Trying to wake up...
...and not succeeding. I need more tea.
After five months of sitting in the queue, AVTL finally got posted at CM. Well, only the first chapter, but the lovely beta ThaliaChaunacy took over for the story, which is great. Still waiting to hear from lina about my chapters for TFR and J/W, though. I think she's on a dial-up connection, which sucks. I'm spoiled, myself, being on a broadband connection.
I'm trying to finish Chapter 34 and it's just dragging. Sigh. Of course, a friend of mine hit me with this wicked plot bunny for a very twisted Lucius story, and I jumped on it. So when I should have been writing TFR yesterday, I was writing the evil adventures of Lucius as he attempts to seduce Hermione.
Yeah, I know. Sick, huh? But Lucius is such a sexy beast, and I've been looking for an excuse to write something good and smutty with him in it. I'm too intimidated to try slash, and Lucius/Narcissa is boring. Plus, I like pairing up Hermione with Lucius. It's just so wrong, but it's right, too. :D
But back to TFR...I'm at the stage where I'm tired of it. I almost wish I could just skip to the end, because the ending I have is so good and powerful. This middle stuff is boring me right now. What scares me is that the writing will start getting boring to other people. I know I can get past this. I'm just procrastinating as usual.
On a related subject, there are all sorts of rumors about who is going to play Voldemort in GoF. Latest rumor? Rowan Atkinson. Christ. I mean, I like the guy, but hello, MR. BEAN as Voldemort? And yes, Atkinson is also the Blackadder, but Blackadder just isn't nasty enough to be Voldemort.
With that noted, I nominate the perfect person to play Voldemort: Dick Cheney.
Cheney is perfect. He's got the evil, empty stare; the pasty skin; the bald head; he is seeking world domination; he doesn't think much of democracy; he likes to frighten the shit out of people; his lips are always curling into a sinister, nasty sneer; his eyes are little slits of evil; he has a bad temper; he controls a band of evil and/or weak followers (Paul Wolfowitz, Condi Rice, Richard Perle, Donald Rumsfeld).
He's PERFECT. The make-up department would hardly need to bother with him. Just some red contact lenses he'd be all set. Plus, they'd save a lot of money on filming. They wouldn't even need to film the whole Voldemort rebirthing sequence--they could just find stock footage of Cheney emerging from the bunker and glowering and that could be used as the moment when Voldemort emerges from the primordial ooze. Plus, wouldn't it be great if during the little wand fight between Voldie and Harry, Voldie says "Go fuck yourself, Potter"?
The only two things you have to worry about with Cheney are him learning a British accent and the possibility of him dropping dead from a massive coronary. But really, these are such small little nitpicks when one thinks about how utterly perfect Dick Cheney is for the role of the world's Most Evil Sorcerer.
After five months of sitting in the queue, AVTL finally got posted at CM. Well, only the first chapter, but the lovely beta ThaliaChaunacy took over for the story, which is great. Still waiting to hear from lina about my chapters for TFR and J/W, though. I think she's on a dial-up connection, which sucks. I'm spoiled, myself, being on a broadband connection.
I'm trying to finish Chapter 34 and it's just dragging. Sigh. Of course, a friend of mine hit me with this wicked plot bunny for a very twisted Lucius story, and I jumped on it. So when I should have been writing TFR yesterday, I was writing the evil adventures of Lucius as he attempts to seduce Hermione.
Yeah, I know. Sick, huh? But Lucius is such a sexy beast, and I've been looking for an excuse to write something good and smutty with him in it. I'm too intimidated to try slash, and Lucius/Narcissa is boring. Plus, I like pairing up Hermione with Lucius. It's just so wrong, but it's right, too. :D
But back to TFR...I'm at the stage where I'm tired of it. I almost wish I could just skip to the end, because the ending I have is so good and powerful. This middle stuff is boring me right now. What scares me is that the writing will start getting boring to other people. I know I can get past this. I'm just procrastinating as usual.
On a related subject, there are all sorts of rumors about who is going to play Voldemort in GoF. Latest rumor? Rowan Atkinson. Christ. I mean, I like the guy, but hello, MR. BEAN as Voldemort? And yes, Atkinson is also the Blackadder, but Blackadder just isn't nasty enough to be Voldemort.
With that noted, I nominate the perfect person to play Voldemort: Dick Cheney.
Cheney is perfect. He's got the evil, empty stare; the pasty skin; the bald head; he is seeking world domination; he doesn't think much of democracy; he likes to frighten the shit out of people; his lips are always curling into a sinister, nasty sneer; his eyes are little slits of evil; he has a bad temper; he controls a band of evil and/or weak followers (Paul Wolfowitz, Condi Rice, Richard Perle, Donald Rumsfeld).
He's PERFECT. The make-up department would hardly need to bother with him. Just some red contact lenses he'd be all set. Plus, they'd save a lot of money on filming. They wouldn't even need to film the whole Voldemort rebirthing sequence--they could just find stock footage of Cheney emerging from the bunker and glowering and that could be used as the moment when Voldemort emerges from the primordial ooze. Plus, wouldn't it be great if during the little wand fight between Voldie and Harry, Voldie says "Go fuck yourself, Potter"?
The only two things you have to worry about with Cheney are him learning a British accent and the possibility of him dropping dead from a massive coronary. But really, these are such small little nitpicks when one thinks about how utterly perfect Dick Cheney is for the role of the world's Most Evil Sorcerer.