345, Arthur Weasley
Three years on lj, four years in fandom, and five, well that's the most important, and weirdest of the lot. I've been labeling myself Orthodox for about five years now, but honestly it feels like I've been doing it so much longer a lot of the time. Maybe 'cause it crept up on me, maybe 'cause it was always in my plan, or maybe just 'cause. I find it kind of funny that my anniversaries are mostly in the summer, considering it's my least fave season, hate the heat, but that's probably the point. It's life's way of telling me that things happen when they're supposed to, and some things just can't be jotted on a calender.
I'm reading GoF right now 'cause I've never read it twice and started it months ago and I'm at the early chapters. The one thing I'm really noticing is that Arthur Weasley knows everybody. He's on first name terms with everyone from the minister right on down to a random office drone. H I can't just write it off as due to him being in the ministry forever 'cause there are so many organizations where people get lost easily, even one's who've worker there a thousand years. I feel like Arthur being on such good terms is proof that he really makes an impact on people, just like the twins or Ginny and really probably most of the other kids. This is what really got me thinking that Molly's statement about Arthur easily being able to get a promotion is much more than wishful thinking on her part. If he really wanted one, he'd be able to pull some strings easily, and honestly probably has had better jobs offered to him.
I think the kind of personality he has that makes him get on so well with everyone is actually well suited for his job, where he probably has to constantly talk to all sorts of people to get tons of information and sometimes favors. It's the kind of position where being laid back, agreeable and unobtrusive, is perfect if a person's basically competent. Taken seriously enough to get the job done, but not so seriously that you're Percy, whose ambition and eagerness can be kind of off putting. Arthur's a great mix of good to grab a beer with and great to get advice from over that beer. Which is also why he's a pretty useful member of the order, all things considered.
Saw OoTP Friday, and it probably unconsciously laid the base for all of the above. Loved the movie for the most part. I caved and reserved a copy of DH, mostly 'cause I remembered that I don't live under a rock, so if I don't read DH the weekend it comes out, I will most likely get spoiled. They're already popping up everywhere, and cuts/labels/tags can only do so much.