a thought and a meme
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jlhSo I read this from Ruby, and I read this about how fandom works on LJ, and I'm thinking that maybe the way that LJ works, where we all know each other's personal business and not just our fandom opinions, actually saved this part of the fandom after book 5. Just a thought.
1) Your HP nickname: Clio.
2) Do you write fanfiction: Yes.
3) Draw fanart: No.
4) Review much: I try to when I read.
5) Read too many fics: Not lately mostly because I'm writing, and I
don't like reading a lot when I'm writing.
6) Favorite house: Gryffindor, probably.
7) Favorite Gryffindor student: Harry, but also Seamus.
8) Favorite Slytherin student: Draco, but really, do we have much canon about any of the others?
9) Favorite Ravenclaw student: Padma, ditto.
10) Favorite Hufflepuff student: Ditto
11) Favorite teacher: Remus Lupin
12) Favorite overall character: Harry, but also Remus and Seamus.
13) Favorite adult: Remus.
14) Canon/fanon Draco: I don't really find canon Draco to be all that interesting as such, so I suppose in that sense fanon Draco, but more because there are lots of writers trying to get behind the facade, not because he's suddenly Mr Wonderful.
15) Canon/fanon Snape: Neither.
16) Voldemort or Dumbledore: Dumbledore.
17) Cho, annoying or not: Poor kid. I think she gets a rotten break.
Shipping:
18) Your OTP: Well, it's a funny question. I am not a canon shipper (except probably Sirius/Remus). If there's a ship I want to read lots of and for people to write more of, it's Seamus/Dean, so that's as good an answer as any.
19) Other ships you sail: Again, these are fanfic preferences for reading and writing, not canon hopes, but Harry/Hermione, Draco/Ginny, Ron/Padma, Percy/Oliver.
20) Intruiging ships: Harry/Draco when it's done well.
21) Disliked ships: I have yet to see a Ron/Hermione or a Harry/Ginny where I don't want to strangle one or both of them (huge exception: Naked Quidditch). Snape having sex with anyone as I find him just completely unpleasant.
22) Ships hated with a passion (erm... this is optional :X): Harry cross-gen. Let him play with his own friends, not his father's.
23) Het, slash or femmeslash: All three.
24) H/Hr or R/Hr: H/Hr.
25) D/Hr or D/G: D/G.
26) H/D or H/SS: H/D.
27) Older gen, younger gen or cross-gen: I'm not a big fan of cross-gen if the younger person is younger than, say, 25. After that, whatever, we're all adults. I do like older gen and younger gen as adults because I like reading about adults.
Fanfiction:
28) Canon or AU: Well, I think that GoF AU I'm pretty fine with, clearly. And there are some strict AU stuff that's pretty good. So I'd say I'm not a fanatic about this.
29) Fluff or angst: Either. As long as something happens, really.
30) Darkfic: Call me a lameass chicken, but no.
31) OOC or IC: IC.
32) SuddenlyVeryPowerful!Harry: Um, isn't he already Very Powerful in canon?
33) One-shot or chaptered: Chaptered. I've never liked short stories in any case.
34) Novel-length: Absolutely.
35) Gen, het or slash: Any, though I'm a big romance fan and not a big adventure fan so I'm not so much with the gen.
36) Drabbles: See above re short stories. I want to know more!
37) SuddenlyVerySexy!Draco: Is he not already? Also, this actually does happen at that age--people develop and come back from the summer and you're like, what the hell happened to THEM?
38) Fanfiction Pet Peeves: Shoving adventure into the last act of a romance, or having a bad guy turn up right after the characters have declared their love and killing one of them off to make sure that Harry Is Always Alone. Making Hermione into a SuperWitch! if you're shipping her with Harry--she is already the brightest witch of her generation; isn't that enough? Not having a romance take place in the context of the character's lives--secret affairs seem exciting but at some point you have to come out into the light, and also, these people, they have friends that they talk to about their love lives! Making the third person in a love triangle a jerk or an asshole--even Ralph Bellamy gets better treatment than that.
39) Canon or Fanon: If we were all about being canonical, why would we be writing fanfic? JKR is going to write book six; I don't want it from fanfic.
40) Many ships in one fic: Of course!
Books:
59) Cried for Cedric: Not really.
60) Cried for Sirius: Buckets. Hell, I cried for him again at the end of PoA both times I saw it!
61) Dark or Light Side: Light.
62) Did the explanation of the prophecy satisfy you: God, no.
63) Which character needs some more development: I'd like to get more insight on the Ravenclaws, and also Draco and Remus.
Fanart:
64) Favorite artist(s): Sidhe, Marta, Yasmina and Ali. I'm sure there are others but I am naughty and forget to note who is doing what on hpart/hpsmart.
65) Favorite drawing style: I think I like a traditional illustration style only because there is so little of it in fandom; same with coloring that isn't on the computer but by hand (though I do have a true love for colored pencils). That said, I do like anime style as long as things aren't too extreme, but I also like the boys to be somewhat muscular (except for Harry of course). I don't really have a love for the boys looking like girls. There are girls in the books, you know.
