[HPforGrownups] Re: The Big Bangers and Neville and Faith

[mdshoffner at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 35990

After lurking for quite a while now, and trying to get through all the past 
e-mails (I was horrendously behind), I've finally gotten through them, and I 
have to say...I think I'm fickle!!  I like bits (okay, more than just bits) 
of the Big Bang theory, I *really* like Faith, and even (don't hold this one 
against me) Elginmarbles, to a small degree.  I know, I know.  None of it 
fits together, but as I said, I'm fickle and it's taken Cindy and Elkins and 
Kimberly to show me this.  I don't know if I'm happy about it or not, 'cause 
I'm not really sure what it says about me and I don't think I want to know :)

> Cindy: 
> > Oh, not to worry.  I love Faith.  She's pure, she's thoughtful, 
> > she's well-groomed, she's the girl-next-door, she probably wears 
> > plaid skirts and tights.  She's disciplined enough not to stray 
> from 
> > canon *at all* -- what's not to like?  
> Kimberly said:
Oh no - see, you don't have to pretend to like Faith, that's ok > (although 
> she is Tough,        in her way - her tights are really stockings 
> and her maryjanes have 4-inch heels).   

Me:
I'm not so sure that I see Faith as strolling around in plaid skirts and 
tights.  I realize that Faith is really Kimberly's...ummm person (?) :), but 
as someone who is sticking up for Faith, I think she's a lot more than the 
girl next door.  Cindy also mentions in a previous post that Faith and Big 
Bang will never fit together.  I don't see why.  Faith lets it all rest on 
canon and Big Bang does happen with canon.  Faith (or at lease my version of 
Faith) allows there's the possibility of just about anything, including Big 
Bang, and I think that Faith likes Big Bang, but doesn't totally rely on it.


> I think this was Cindy again:
> > I'll let Faith in on a little secret (Faith is probably very good 
> at 
> > keeping secrets).  It's *tremendously* important to me that Neville 
> > have a Bangy backstory, see.  Neville isn't Edgy.  Or Tough (no, 
> > standing up to his friends and enduring a full-body bind does not 
> > count).  Or Funny.  Or Competent at the Big magical arts.  Or good 
> > under pressure.  There's not a whole lot to admire there, for me 
> > anyway.  He's kind of just vulnerable and rather weak at the 
> moment, 
> > IMHO.
> Kimberly said:
> See, that's the *beauty* of Faith's Neville.  He *is* vulnerable and 
> rather weak at the moment (although Faith points out that he's not 
> *too* weak.  He's braver with girls than Harry and Ron and he's got a 
> little of Frank Bryce's steel to him - keep on plugging even if life 
> isn't all it's cracked up to be and nobody's got your back).
> 
Me again:
Thank you Kimberly, for summing up Neville so well.  There's always been a 
part of me that *really* likes Neville, and I've never been entirely certain 
why.  I think it must because he is so completely willing to just go on and 
do what needs to be done even if it all really sucks and you're alone while 
you're doing it.

Kimberly again about Faith:

She makes a big distinction between Edge and Bangs.  She says the 
truly Edgy are a Bang in a Bottle themselves, so they don't need any 
added Bangs (the ones that are already there are plenty, and they 
know there are always more to come).  The Edgiest, according to 
Faith, prefer the slow burn to flash-fires.  She even quoted Snape at 
me - said I probably couldn't understand the beauty of the softly 
simmering character.  Faith's got Edge.  She's got Edge *and* canon, 
and now that she's gotten out of my head, she's getting a little 
pushy about it.  

Me again:
I think is what I like about Faith, she's got Edge and not only does she have 
Edge, she's got canon to back it all up.  

Kimberly said:
wondering if Marina would be willing to trade George for Faith for 
the weekend.

Me:
I don't have anything to trade, but I do have a spare bedroom. ;)

Melissa





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