Can't rain all the time

I haven't done this in ages, but I can't resist. :D

If you could resurrect/bring back five characters, who would they be?

( Spoilers for DH, also Buffy, Firefly, Babylon 5, and DS9 )

So...I've seen it twice now.  The first time I was so overwhelmed by emotion that I had trouble sorting out my thoughts.  This is my second favorite of the books for several reasons.  Among them the fact that this is basically Draco and Snape's story.   Even as much as it is Harry's and Tom's.  The book itself is flawed, but there are many points in the story that I can't help but love, despite the ridiculous teenage drama. 

The movie is far less so.  Obviously, it can't follow the book exactly.  That would have taken three movies worth.  But there were some distinct disappointments when it came to things left out, or reactions in general.

Overall, worth a viewing, but I wouldn't expect it to be the best of the series if you have yet to see it.

( Here be the spoilers )

Those were my major reactions, though I'm sure I've forgotten something here or there, but I'd say I've rambled on far long enough.  Overall, not bad.  Just not great like I know it could have been.

accioslash - Snape/Harry or Snape/Regulus, prompt: friends and lovers.
I don’t do Snarry, so here’s a bit of Sev/Reg for you. PG.
254 Words


( Something to Look Forward to )


ceria:
Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.
~ Nathaniel Emmons
HP - Probably Rab. Preferably him justifying his actions concerning the Longbottoms with some Auror. Moody or anyone you like.
A touch of preslash here, if you tilt your head. :D
PG13 – 244 Words


( Interviewing the Fallen )


enchanted_jae: H/D, with a prompt of "truffles".
PG13 190 words


( Lessons in Delicacies )

I did this coming on three years ago now, but I think it's time it was updated.

( My reading/writing preferences in HP fandom )

God, I haven't done this in ages...

List 5 storylines that were never really resolved to your satisfaction


HP:
( Spoilers for the last book especially )

Others:
( Spoilers for Forever Knight, Quantum Leap, BSG and Star Wars Episode 3 )

Title: Thinking Makes It So
Author: elfflame
Characters: Severus/Regulus
Rating: Hard R
Warnings: None, really. A bit of M/M sex, if that counts.
Word Count: 10,251
Summary: Severus never expected to find someone he knew when he started his new life working in a Muggle university.
Author's notes: Written for nimrod_9 for snapelyholidays this year, who had a lot of interesting ideas. I went with Severus/Regulus, and both “A holiday get-together” and “Happily ever after isn’t always easy.” Huge thank yous to both my betas, ceria and wolfish_cat. The title comes, of course, from Shakespeare’s Hamlet.


( When it comes to change, there are three seasons of timing: People change when they hurt enough that they have to, when they learn enough that they want to, and when they receive enough that they are able to. -John Maxwell )

All the fic below can also be found by looking at my fic list tag.

( End-of-the-year Fic Wrap-up )

Tagged by thepinkrabbit.

1. List your top seven ships.
2. Put all of them in order of your love for them; 7 to 1, with 1 being your favorite.
3. Name their fandom.
4. Supply photos for said people.
5. Tag seven people. Do it if you wish.


( My ships )

For Wolfish Cat:
Ro/Blaise
This started out based on FL, but...well, it's going somewhere else, so we'll let it. Warning here for implied chan (Blaise is 15), and assumed D/s, though there isn't really any sex in the drabble.
250 words - PG13


( A Nighttime Walk )


Florahart
Snape, Charlie, bubblegum.
214 words - PG


( Dealing With Ego )


Lee West
Rab/Barty, around the Longbottoms' torture time, Law Like Love.
276 words - PG13 (Mention of chan and future torture, and manipulation)


( Plans for the Future )


Robin
Harry/Draco
This one's based on the RP these two started in.  As I said in my note the other day, they've been playing together since 2006, and married in 2007, though we never actually played all of that out because we skipped forward several years.  So...this was my solution. :)
402 words - PG


( Wedding Day )


Kaykayen
Pairing: H/D
Time Period: Post-war (but EWE, please)
Quote: "There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness." Friedrich Nietzsche
325 words - PG


( If Wishes Were Horses )


Zille
Blaise/Theo
A new pairing to me, and one I'm still sorting out in my head, as you'll see in the drabble.
233 words - R (Mention of Chan)


( On Love )


Lilian Cho:
Severus/Draco or Severus/Draco/Harry, your choice.
Either during DH or post-DH with Snape surviving =DDD
Mmm...prompt: "We're not really enemies, we love each other, really."
Or if that's too sappy, "enemies" *g*
370 words - PG


( Demands )

Evinyatar15
Blaise/Severus (mainly because I've been wanting to read this ship). Severus knows Blaise's mother. Blaise gets the wrong idea. (could be established relationship/affair, but definitely needn't be.)
464 Words, R

( Never Enough Time )

Princessjessia
PAIRING: Blaise/Hermione
PROMPT: The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.
100 words, PG

