Qudditch and Mermaids and Wizards, oh my! (Meredith and GoF)

[garnettrees]

Saw Goblet of Fire at seven last night. What an awesome ride! There were places were I laughed so hard that I almost cried, and other spots where I was just near tears. The last hour was incredibly freaky-- I worried about some of the younger kids in the audience, actually, and I did hear one little girl scream when Voldemort was rising from the

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[minttown1]

Did you catch what Mad-Eye said in the trunk? You know, his only line in the whole movie? Rudie thinks he said, "I'm sorry, Albus," and I agree that I thought I heard 'sorry' in there somewhere, but do you remember?

[garnettrees]

Rudie is right-- that's exactly what he said. Is it just me, or was the actor they chose for Moody pure love, or what? ^__^
-Meredith

[minttown1]

Oh, man. *sniffles again* It is so not your fault Alastor omg.

And yes! Moody was perfect. So completely different from how I imagined him, but it worked so completely anyway. (I kind of don't like that my mental image of the character has been more or less replaced, when that hasn't been the case with many others, but meh. Not a bad replacement, at any rate.)

For no reason that I can explain, I want to write Mad-Eye/Tonks even more than I used to. (HBP basically killed my love of this fandom, or at least really wounded it, because I don't like when canon contradicts my pairings. Because I'm silly that way.)

Also: I was feeling the lack of Narcissa, and I thought of you. But Draco was being portrayed so subtly that I couldn't help liking that scene anyway.
I honestly can't tell whether it's a matter of Tom Felton underacting or whether it really is subtlety on his part and the director's, but I liked Draco in that scene and during Dumbledore's final speech.

[garnettrees]

Poor Alastor, he needs a big hug. Strangely enough, I love your Tonks/Mad-Eye even more now, because I never really *had* a mental image of Moody, and now... yeah. You've made convert, that's for sure.

But I know what you mean about character images. It took me forever to get used to the movie!Remus, but now I love him very much, indeed. In a way, I was glad they didn't show Narcissa, because I was afraid they'd make her ugly or uppity or something, and it would be totally off (evil women never seem to be allowed to be as pretty as their male counterparts). Still, I try to have a little faith and believe that they'd pull her off well.

I liked Draco in this movie, too, though I hate his haircut. He's like a Mini-Lucius, and I think it's starting to scare him.
-Meredith

[minttown1]

Heh. I just really like that pairing, and have since the first few chapters of OotP. *kicks HBP* But whatever, we know what really went down at headquarters. ;)

I just wanted to see her, though honestly, I didn't need to. I know how I imagine Narcissa. My mental image of her has never wavered for a moment, since the first mention of her in GoF.
I love your Lily/Narcissa, by the way.

Poor Draco. *pats him* I swear, his totally somber reaction at the end hints, to me at least, that for all his talk, he knows how serious this just got and is already questioning. It was all well and good until it turned out that this really was going to happen...
...sorry, Erin has me so beyond psychoanalyzing everything that character does. She's a Draco fan. :)

[garnettrees]

I think a lot of people had their fandom killed or seriously wounded by HBP. In my more paranoid moments, I wonder if Rowling didn't do it to the fans on purpose. ^^

I know what you mean about picturing Narcissa. I'm gonna have to do another fan art drawing of her soon, I think. I've really only drawn her as a girl, so I should draw her as an adult.

I love your Lily/Narcissa, by the way
Thank you so much! I don't know how that pairing got in my brain but, once it did, it totally ate all my neurons.

I think you're right-- he's suddenly realized that this is not a game. It's not Ron puking up slugs on the lawn-- it's Cedric, just _dead_, the end, no fanfare, no glory, just death.

I like Draco, too-- he's one of those guys you keep screaming at to figure it out and jump ship, before it's too late.
-Meredith

[minttown1]

I don't know how that pairing got in my brain but, once it did, it totally ate all my neurons.
I think I can understand that, especially where this fandom's concerned. ;)

I love Draco.
Did you ever write the story you mentioned about paralleling Harry and Draco with Lily and Narcissa? It sounds familiar...

[garnettrees]

You know, I never did write that story. I have bits of it, but I can't get it to congeal yet. If I ever get it together, would you e willing to give a go at beta-ing it for me?
-Meredith

[minttown1]

Of course. :)