Happy Leap Day!!!

[dante_kent]

I'm wearing blue and yellow and singing the Leap Day William song. But actually.

First of all, thank you for the blue dragons, upupa_epops, youcallitwinter, and pamsblau! I am excessively fond of them. And you're right, Marta, he DOES look like he goes for doomed ships. Needless to say, he's already part of the family.

I have been fairly silent, since real life has recently decided

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1) MTE.
2) Writing meta like that comes naturally to me, while writing fic is an arduous, anxiety-ridden process driven by the crazy perfectionist in me. --YES YES YES. Well, writing meta is like that for me too tbh, but it's worse with fic.
3) ALL OF THIS.

4) I DON'T LOVE ELIJAH THAT MUCH EITHER. Well, I do, but I really have no emotional investment in him. Mainly because he's depicted as far less flawed and vulnerable than, say, Rebekah. And while I always love badassery, it's the ugly parts of characters that make me LOVE them, so. Elijah doesn't invoke strong feelings in me.

BUT YOUR RON DISLIKE MAKES ME /o\. Mostly, I violently disagree with the idea that he isn't smart or brave. Also, it's weird because everything you're saying about him being < than Harry and Hermione… is exactly how Ron thinks. That's kind of the point of Ron Weasley. I HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THIS, OKAY.

5) NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THAT SCENE. Actual life-ruiner. I was gone far earlier than you, lol. All it took for me was "because you LOVED her… and that, brother, is your humanity." I DIDN'T EVEN LIKE THE SHOW BACK THEN. fuck my life.

6) Yep yep. Though admittedly I'm suffused with apathy about Darcy. Still, still.

7) You forgot Ian Somerhalder's face.

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4. I really have no emotional investment in him. Yeah, this, pretty much. I'm very fond of him. But I don't NEED to see what he's going to do, what's going to be done to him, where his arc will go. I like having him around. He's a good time. But he doesn't keep me up at night flailing about his misery and craziness and brokenness.

I'M SORRY ABOUT RON. This is why I'm terrified to admit these things. I feel like I've let you down! }: (this is supposed to indicate guilt and sadness, but it sort of just looks like it has a mustache) I really need to do a complete re-read of the whole series, so perhaps I'll gain a greater appreciation for Ron. But I never got over his douchbaggery in Book 4. I feel like Ron consistently acts immature and whiny and unfairly, and Harry never holds him accountable. I LOVE inferiority complex boys (as you well know). I get that part of Ron. But I felt like he never really tried to rise above his own inferiority issues. It always seemed like I was being told Ron was great and heroic and wonderful, not shown. But hey, maybe I just had a problem with how much he cheated on his homework. ;)

5. FUCK THAT SCENE. I have watched it more times than is healthy. My go-to scene for vampire porn.

6. I am not allowed to feel anything but great love for Mr. Darcy. My household is ruled by Jane Austen. We named one of our dogs Darcy. I would have been disowned had I been anything but an unapologetic Darcy stan. But I'm curious: why are you apathetic about him?

7. FOR REALZ. I did consider including Ian in this list, but I omitted him because I didn't want to seem to biased. Which is a futile effort, because, come on. I AM FOOLING NO ONE. (I even watched that dreadful Pulse movie for him. I am terrified of anything even remotely scary, but he has THAT FACE, so I watched it. Multiple times. Fuck him.)

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I feel like I've let you down! }: (this is supposed to indicate guilt and sadness, but it sort of just looks like it has a mustache)

I will survive, I suppose.

Ron is indeed a huge douche in book 4. But I guess I (and Harry) kind of got over that when he apologised and owned up to his douchebaggery? I think mostly Ron knows when Ron's being a douche. I mean, he has plenty of heroic moments, but tbh he mostly appeals to me because he's a fuck-up. ;)

(Oh, also I think that big moment of ~rising above his inferiority is in Deathly Hallows. When he comes back and saves Harry and then destroys the Horcrux. Symbolically, this is Ron defeating his demons~~)

But hey, maybe I just had a problem with how much he cheated on his homework. ;).

TROLOLOL, I didn't know you were such a stickler for doing one's own homework.

6. LOL, I'm apathetic about most classic romantic heroes. Classic romance just doesn't do it for me. /o\ I only like romantic heroes who fail at being romantic heroes (see: Damon). *tear*

7. I AM GOING TO WATCH THAT MOVIE. I've been warned plenty that it's horrible, but. Come now. IAN'S FACE. \o/ /o\ \o/

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We'll survive. Somehow, we always do.

I think part of my problem was that Harry forgave him so easily. It's one of those things where I got extra crusade-y because Harry was so not bothered by it all. I get fiercely protective of Harry Potter, ok? Idek.

I absolutely agree that the Horcrux moment in Book 7 is supposed to be Ron's big ascending moment, and I remember being so annoyed by it, because it just didn't seem like enough. Hold on, pulling out my book (my HP series is never more than 10 feet away from me). Harry spends the whole scene telling Ron how great he is. Idk, I just felt like I was being told how wonderful and amazing Ron was, and it always grated on me. But I am older and much more fucked up now, so maybe I'll love him more once I finally find the time to do a full series re-read.

I didn't know you were such a stickler for doing one's own homework.

Can't you tell I'm a huge geek? I was always on Hermione's side re: the homework front. I WOULD HAVE READ HOGWARTS: A HISTORY.

I only like romantic heroes who fail at being romantic heroes (see: Damon).

THIS. See, my life is divided into two parts. There was the first era, when I was this happy, optimistic, cheery little child. And then something happened when I was 8 and I became terrible. No one knows what it was, I just became awful one day for no real reason. But I was indoctrinated into the Jane Austen way pre-age 8. All romantic heroes since that fateful age have been met with derision. But Mr. Darcy (and Mr. Knightley and Colonel Brandon and all those other Georgian fools) claimed a place in my heart before said heart ceased to exist. /my complete life history, part 1

7. IT IS ENTIRELY WORTH IT FOR IAN'S FACE. I watched it again a few months ago, because. Sometimes it hurts to look at Ian. HURTS SO GOOD.