( Silent Imposition )

Foodie
Draco's reaction post DH to finding out about Snape's outcome. How's that?
Quote by Shakespeare
121 Words, G

( Survivor's Grief )

Lilian_Cho
Severus hates James Potter, but all the annoying things that he hates in James Potter somehow become mere quirks in Draco Malfoy.
115 Words, PG

( Gratitude )

Ladybahiya
Character: Draco
Prompt: cowlick
176 Words, PG13

( There Was a Little Curl )

Alisanne
How about a nice Blaise/Harry/Draco?
Prompt: Whisper. :)
136 Words, R

( Night Whispers )

Kaykayen
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Prompt: "What does your heart tell you?"
164 Words, PG

( After so Long )

No, nothing specific is wrong. Just needing to find a way to deal with whiny muses. So I'd like to offer a small amount of dabbles with an angst bent. Any of the pairings listed here are welcome, but especially something that involves Draco or Blaise or Severus. I need a pairing (or character), and some sort of prompt, whether it be a quote or a picture or just random words. I'll do the first ten prompts I get.

Any takers?

But I have an excuse!  I just got back from vacation! :D

Name five songs (or whole playlists, if you want to get ambitious) that you associate with particular fictional characters.

So...I was listening to my player at work while I made this list, and some are better than others, and some charries have more than others, obviously...

Rabastan:
1. I Can't Decide by Scissor Sisters "I can't decide/whether you should live or die/Oh, you'll probably go to heaven/Please don't hang your head and cry/No wonder why/My heart feels dead inside/Its cold and hard and petrified..."
2. Sympathy for the Devil by GnR or by the Rolling Stones "Please allow me to introduce myself/I'm a man of wealth and taste/I've been around for a long, long year/Stole many a man's soul and faith."

Severus:
1. Solitaire by the Carpenters (though if you can find the If I Were a Carpenter version, I like that one much better...) "There was a man, a lonely man/Who lost his love through his indifference/A heart that cared, that went unshared/Until it died in his silence"
2. This Boy by the Beatles "That boy/Took my love away/He'll regret it someday...."

Draco:
1. Tears of the Dragon by Bruce Dickinson "Where I was, I had wings that couldnt fly/Where I was, I had tears I couldnt cry/My emotions frozen in an icy lake/I couldnt feel them until the ice began to break"
2. Bring Me To Life by Evanescence " How can you see into my eyes,/Like open doors?/Leading you down into my core,/Where I've become so numb./Without a soul."
3. Going Under by Evanescence "Don't want your hand this time/I'll save myself"

Remus:
1. Down by Suede (no video, sorry) "Theres a sadness in your eyes, theres a blankness in your smile,"
2. Fear by Sarah McLachlan "But I fear/I have nothing to give/I have so much to lose/Here in this lonely place/Tangled up in our embrace/Theres nothing Id like/Better than to fall/But I fear I have nothing to give"

Sirius:
1. Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy by Queen "Ooh love ooh lover boy/Whatre you doing tonight hey boy?/Everythings all right just hold on tight/Thats because Im a good old fashioned lover boy"
2, They by Jem " Who made up all the rules/We follow them like fools/Believe them to be true/Don't care to think them through"
3. Under the Scottsman's Kilt - this one's not so much a song that *is* Sirius, but one that I think he would have loved to death.  No lyrics on this one because of it, but feel free to look it up if you'd like.


That enough? :D

Fic in review can be found by looking at my fic list tag.  I'm not quite up to doing that a second time. ;)

( Counts )

( The Meme Questions )

This list is opinionated, selective, subjective, and will likely never be complete.  That said, I am also ALWAYS open to suggestions on the characters listed here. :)  Who do you like/use/have seen used for these characters?

Starting with my pups, in order and by game:
( Blaise Zabini )

( George (and Fred) Weasley )

( Padma (and Parvati) Patil )

( Draco Malfoy )

( Remus Lupin )

( Severus Snape )

( Rabastan Lestrange )

Wow...looking at all that...I think I'll stop there.  I do have opinions on other characters.  Just...those are the ones I've played, and therefore feel strongest about.  Maybe I'll do a second bit at some point.  Mostly I just needed the distraction.

For mimiheart: I actually haven't read any epilogue era kid fics. (Outside of them being mentioned in adult fics that are epilogue era.) So... no het and surprise me.

273 words

( Belonging )

For kabal42: H/D
1755 words

( Collecting Potter )

For magic_helmet: epilogue-kid Snape/Potter

590 words

( A New Friend )

For thepinkrabbit: Malcest - Lucius watching Draco do something random and just contemplating their relationship.

405 words

( His Own )

For fodirteg: Something about the Sword of Griffindor (w/ Epilogue kids?)