66) Love fanart of: Smut, but not necessarily rampant cocks and all of that. I like art of a moment, that is in context, rather than just endless portraiture. I really love seeing backgrounds.
67) Fanart Pet Peeves: Boys looking like girls. Boys in drag. I just don't find Draco being a girl all that interesting.
68) Stick art. Yes or no: Sure.
69) Shiny: What?
70) Anime/Manga style: Sure, but you know, within reason.
71) Realism: Please.
72) Cartoon: More please!
73) Gen or shipped: Both.
Misc.:
74) Blaise's gender: I really never cared that much, so whatever.
75) Tom Riddle's eye colour: Dunno. Blue maybe?
76) Luna fan: Eh. She's fine as far as she goes; she doesn't irritate me, anyway.
77) OC's, done or not done: No.
78) Liking Weasley ships with 'Flame' or 'Fire' in the name: Ugh, I hate ship names.
79) Weasley love: Not in that, oh I love that big family way, but I like some of them just as I like other characters. Hate Molly, though.
80) Malfoy love: Not really, no.
81) Potter love: Yes, all three please.
82) Is Lucius really 49: I though it said he was 42?
83) Brilliant ship name (Don't need to ship it, though!): Ugh, I hate ship names.
84) Plain stupid ship name: Ugh, I hate ship names.
85) Voldemort. Bald. Yes or no: Likely.
86) The power He-Knows-Not and the power that saved Harry is: It's always love, isn't it? Does that disappoint you?
87) Your view on Hufflepuff-ies: Brava to those who write about them.
88) Should Ron say 'Bloody Brilliant' more then once? Why not?
89) Hermione. Pretty. Am I right: I think she's attractive enough. Everyone can't be a model.
90) Best HP fanfic ever: Please, there are too many.
91) Rec the 2nd best, too: Ditto.
92) Did HP change your life dramatically: Sort of as PZ said, the books no, the fandom very much yes.
93) Marauders. Like or dislike: Love!
94) Prongs, Moony, Padfoot or Wormtail: Moony, but I'm very intrigued by Prongs I must say.
95) Could Lily have been an animagus too: Why, just because James was? Can't she have her own bag of tricks?
96) What animal Lily would've been: See above.
97) Did Harry pass his Potions' OWL's : Yes.
98) Did Ron: Why not?
99) Is Harry going to die or will he survive: He'll live.
100) What gives you the most warm fuzzies in your stomach in the whole HP-verse: The details, and the importance of friendship.
1) Your HP nickname: Clio.
2) Do you write fanfiction: Yes.
3) Draw fanart: No.
4) Review much: I try to when I read.
5) Read too many fics: Not lately mostly because I'm writing, and I
don't like reading a lot when I'm writing.
6) Favorite house: Gryffindor, probably.
7) Favorite Gryffindor student: Harry, but also Seamus.
8) Favorite Slytherin student: Draco, but really, do we have much canon about any of the others?
9) Favorite Ravenclaw student: Padma, ditto.
10) Favorite Hufflepuff student: Ditto
11) Favorite teacher: Remus Lupin
12) Favorite overall character: Harry, but also Remus and Seamus.
13) Favorite adult: Remus.
14) Canon/fanon Draco: I don't really find canon Draco to be all that interesting as such, so I suppose in that sense fanon Draco, but more because there are lots of writers trying to get behind the facade, not because he's suddenly Mr Wonderful.
15) Canon/fanon Snape: Neither.
16) Voldemort or Dumbledore: Dumbledore.
17) Cho, annoying or not: Poor kid. I think she gets a rotten break.
Shipping:
18) Your OTP: Well, it's a funny question. I am not a canon shipper (except probably Sirius/Remus). If there's a ship I want to read lots of and for people to write more of, it's Seamus/Dean, so that's as good an answer as any.
19) Other ships you sail: Again, these are fanfic preferences for reading and writing, not canon hopes, but Harry/Hermione, Draco/Ginny, Ron/Padma, Percy/Oliver.
20) Intruiging ships: Harry/Draco when it's done well.
21) Disliked ships: I have yet to see a Ron/Hermione or a Harry/Ginny where I don't want to strangle one or both of them (huge exception: Naked Quidditch). Snape having sex with anyone as I find him just completely unpleasant.
22) Ships hated with a passion (erm... this is optional :X): Harry cross-gen. Let him play with his own friends, not his father's.
23) Het, slash or femmeslash: All three.
24) H/Hr or R/Hr: H/Hr.
25) D/Hr or D/G: D/G.
26) H/D or H/SS: H/D.
27) Older gen, younger gen or cross-gen: I'm not a big fan of cross-gen if the younger person is younger than, say, 25. After that, whatever, we're all adults. I do like older gen and younger gen as adults because I like reading about adults.
