What's fun about the HPs? (was: Request for new topics)

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 152416

SSSusan:
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> Anybody else game?
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zgirnius:
Thank you, Susan, for that reminder of a great HBP moment. I too 
laughed out loud in that scene.

Personally, I loved Lockhart. He was fantastic, from his golden locks 
down to his lavender-clad toes. Do I recall correctly that Molly was 
still using a book of his on household pests in OotP? 

His quizzes (at which Hermione excelled, hee hee) all about his 
favorite color, his life's ambition, and other important aspects of 
DADA made me laugh. As did the pixie scene. "Peskipiksi pesternomi!" 
slayed me. Still does, actually. I also loved Harry's detentions, 
helping to answer Gilderoy's fan mail.

But the best scene with him for me was the duelling club scene. It is 
still one of my very favorite scenes. I loved the line about the 
students still having their Potions Master in the morning. It was great 
the first time around, because this was definitely not high on the list 
of Harry and Ron's worries (it was more likely to have been a fond hope 
that they would NOT).  Now it is still funny because of how utterly 
ridiculous it is for Lockhart to say this, when we all know Snape could 
have 'sent him to the hospital wing in a matchbox' (to quote Snape).

And, OK, it is the medium which must not be named, but we're having 
fun, right? Kenneth Branagh and Alan Rickman doing this 
scene...priceless. It's why I bought a copy of the movie.