On being a shipper
Aug. 13th, 2002 11:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jlhBefore I get into the heart of this, let me say that yes, I am reading something with a pairing I wouldn't ordinarily read, that being Luna's This Present Darkness. It's Hermione/Severus. I don't like cross-gen; I don't like teacher/student; I don't like Severus. Clearly Luna has a bit of an uphill to go with me. Of course, she is succeeding admirably. Still, I can understand why she was complaining so much about Sev skulking around her house; I wouldn't want him, either. (Seamus is bad enough. He hogs closet space and never shakes the soy milk.) Though why she wants to replace him with Draco is beyond me—when she betas EWFS, all she does is poke him.
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kissaki called me a rabid Seamus/Dean shipper. I hadn't really thought about it, but I suppose it's true. I am loyal to the ship and I would love for it to be more popular, if only so I would have more fics to read. K&G makes me very happy indeed; it's like a little community over there. Miss Cora, our esteemed captain, is starting an archive so the stories will have a home. (Note to self: send Lix an email, already!) They're sweet without being annoying. They're really sexy. They make so much sense, and they make me very happy indeed.
I suppose that my passion comes from "always the bridesmaid, never the bride." S/D are in the background of tons of fics, especially ones centered on H/D, but they are rarely front and center. I'm not even sure they're that central to EWFS. You would be not far off in saying, well, there isn't much drama to them. I like that they're not the center of everything; it makes it more interesting. A way to see how it looks from the outside, which is what Miss Cora is doing. (I always did love Nick Carroway.)
(Or maybe, being of mixed parentage myself, I identify with Seamus. He's my representative tragic mulatto.)
Which is probably why I was so excited over![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
nocturne_alley; we hardly ever get our moment in the sun, but we got action before they did. Yeah, it's strictly B-plot, but I don't care.
By the way, I've had this picture in my mind of Seamus with a mop top (like the Beatles c. 1965) in a black turtleneck. Very, very mod. Well, I finally tracked down that image. My mental picture of Seamus is Neil Finn in the "One Step Ahead" video. (If I could find a video still from it, I'd link you.heidi8?) Anyway, figuring it out made me feel better.
The other night
kissaki called me a rabid Seamus/Dean shipper. I hadn't really thought about it, but I suppose it's true. I am loyal to the ship and I would love for it to be more popular, if only so I would have more fics to read. K&G makes me very happy indeed; it's like a little community over there. Miss Cora, our esteemed captain, is starting an archive so the stories will have a home. (Note to self: send Lix an email, already!) They're sweet without being annoying. They're really sexy. They make so much sense, and they make me very happy indeed.I suppose that my passion comes from "always the bridesmaid, never the bride." S/D are in the background of tons of fics, especially ones centered on H/D, but they are rarely front and center. I'm not even sure they're that central to EWFS. You would be not far off in saying, well, there isn't much drama to them. I like that they're not the center of everything; it makes it more interesting. A way to see how it looks from the outside, which is what Miss Cora is doing. (I always did love Nick Carroway.)
(Or maybe, being of mixed parentage myself, I identify with Seamus. He's my representative tragic mulatto.)
Which is probably why I was so excited over
nocturne_alley; we hardly ever get our moment in the sun, but we got action before they did. Yeah, it's strictly B-plot, but I don't care.By the way, I've had this picture in my mind of Seamus with a mop top (like the Beatles c. 1965) in a black turtleneck. Very, very mod. Well, I finally tracked down that image. My mental picture of Seamus is Neil Finn in the "One Step Ahead" video. (If I could find a video still from it, I'd link you.
heidi8?) Anyway, figuring it out made me feel better.
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Date: 2002-08-13 10:29 pm (UTC)Best that I can do. He's cute enough - and Irish enough (1/2).
For Those Who Do Not Know All Things Finn, neil's the one in the pink shirt. And this image is vintage 1981.
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Date: 2002-08-13 10:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-08-14 04:24 am (UTC)Neil is definitely cute enough, particularly as I don't picture Seamus as being incredibly cute. He's more personally appealing.
Though he does have the best ass of the Gryffindor Class of '98. On that point I will not be moved.
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Date: 2002-08-14 04:07 pm (UTC)I don't just poke your Draco either. I slap him upside the head, glare at him, tell him off, pull rude faces behind his back, sigh dramatically everytime he opens his mouth and altogether - I am just TOO involved with your Draco! Heehee. Still, he's a CUTE brat. The 'cute' is very important....
::off to review ch7 of EWFS::
huzah for rabid Seamus/Dean!
Date: 2002-08-14 07:25 pm (UTC)Do email Lix, and give me permission for In the Club, or did your earlier owl qualify? *sigh* being an aspiring Law student means I have to be picky about legalities, doesn't it?
Hugs! Must go review.
-Miss Cora
huzah for rabid Seamus/Dean!
Date: 2002-08-14 07:25 pm (UTC)Do email Lix, and give me permission for In the Club, or did your earlier owl qualify? *sigh* being an aspiring Law student means I have to be picky about legalities, doesn't it?
Hugs!
-Miss Cora