Fansketch - Bella and her Coat of Many Colours

[sapphocles]

Title: Bella and her Coat of Many Colours
Characters: Nymphadora Tonks, Remus Lupin, untold numbers of cubs, and Bellatrix Lestrange
Rating: PG, I suppose, for use of real fur.
Disclaimer: None of the characters herein belong to me, all are JKR's, who is nice enough to let us play in her sandbox.
What: Well... ragdoll and I got into a... discussion... on

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[ragdoll]

*shrieks* I LOVE YOU! Srsly, if you can get to Gallifrey or if we can make dinner work (I promise to email you my cell # etc.) while I'm out there, I owe you a drink for this. This has made a really craptastic day much much better!

I'm sure we've both pissed off hoardes of Multicoloured Werewolf Cubbies unhappy but...yes!

[sapphocles]

*laughs*

I'll definitely meet up for dinner! Gallifrey is still up in the air, unfortunately.

Hee, I'm glad I could brighten your day. *laughs* Hopefully it'll push Feb in a better direction. *knocks on wood*

[ragdoll]

Well, you're nearby -- maybe we can sneak you into the bar/karaoke area.

One day down, 27 to go! So yeah. Of course, I'll probably be crucified by some R/T fans somewhere just for mocking them (as will you) but sometimes you just have to have a sense of humour about stuff! (and it beats talking about Dan Radcliffe's cock!)

[sapphocles]

And I really don't have much problem with Remus/Tonks, per se, despite my quiet ship of Remus/Sirius. I've heard about this word bisexual and think it could actually apply to him. (WHAT?!)

I just get so tired of puppy shippers (hee, almost wrote "puppy shitters") and anyone, really, who takes any ship to that cutesy level should be fed to the giant squid. And besides, like I said in my map of the fandom, we all have to be able to laugh at ourselves. Some people definitely take this fandom waaaaay too seriously.

My biggest issues with the ship is that my main girl Tonks turned into a total pussy. She just... withered away. What the hell? Seriously a WTF moment for me.

Ahem. But anyway... I'm prepared for my crucifixion. I've got some Arby's and a Snickers in case hunger strikes, plus a frowny face to put on the notice above my head.

FRECKLES
>:(

It'll be awesome.

[ragdoll]

LOL That sounds like my arguments in Xena fandom where, despite having canon relationships with men too, it was verboten to ever believe they were more than 'just' lesbians. Ditto Willow on Buffy. I guess as a bisexual, I am just evil and project my deviance on these characters. ;) I do think Remus could be with both of them without betraying the other -- Tonks and Sirius have quite a lot in common (which is why I think they're hot TOGETHER) so why not

[sapphocles]

Haha, yes, I think I tend to project a little of my own bisexuality on characters. But apparently that crosses the great Het/Slash divide or something. :D

I have issues with Veela!Draco or Vamp!Snape, for sure. As for the Ron is Dumbledore theory... I actually know one of the creators of that theory IRL (though we all enjoy her cheerful enthusiasm - and she doesn't have any problem with people who disagree with their theory. We all tease her at HPLA meetups). ;D Hee.

And yeah, my issue with Remus/Tonks isn't that it happened, it's just how it got written. Actually, I wrote a fic to try to fill in the gaps: Fractured (it's less than 2000 words, so it's a quick read). *laughs* Look at me, pimping myself out.

If you get the hammer and nails, I'll pick up the wood and the Roman soldiers.

[ragdoll]

I'm the same way (which is why my Tonks and Bill are decidedly bi) but I think it makes for more interesting writing/rping anyway. It's odd that bisexualty IS the big taboo though - which boggles me. (Then again, so do lesbians who only read boyslash and not femmeslash so what do I know?)

I have issue with Veela!Draco too. Forgot about him. *shudders* The Dumbledore as Ron one is actually less heinous than some of the others imho.

Ive maintained from the beginning that if R/T was done well in canon, I'd have no problem with it. Hell, I was all for Harry/Ginny and I didn't like the way that came about either but R/T just...gah. I'm also not big on Bill/Fleur although I just resigned myself to it a long time ago. Even the big hospital scene didn't make me suddenly like her, unfortunately. Personally, I'm hoping for a big Boda de Sangre with Bill ripping her throat out in a frenzied attack of wolfishness. ;) But I am evil...

Oooh! I'm so there! :)

[sapphocles]

You know what's funny? I lean strongly towards the queer end of the spectrum and yet I generally tend to read het and femslash. I only read slash if it's by authors I know, love, and trust. *grins*

But yeah, there's a huge biphobia in real life, and I think it bleeds over into the fandom. But the best thing to do is to keep speaking out and making realistically bi characters, right? :D

We can keep hoping. I dislike Fleur primarily because she is everything I hate about stereotypes that people believe about the French. As a francophile, well, I'm sure you can understand my apoplexy.

[ragdoll]

I'm somewhere in the middle of the spectrum (I'd say 60/40 favouring het) but I like everything as long as I buy the ship. I don't gravitate to anything just because of the sexual orientation. I think that's why Torchwood made me a bit cranky -- it was trying too hard to be edgy and throwing in gay relationships that I wouldn't have bought if they were straight either. And watching boys kiss boys is not the end all and be all with me...*sigh

[sapphocles]

I'm 85-15, myself, tending strongly towards the ladies. But I'm currently seeing a bloke. I'm all about the equal opportunity. *laughs*

Veela Princess Barbie - YES. That's it exactly. Oh gods.

Perhaps we should just call HBP The Book of Out of Character Behaviour. *grins*

[ragdoll]

Equal opportunity is good! Of course, even with my supposedly open field, I've been completely sans partner for the past 7 years. *sigh* No girls, no boys, no small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri. Bah.

Hee -- I love Barbie as a rule but that's what Fleur reminds me of - one of the scary Princess dolls in yards of pink tulle with no personality (other than annoying...)

WOOT! I'm all for that one.