Fandom letter meme
So I'm a bit late out of the gate with this one. Oh well.
To play:
1. Comment on this post with I VOLUNTEER!
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Think of 5 fictional characters and post their names and your comments on these characters in your IJ/LJ/DW.
angela_snape gave me H.
1. Hermione Granger was the first who came to mind... perhaps surprising, perhaps no. I admire Hermione very much; she pretty much knows what's what, she's clever and willing to use her brains, and although she has a certain amount of vanity and wanting to be liked, mostly she is proud of who she is and content to be herself. She also is the one friend who sticks by Harry through and through, even when Ron quarrels with him or leaves. Hermione rocks!
2. Obviously the second character, then, has to be Harry Potter himself. Er. Without Harry there'd be no series, now would there? He's occasionally exasperating, especially in PoA when he seems either to be sulking or getting all CAPS LOCK-Y most of the time, but he's still the hero, and you can't diss the hero too much. His only major failing (IMO) is his crush on Ginny; I just really don't think they are a couple who have what it takes to make it in the long run, even if JKR would disagree.
3. What's there to say about Hagrid? His heart is in the right place. I don't think I'd like him as my professor, though. He tries, but he isn't a very good teacher - Draco has it correct on that. But he's a great ally and friend for Harry et al.
4. I'm going to switch to my first fandom and name Haldir, one of the Elves from Lothlórien, in The Lord of the Rings. In the film he dies a noble death; in the books, he is an even more minor character, but he lives, as far as we know. I have a soft spot for Haldir as he was one of the first characters I wrote explicit slash fic about (pairing him with the film-only "Figwit" aka Melpomaen; I gather he gets a "real" name in the new Hobbit film, but I haven't been paying enough attention to that to know for certain).
5. Finally, a character I like but not from a universe that I am at all fannishly involved in (maybe for Yuletide, sometime?): Hester Latterly Monk, as written by Anne Perry in one of her Victorian mystery series. Hester went off to the Crimean War to nurse with Florence Nightingale, much to her family's disapproval, and returned upon her parents' death. She then had to support herself, which she did by nursing privately, although her outspokenness got her into difficulties more than once. She's not traditionally feminine, but she is intelligent, thoughtful, honorable, courageous, and practical. Hester rocks too!
To play:
1. Comment on this post with I VOLUNTEER!
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Think of 5 fictional characters and post their names and your comments on these characters in your IJ/LJ/DW.
angela_snape gave me H.
1. Hermione Granger was the first who came to mind... perhaps surprising, perhaps no. I admire Hermione very much; she pretty much knows what's what, she's clever and willing to use her brains, and although she has a certain amount of vanity and wanting to be liked, mostly she is proud of who she is and content to be herself. She also is the one friend who sticks by Harry through and through, even when Ron quarrels with him or leaves. Hermione rocks!
2. Obviously the second character, then, has to be Harry Potter himself. Er. Without Harry there'd be no series, now would there? He's occasionally exasperating, especially in PoA when he seems either to be sulking or getting all CAPS LOCK-Y most of the time, but he's still the hero, and you can't diss the hero too much. His only major failing (IMO) is his crush on Ginny; I just really don't think they are a couple who have what it takes to make it in the long run, even if JKR would disagree.
3. What's there to say about Hagrid? His heart is in the right place. I don't think I'd like him as my professor, though. He tries, but he isn't a very good teacher - Draco has it correct on that. But he's a great ally and friend for Harry et al.
4. I'm going to switch to my first fandom and name Haldir, one of the Elves from Lothlórien, in The Lord of the Rings. In the film he dies a noble death; in the books, he is an even more minor character, but he lives, as far as we know. I have a soft spot for Haldir as he was one of the first characters I wrote explicit slash fic about (pairing him with the film-only "Figwit" aka Melpomaen; I gather he gets a "real" name in the new Hobbit film, but I haven't been paying enough attention to that to know for certain).
5. Finally, a character I like but not from a universe that I am at all fannishly involved in (maybe for Yuletide, sometime?): Hester Latterly Monk, as written by Anne Perry in one of her Victorian mystery series. Hester went off to the Crimean War to nurse with Florence Nightingale, much to her family's disapproval, and returned upon her parents' death. She then had to support herself, which she did by nursing privately, although her outspokenness got her into difficulties more than once. She's not traditionally feminine, but she is intelligent, thoughtful, honorable, courageous, and practical. Hester rocks too!