Mostly Harmless and Random

[annafugazzi]

OK, I must say being away from the interwebs/fandom and then logging back on in December is an almost orgasmic experience.

1. hd_holidays
   
   
2. harryronholiday
   
   
3. 'Nuf said :D :D :D
   
   
4. Went to see DH.
   
   • Liked it very, very much. My enthusiasm was only slightly dampened by the fact that my kids were kinda meh about it. They liked it, certainly, and were happy we'd gone, but segued immediately from "Cool movie!" to "So are we gonna go for pizza now?"
     
     
   • I loved the idea of the dance scene, and I liked how they did it, kind of silly, but it went on a little too long IMHO. The music was too loud, making it more like a dance video than a movie scene. And Hermione was too "OK the music is over and I'm right back to misery sorry Harry but you suck as a replacement dance partner, don't quit your day job" way too fast. I don't usually second-guess the directors but I totally wanted to in that scene
     
     
   • Ginny/[actress' name here] is lovely. I really like the character, both in the books and on screen. Harry/Ginny on the screen? Maybe I'm still traumatized by the blow-job shoelace scene in HBP to be able to watch them without being a little grossed out. Thank God for George and his... what was that, a toothbrush sticking out of his non-ear? Turned mild squick into screen gold ;)
     
     
   • Lucius with scruff. I don't like him in the books. I adore him here.
     
     
   • Just take for granted three pages of squeeee over both the Harry/Draco (that look exchanged in the Manor? Draco being all miserable among the bad guys? The mini mudwrestle for wands? OMG!) and the Harry/Ron (moments too numerous to name) in this movie. And even a bit for Ron/Hermione, which I tend to take for granted in the books but which made me warm and fuzzy in the movie especially when I remembered that Harry still had Draco um, whatsherface - Ginny! - to keep him happy.
     
     
   • Dunno if your movie theatres had this, but the place we went to there was an audible "Aaaw" and giggle over the "little light in your heart" line.
     
     
   • I may have been the only person in the movie theatre not crying over Dobby. Doh
     
     
   • Loved Luna, and Xenophilius, though I had to work to not hear him saying, "You daft prick" and flexing his butt in grey boxers. I've only ever seen the man in Notting Hill. Missed Dean Thomas at the Manor too. Don't know why they didn't have him there. He shows how it's not just Harry Ron and Hermione off on a camping trip; they're off doing this because people they know, including school kids, are being hunted down for their Blood status. Of course, they really didn't explain the whole "Snatcher gangs" thing either, so maybe that's why.
     
     or maybe I wanted Dean there because I also kinda ship Dean/Seamus
     
     
   • I do hope they keep Teddy for Part II. I want to see a blue-haired baby, damn it. Don't much want to see Remus and Tonks dead, though I feel no special affection for them as characters. I just remember reading the part where they're laid out and thinking, OK, come on Jo, enough already, war is hell, we get it.
     
     
   • Heard an interview the other day where they asked the actors who play the twins what it was like to play the "Buffet of Dead Characters" scene, and they couldn't go into a lot of detail but said it had been interesting. The one who plays Fred apparently fell asleep at one point, and got teased about getting too much into character. He also said that when he found out Fred died, he was on a train in Japan reading the book, and just at the part where he read Fred's death the door opened and he was asked for his ticket, and all he wanted to say was, "Oi I just died mate, leave me alone!"
     
     
   • Oh and I remember the other thing I was going to say about Harry/Hermione! OK, the dance thing was a little weird. But the locket kiss? Um... bit of a mindfuck and I'm really not sure it's "please think of the children in the audience" to make them all naked, but all I could think was that Daniel Radcliffe had apparently told someone in an interview that they'd both been all awkward because they've got a brother-sister thing going, and she was kind of thrown by the news that she was going to be nude, but then she'd really got into it. Because she, um, did. If it wasn't Harry and Hermione, it would have been almost hot.
   
   
   
5. A rec!!
   
   From this moment on I will no longer say, "I'm not usually a fan of mpregs, but--" because I think I've recced like a dozen mpregs here so obviously my squick cannot be as serious as I believe it to be.
   
   Title: "I'd Rather Change Nappies Than Have My Cock Sucked” and Other Ravings of a Pregnant Wizard
   Author: still anonymous
   Pairing: Harry/Draco
   Word Count: 24,500
   Rating: NC-17
   Prompt: After his pregnancy and the birth of Scorpius (who is Harry's and Draco's son), Draco has a hard time getting back into shape. Harry isn't helping with his awesome cooking skills and the delicious chocolate gifts. Also, he seems awfully keen on getting Draco pregnant again. Prefer flangsty.