Plus, LJ and FictionAlley Re: [HPFGU-OTChatter] What was the HP question on VH1?

[Saitaina]

Dina wrote:

<based on his attention whore>

You had to say it didn't you.  Any time
the words "Draco" and "whore" reside in
the same sentence my brain goes on
holiday.

<As much as I'd like to see Draco
redeemed (like a coupon), >

I always thought that was used as a
coupon (over and over and over again).

<I really think that's something for
fanon.>

Yup, Yup.

<talks about Draco being as cardboard
and disposable
as the center of a toilet paper roll.>

I just can't wrap my head around
cardboard villains.  I know they exist,
I just don't know WHY.  What's the
point of having someone evil if there's
no motivation for it?  No one is purely
evil, there's a reason, no matter how
inane.  So what is the bloody point of
Draco if there's not some light at the
end of the tunnel or some childhood
damage?  WHAT IS THE POINT?!

*deep breath*

<  I prefer Daniel Radcliffe's POA
look>

*giggles*  Sorry, bad place.

< there's hair product called Bedhead.>

I think I own some...

<Anyway, I know
some fanfic depicts Draco as having
naturally curly hair. >

I always hate those.  I mentally cut
out those mention because really...just
makes me think of Draco with golden
ringlets and thanks but no.

<Hey!  Where's another mod to step in
and say how mean you are to me? ;-) >

Well, they're around here but it
wouldn't be 'another' mod, it would be
A mod since I'm no longer an elf at
this establishment.  I work for FA now
(and various rpg and slash lists).

<Err, don't read the prior comment with
a
gutter mind.>

I'm supposed to have another mind?

<Although, by referencing a fic as a
'rec', you're still giving readers
your impression.>

:oÞ

<As time-consuming a job switchknife
did on her recs, would you believe I
rarely visit her website? >

Who?

<Author Summary: MPREG!! Harry not only
finds out that he's expecting, but
that if he doesn't bond with his soul
mate, he nor his baby will survive.
Only problem is, the father doesn't
know!>

What the...*fish face*  I don't want to
know...

< I stopped reading somewhere in the
vicinity of Draco performs crucio on
Harry and Harry's like 'that was
nothing and back to my school
speech'.)>

Umm...right.  Steady on then.

<which makes me wonder how it's passing
into FictionAlley. >

A LOT of fics make me wonder this...but
then I shouldn't speak to loudly so no
one looks at my fics back when FA
began...there are some freaky typos in
there let me tell you.  Which is why I
love my current beta who yells at me
over the slightest thing (and then I
promptly smack her).

<"Gold-Tinted Spectacles".>

I think I liked that story....

<I never could get into RPGs, but hey,
if it floats other's boats, more
power to them.>

I think it was role-playing in the
sense that I'm the lord of the manor
and you're the naughty maid....

<Mainly, I've attended the BDSM panels
for fanfic purposes>

That's what they all say, doll.

<I remember saying pizza and p*rn were
a good
combination to my 60+ year old mom--I
suspect she may not have understood
what 'p*rn' was>

Wish my mere didn't...they I wouldn't
get odd looks.  Maybe its' part of
Mere's generation not to discuss you
know, sex and p*rn.

<Male 'synchronized swimmers' who were
doing some synchronized boffing. >

I now want to see this.  I'm sadly
lacking in fine movies such as these.

<Site ad?  Like a pic?>

Not quite.  A site ad is like a
classified ad or newspaper ad (you
know, one of those big expensive full
page ones) that one would do up for a
website and promote it on mailing
lists.  It's basically a hyped up
version of "Go here, it's cool".

<Bit of both.>

Well Chris didn't pay much attention to
anyone's acting.  If he did he would
have noticed Emma's eyebrows trying to
escape her face.  (and just to prove
how much of a hypocrite I am, I adore
Tom Felton's eyebrow raises).

<Just as I could disagree with
some of Cuaron's choices, however, I
loved most of his work.>

*worships Cuaron*

<My bit of a 'slow on the uptake'
moment was finally doing an 'estimate'
on
spotting Millicent Bulstrode in COS >

Millie was in there?  Was she a big
girl?

<I visualized her hair as being
shorter like GG's Pansy in POA and
Parkinson having the longer hair.>

I agree, Milli's supposed to have the
bob.  Of course I kept thinking the
chit next to Draco and co in the
Quidditch scene of SS would make a good
Pansy (pig tail girl).

<and the revelation
of Prongs in POA as James Potter... >

YES!  I had to explain to my mere what
all this meant (much like I had to
explain about Tom Riddle's mum in CoS
and something for SS).

It was like "Animagus, Animagus,
werewolf" and then nada for the giant
glowing stag.  Um...rather important to
the film guys.  Of course I'm not happy
with the special effects for the
patronus OR werewolf so I could be
channeling that anger.

<I'd also wonder where you're seeing a
'peter'. >

Bad mental place, bad mental place

I couldn't help it though, I'm rather
attached to my poor ickle Peter.  If
there was anyone in the books I would
love to have a sit down with it would
be him, (notice I said 'sit-down',
there are other things I would like to
do to other characters).

<I saw this Halloween link from the
hp_britglish group:>

Yes, I heard of this phenomena.  We
actually have no candy here for
trick-or-treaters because I'm
boycotting the holiday.  It's my first
year NOT dressing up and kidnapping
neighbor hood kids in order to not look
like a twenty-three year old going
trick-or-treating (dude, free candy,
like I'm going to pass that up, I have
sweet cavities for a reason).

Completely random but WHY do people
read my fics, and then decide to email
me and tell me how to write?  Not only
that, but WHY do they pic fics I wrote
four + years ago?!  One guy wanted me
to change the title of "Broken Shards"
(umm, Mr. Reviewer sir, A. That fic is
four years old, B. People like that fic
and know it by the name C. The fic is
four years old, D. The title fits, E.
The fic is FOUR years old!), another
told me that "The Dance" moved too fast
and that I should give some build up to
it (er...again A. Three-Four years old,
B. I know that, it was meant to do
that, C. I'm not re-writing a fic I
haven't even looked at in two years, D.
I sucked at writing back then, read
something else if you want something
not written in five minutes, E. I like
it, deal with it).

Maybe I'm just being picky, but if
you're giving constructive
reviews...pick something recent!
People who have 30+ fics to their names
in four years obviously improved (Or
they just really, really suck...).

*mutters* no one bitches about the dead
seven month old but you get one typo
and five people harp on you...

Saitaina
****
I've planned my dream wedding since I
was five.  I have it all planned,
invitations, cake,  heck I even know
what flatware to use.  I'm twenty-three
now, and I'm watching those dreams go
up in flames.  All because I'm a
lesbian, a second class citizen.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/saitaina

"No, one day I'm going to look back on
all this and plow face-first into a
tree because I was looking the wrong
bloody way. And I'll still be having a
better day than I am today."


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