really. I guess I would think of my favorite 
stuffed animals, whom I treat like real pets because I don't have any 
real pets at the moment... and I'm kind of lonely.

*What form might your Patronus take?

Mothman!

*What might your animagus form be?

Something small and quick, so I could do some good spying! Perhaps a 
chameleon or other lizard.

*What basically harmless things scared you as a child?

(I have answered this before, but I will do a quick re-cap.) Spiders, 
even harmless and dead ones, really freak me out (and they did during 
the latter part of my childhood, as well). Also, and I didn't mention 
this before because I had forgotten about it until just now, my 
grandparents are world travelers and have many souveniers from their 
travels around their house. When I was little, I would sleep in my 
aunt's old room whenever I visited my grandparents, and they had these 
Chinese wooden masks hanging on the walls in the room. They were really 
scary to me, because they kind of looked like demon faces, so I 
eventually would ask them to take them off the walls whenever I spent 
the night. I looked at the masks earlier this year when I was visiting, 
and they are still kind of freaky-looking!

*What is your scariest moment from a film or television show?

I am not a very big fan of horror movies, but I don't really think they 
are scary. I don't like them because they are full of those startling 
moments - when a dead body or severed head falls in front of someone or 
when the killer in the movie pops up in front of someone - those kinds 
of moments make my heart jump and I hate that feeling. So, any movie 
with startling moments is no good for me. I do like well-done horror 
movies (like Ringu), so I will try to endure the startling moments so I 
can watch the movie for its story and direction.

*Tell us which horror movie is your all-time favorite, and why.

Well, the only stereotypicial horror movie that I actually like and own 
is "Night of the Living Dead." I just think it was really well-done 
and, while I don't think it is particularly scary, it is a pretty 
creepy movie.

*Ever wonder into which Hogwarts House the Sorting Hat would put you?

As much as I love the Slytherins and being a bad-guy, I would probably 
be sorted into Ravenclaw because I am logical and smart, and I am not 
cunning and evil enough to be a Slyth. I took the test and I was right 
- Ravenclaw. Oh, well, maybe Draco could look past all of that! :D

*Is your interest in Harry Potter just good, harmless fun... or are you 
bordering on obsessive?

I scored a 32%, so I am just quite a "full-time Potter fan." Yay! I am 
glad my obsession isn't unhealthy... yet.

Oh, I have an HP geek code that lives in my signature file:

HPGCv1
a22 e+ x+* Rm Ri HP4 S+++ Mo++ HG+/VK++ HaP+/SS+++& HaP+/DM++& FGW++ 
DM++& VC-- GG-- CD+ VK++ SS+++& PT--- AF-- MM++ RL++ O+m FAo F- Sl FHo 
SfD

*Finally, just how well do you know the canon? Take the quiz here and 
let us know if you are savvy or sorry.

I definitely don't know as much as many people on the HPfGU lists, but 
would consider myself to be pretty savvy. I don't need to take a quiz 
to know that!

illyana

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