Invisible

[paradisacorbasi]

Title: Invisible
Character[s]: Viktor Krum
Rating: [PG]
Challenge: Constant Vigilance
House: Hufflepuff
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: The title comes from an Alison Moyet song of the same name. The spell for invisibility is my own invention...far as I know there isn't an invisibility spell, just the cloaks. But I figure anything's possible if

Comments

[sharachan]

aw!! that makes me sad for krum...

[paradisacorbasi]

Thank you!

Since the movie, I feel a lot sadder for Krum. I mean, I had been for a while anyway, but somehow the movie made it more tangible for me.

I went back and remembered how Rowling described him: King of the Air in Quidditch, but all surly and duckfooted and awkward on the ground. With not a perfect grasp on English.

And I remembered Hermione getting exasperated with constantly trying to get him to pronounce her name properly.

[sharachan]

i was so upset they didnt have that in the movie!! of course, i also wished they'd put in the part of house elves rights and what not too

ah well, cant please every one, eh?

[paradisacorbasi]

Alas, I don't think so. Considering how "Won-Won" grated on her nerves. [And mine, for that matter].

I just think she didn't bother.

Just like she didn't bother to take the curse off Marietta.

At 14, those "I like you but I won't admit it" games are normal. At 16, they should be over it already, IMO. Most teenagers get over themselves enough to stop doing that "I like you so I'll torment you" crap by then.

[morbidmoogle]

Oh believe when I say this: that is SO untrue.

[paradisacorbasi]

I said "most" teenagers. Not all.

And Hermione's a brain, plus the "girls mature faster than boys" thing, so I have less leeway where she's concerned.

[sor_bet]

I can't remember the words, but Moody casts the Disillusionment charm on Harry in OotP when they're leaving the Dursleys', so he won't be visible as they're flying. But it's certainly possible that Durmstrang teaches a different spell for invisibility.

I didn't like movie!Krum (burly, aggressive, macho) nearly as much as book!Krum (somewhat shy and insecure, despite his international quidditch status). But your drabble has made me feel bad for him; I think he really did like Hermione, and I really expected him to show up in HBP, because of Dumbledore's speech at the end of book 4 -- "everyone is welcome at Hogwarts", etc. Oh, well, there's always book 7. Plus, he makes a good fallback for Hermione when I want to ship Ron with other people in fics. ;-)

[paradisacorbasi]

I always got the notion that the Disillusionment charm was more camoflage. That Harry looked like his surroundings more thoroughly than any chameleon, rather than it being true invisibility.

I thought Movie!Krum and Book!Krum were pretty similar, actually. I mean, you can't really transfigure yourself into a shark if you're not to some degree burly, macho, and aggressive.

I think it was just his poor english and his duckfootedness that made him seem a little awkward in the book, whereas in the movie he lacked that entirely.

Hermione's treatment of people over the last few books has ticked me off more and more. And I of course am a believer Viktor liked her genuinely -- though stars know why. She's shrill, annoying, bossy, overbearing, mean, and a user.

[migratory]

Lovely. Sad but lovely.

[paradisacorbasi]

Thank you.

Poor Viktor just doesn't get enough face time in the Potterverse to suit me.

[wulfkub]

I really did like this...good job.

[paradisacorbasi]

Thank you. I feel bad for Krum. Only person from the TriWiz tourney who barely ever gets mentioned.