Fanfiction:
28) Canon or AU: Well, I think that GoF AU I'm pretty fine with, clearly. And there are some strict AU stuff that's pretty good. So I'd say I'm not a fanatic about this.
29) Fluff or angst: Either. As long as something happens, really.
30) Darkfic: Call me a lameass chicken, but no.
31) OOC or IC: IC.
32) SuddenlyVeryPowerful!Harry: Um, isn't he already Very Powerful in canon?
33) One-shot or chaptered: Chaptered. I've never liked short stories in any case.
34) Novel-length: Absolutely.
35) Gen, het or slash: Any, though I'm a big romance fan and not a big adventure fan so I'm not so much with the gen.
36) Drabbles: See above re short stories. I want to know more!
37) SuddenlyVerySexy!Draco: Is he not already? Also, this actually does happen at that age--people develop and come back from the summer and you're like, what the hell happened to THEM?
38) Fanfiction Pet Peeves: Shoving adventure into the last act of a romance, or having a bad guy turn up right after the characters have declared their love and killing one of them off to make sure that Harry Is Always Alone. Making Hermione into a SuperWitch! if you're shipping her with Harry--she is already the brightest witch of her generation; isn't that enough? Not having a romance take place in the context of the character's lives--secret affairs seem exciting but at some point you have to come out into the light, and also, these people, they have friends that they talk to about their love lives! Making the third person in a love triangle a jerk or an asshole--even Ralph Bellamy gets better treatment than that.
39) Canon or Fanon: If we were all about being canonical, why would we be writing fanfic? JKR is going to write book six; I don't want it from fanfic.
40) Many ships in one fic: Of course!
Books:
59) Cried for Cedric: Not really.
60) Cried for Sirius: Buckets. Hell, I cried for him again at the end of PoA both times I saw it!
61) Dark or Light Side: Light.
62) Did the explanation of the prophecy satisfy you: God, no.
63) Which character needs some more development: I'd like to get more insight on the Ravenclaws, and also Draco and Remus.
Fanart:
64) Favorite artist(s): Sidhe, Marta, Yasmina and Ali. I'm sure there are others but I am naughty and forget to note who is doing what on hpart/hpsmart.
65) Favorite drawing style: I think I like a traditional illustration style only because there is so little of it in fandom; same with coloring that isn't on the computer but by hand (though I do have a true love for colored pencils). That said, I do like anime style as long as things aren't too extreme, but I also like the boys to be somewhat muscular (except for Harry of course). I don't really have a love for the boys looking like girls. There are girls in the books, you know.
66) Love fanart of: Smut, but not necessarily rampant cocks and all of that. I like art of a moment, that is in context, rather than just endless portraiture. I really love seeing backgrounds.
67) Fanart Pet Peeves: Boys looking like girls. Boys in drag. I just don't find Draco being a girl all that interesting.
68) Stick art. Yes or no: Sure.
69) Shiny: What?
70) Anime/Manga style: Sure, but you know, within reason.
71) Realism: Please.
72) Cartoon: More please!
73) Gen or shipped: Both.
Misc.:
74) Blaise's gender: I really never cared that much, so whatever.
75) Tom Riddle's eye colour: Dunno. Blue maybe?
76) Luna fan: Eh. She's fine as far as she goes; she doesn't irritate me, anyway.
77) OC's, done or not done: No.
78) Liking Weasley ships with 'Flame' or 'Fire' in the name: Ugh, I hate ship names.
79) Weasley love: Not in that, oh I love that big family way, but I like some of them just as I like other characters. Hate Molly, though.
80) Malfoy love: Not really, no.
81) Potter love: Yes, all three please.
82) Is Lucius really 49: I though it said he was 42?
83) Brilliant ship name (Don't need to ship it, though!): Ugh, I hate ship names.
84) Plain stupid ship name: Ugh, I hate ship names.
85) Voldemort. Bald. Yes or no: Likely.
86) The power He-Knows-Not and the power that saved Harry is: It's always love, isn't it? Does that disappoint you?
87) Your view on Hufflepuff-ies: Brava to those who write about them.
88) Should Ron say 'Bloody Brilliant' more then once? Why not?
89) Hermione. Pretty. Am I right: I think she's attractive enough. Everyone can't be a model.
90) Best HP fanfic ever: Please, there are too many.
91) Rec the 2nd best, too: Ditto.
92) Did HP change your life dramatically: Sort of as PZ said, the books no, the fandom very much yes.
93) Marauders. Like or dislike: Love!
94) Prongs, Moony, Padfoot or Wormtail: Moony, but I'm very intrigued by Prongs I must say.
95) Could Lily have been an animagus too: Why, just because James was? Can't she have her own bag of tricks?
96) What animal Lily would've been: See above.
97) Did Harry pass his Potions' OWL's : Yes.
98) Did Ron: Why not?
99) Is Harry going to die or will he survive: He'll live.
100) What gives you the most warm fuzzies in your stomach in the whole HP-verse: The details, and the importance of friendship.