589 words

( In the Trophy Room )

For real_life_rosy: Snape/Black/Lupin or Snupin

326 words

( Castle on a Cloud )

For foodie: The last thing Snape saw was Harry's eyes...and then the world went dark. When he opened his eyes again, he saw four sets of eyes looking down at him. He's now lying down on the floor of Serenity, with Inara, Kaylee, River, and Zoe looking at him. What are his first impressions of him, and their greetings to him?

457 words

( A New Life )

For flavoured_glass: SS/LE, Thread

169 words

( Not His )

For snapesgirl_62: SS/RL

858 words

( Living Again )

For stonegrad: Lucius/Potter

298 words

( Malfoy Allure )

For kaykayen: H/D

322 words

( It Didn't Happen )

For ceria: epilogue kids

239 words

( Moving On )

For facecat: H/D

833 words

( Draco  )

A little break from our scheduled November programming, as it were. :D My D_D for the month.

Title: Of Memory, Moon, and Meaning
Author: elfflame
Characters: Severus/Draco
Rating: R
Warnings: Were!Draco
Kinks chosen: Rimming with Rimmulus
Word Count: 3806
Summary: Draco recovers from an accident, and learns something about the man caring for him—and about himself.
Author's notes: I’ve wanted to do were!Draco for a while now, so this was my opportunity to do so. I only touch on the idea, unfortunately, but with Severus, I hate torturing him too much, so I wanted to keep it to a minimum. I actually used two of the prompts, but I can’t seem to find the other now… Great thanks to Ceria for looking this over for me. Hope people enjoy.



( Yesterday is but today's memory, tomorrow is today's dream. – Kahlil Gibran )

gacked from ceria's LJ:

Make a list of all the characters in your icons. (Although you may have more than one icon of a single character, they only go on the list once.) Alphabetize it. Take the first two people on the list; that's your first pairing. Second two people; second pairing. Etc. Then write your reaction to each pairing (or a snippet of a hypothetical fic featuring each pairing).


( My list )

Gacked from a couple of folks on my flist, because I love this sort of meme:

1. Comment to this post with the name of a character that I have written in fic or RP.
(Blaise, George, Padma, Draco, Remus, Severus, Rabastan, Silas Burns (Youngest Hobgoblin), Corin Lupin (Au younger half-brother of Draco)
2. I will comment telling you the following:

a. What initially prompted me to like the character enough to write about him/her.
b. One of his/her best traits.
c. One of his/her worst traits.
d. How easy/difficult I find it to write the character.
e. The story/chapter/paragraph/phrase where I feel that I truly captured the character.
f. My plans (if any) to write the character in the near future.

So, this is in my brain right now, so I feel the need to post it.  Just a little intro for those of you who don't know me, or don't know me well.  Most of this will come as little shock to those who do, however. :D

( Writing )

( Reading )

Um...so...there's the tip of the iceburg for you.  I'd love to hear what you think/write/read. :D

I haven't been interested in these in ages, but I quite like this one:

What are your five favorite canonical friendships?

Harry Potter

• Sirius, Remus and James.  I'd add Peter, but JK totally screwed him over to make sure that no one would ever like him.
• Severus and Lily.  Aaaaaw...  :D
• Harry and Neville, though more movie-canon than book-canon.  I love that Neville actually gets to help him and talk to him in the movies.
• Severus and Lucius, even though it's never explicitly stated.
• Albus and Gellert.  A fascinating idea.  I can't wait to see what the fans do with it. :D

Star Trek

• Geordi and Data.  Not just symbiotic because Geordi was an engineer, but also honestly good friends.  I always loved their jaunts on the holodeck.
• Ben and Dax.  I have a huge soft spot for Dax, and I always loved this.  How it grew from a male/male friendship to a male/female friendship with only one hint of romance the entire time Jadzia was host.
• Tom and Harry.  These two were so fun together...  Little kids on a big ship. :D
• Kathryn and Tuvok.  Everyone needs a Vulcan friend.  To tell them when they're being an idiot
• Kirk and Spock.  Oh, all right, yes.  It's one of the things I hope this new version gets right.  They were each others' support, and I want them to show it, damn it!
  

Others

• Sam and Al, Quantum Leap.  They were really so great together...
• Knight and Schanke, Forever Knight.  Ditto.  I can't express the number of times Schanke's stupid antics and Nick's reaction made me grin.  And yet, they were still always there for each other.
• Buffy and Willow, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  Only the best of friends can get away with calling each other such horrid things and smile about it while they're doing it.  "Quitter."  "Whiner."  "Bailer."  "Harpy."  "Witch."  "Bad seed..." 
• Cutter and Skywise, Elfquest.  God, I can't believe this wasn't at the top of my list.  These two are so perfect together.  Cutter the brawn and Skywise the brain.  They compliment each other so well...
• Brian and Michael, Queer as Folk.  I know some prefer the romance between them, but if it had ever happened?  It would have destroyed everything between them.  They were never meant to be anything more than friends.  Though they were excellent at that.  They understood each other almost better than anyone else.  And put up with each other more than most of the others in their lives did.